All Insights activities are free to attend.
Eligibility requirements
All applicants must be:
- studying at a UAL Outreach partner school or college in London.
We also recognise that there are other informal education courses, clubs and life experiences that provide excellent equivalent experience outside of schools and colleges. We'll consider applicants from these backgrounds on a case-by-case basis.
We'll consider your application if you meet 1 or more of following criteria:
- You are currently in or have been in care.
- You live in a priority postcode area (using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), areas in deciles 1 to 4).
- You live in a household that receives benefits for living costs, including: Universal Credit; Child Tax Credit; Free School Meals; Housing Benefit; Income Support; Income-based Job Seekers Allowance.
- You have no parent or guardian that has completed a university degree.
For year 10 and 11 students
3 Day Creative Studio
Open to students studying art and design or design and technology at our South London partner schools.
- immerse yourself in 3 days of study with specialist tutors and technicians from Camberwell College of Arts
- meet and collaborate with like-minded young creative people from local schools.
- build knowledge through short talks about contemporary artists
- show your work in an informal group exhibition to celebrate what you've achieved.
Painting: April 2026
Dates: 8, 9, 10 April, 10.30am–4.30pm
Location: University of the Arts London, The Hub, 42 Bonar Road, London, SE15 5FB
Learn about surface, materiality, figuration and abstraction. Try out different painting processes and techniques.
For 16+ year olds
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Insights activities 2025, University of the Arts London | Photographs: Ana Flores and Thai Mahendrakumar.
Insights Summer Schools
Applications open after the Spring Schools in April
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Common Ground 2025 student portraits, UAL | Photographs: Thano, Liv and Sianna
Common Ground: Layers
Our annual innovative photography project. Apply now
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Student browsing in Library, 2022, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: John Sturrock
UAL Libraries work experience programme
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For teachers
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Teachers workshop 2025, Central Saint Martins, UAL | Photograph: Thai Mahendrakumar
Skills based workshops
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