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Notes from a Node Centre session, courtesy of Alis

So You Want to Curate? Learnings from Node Centre

ArtsSU invited two students to take part in an online curation course with NODE Centre, an online platform for art professionals. We caught up with them after their course to ask about how it went and share some insight on the course.

Read on to hear thoughts and insight from their post course interview with ArtSU

Thu 18 Jun 2026
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Mosaic of Becoming

Arts Students’ Union is pleased to present Mosaic of Becoming a collaborative, student-led exhibition featuring international students and exploring how creative identities are shaped through cultural exchange, lived experience and the search for belonging within a global academic environment.

Read more to hear how the private view went...

Fri 24 Apr 2026
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Creative burnout at UAL: what students told us

Creative burnout is a common but often under-examined part of studying at art school. Our new research report, Inside the Kiln: Student Experiences of Creative Burnout at UAL, explores how students experience burnout, what contributes to it, and what needs to change to support more sustainable creative education.

Fri 01 May 2026
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Arts SU x not just a shop : Notebook Competition
1st September - 12th October
Calling all international UAL students!
Welcome | Career Development Opportunities
OPEN CALL - Project Spaces
1st September - 2nd October
Arts SU is pleased to announce a call for student submissions for our Project Spaces across the UAL colleges!
Career Development Opportunities | Featured | Exhibition
Apply To Every Possible World: Black Queer Facilitation Training
2nd-28th September
UAL London College of Communication
Apply to Queercircle x Arts SU workshop series 🌟Every Possible World: FREE Black Queer Facilitation Training🌟 As part of Black History Month – Taking place every Tuesday evening of October
BHM | LGBTQ+ History Month | Career Development Opportunities | Black History Month | Featured
OPEN CALL - Collaborative Residency 2026-27
2nd September - 2nd October
SU Project Space, High Holborn
Apply to be part of this year's Collaborative Residency with Arts SU!
Curate it | Career Development Opportunities | Exhibition
Arts Freshers 2026 Official Welcome Events Wristband 💃
8th September - 2nd October
Arts SU Presents: The Official Welcome Wristband 2026 9 Events - 1 Pass - Book Now! September 8th until October 2nd  Book here!
Welcome | Featured
Arts SU Warehouse Rave
25th-26th September
E1, London
Club Nights | Featured
Welcome Fair
26th September
The Street, CSM
The annual Welcome Fair is your time to discover new communities through the Students’ Union sports clubs and societies. It’s also the best way to introduce yourself to UAL services and external partners!
Welcome | Featured
Nailed It: Welcome Week – Free Manicures 💅✨
29th September
Darkroom , LCC
Take a little time to pause, unwind and treat yourself during the busy energy of Welcome Week.
UAL x UCL x LSU Welcome Social
29th September
Jim and Tonic, 2 Danes Yard, London E15 2QL
UAL, UCL and Loughborough London are joining forces once again!🙌 Come along for an evening of fun, friends, and community. Open to all students from UAL, UCL, and Loughborough London — don’t miss it!
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Chess Club meetup
29th September
UAL Central Saint Martins library
Weekly chess events in the CSM library, every Tuesday between 19:00 and 22:00.
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