05/05/2026
FREE LinkedIn / Professional Headshots & Advice
18th May, Crab Studio | Bookings Now Open 🔥
Elevate your professional profile with a free headshot, captured by AUB’s own BA Commercial Photography students
While you wait, connect with our Careers team at our LinkedIn Review Drop-In — live, tailored feedback on your digital presence from industry-experienced coaches.
Drop in between : 10:30AM - 16:00PM
📸 Image: Ruby Travis, BA (Hons) Textiles. .zena.studio
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22/04/2026
CREATIVE MEETS is back !
YOUR opportunity to meet leading industry figures shaping the creative landscape today. Through 20-minute, small group sessions, you’ll be able to share your work, ask real-world questions, and start building your professional network.
The line-up 👇:
~Donna Marie-Smart
Community & Events Executive at Patch & Event Manager for Pier Journal
~Nick Morris
Director of Wallis Agency
~Joe Hayes
Founder of Kindful Creative
~Nyah Boston Shears
Creative Engagement Producer at Lighthouse Poole
~Miroslav Lucan
Artist Behind 'Lucaart'
~Millie Lake
Collections & Experience Manager at Museum of East Dorset
Get booking while spaces available!
**To book link in bio**
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20/03/2026
They're back 's Enterprise & Innovations Award's. Open for submissions.
Apply NOW before the 31st May
This is your moment. Four awards are up for grabs. £250 cash. A mention at graduation. PLUS a free place on 's 6-month Creative Incubator.
💡 Got a creative innovation, bold business idea, or something you just *know* could grow?
Open to Level 6 (3rd Year) ONLY.
Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 31st May
Shortlisted? You'll pitch your idea to a panel on 9th June. Be prepared. Be bold. Be yourself... with added entrepreneurial flavour.
Apply now. Be seen. Get funded.
📥 Full brief + how to apply can be found via the link in our bio.
Enterprise Award - Students applying for the AUB Enterprise Award should have an entrepreneurial mindset. They may have an idea for a business or may have already started their own business/side hustle. This could include a freelance service-based business.
Innovation Award - Students applying for the Innovation Award should have an innovative approach to problem solving and to have come up with an idea or produced something that could have potential to be developed (this can consider the work of your final year project).
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28/10/2025
Halloween inspo but make it AUB.
Comment who you’re channelling for this years’ hallows eve 👇🍂
Whether you’re styling your look for seasonal festivities, or your future, is still open over reading week for 1:1s, portfolio/cv & application reviews, part-time job hunting & more, all week.
Book a chat (🔗link in bio)
Works (in order): Natalia Palmer, Rosie Carrol, Lucy Havard, Harry Bhalerao, Subeen Park, Ellie Majumdar, Yasmin Hinton, Amelia Gaughan, Alice Thorne, Clara Barroso.
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14/10/2025
Explore creative ideas with dedicated support and £250 funding.
Applications close 21 October, don’t miss your chance.
Got a creative idea, passion project or side hustle that deserves more attention?
The Ignite Business Start-Up Programme, delivered by Evolve and funded by , can help you turn it into something real.
Across four free evening workshops (4 Nov – 2 Dec, 5–7 pm), you’ll explore how to shape your idea, build confidence, understand funding, and learn the essentials of starting something new, all with expert guidance and a community of other creatives.
Complete the programme and you could receive up to £250 in start-up funding to get your idea off the ground.
No business plan, no pressure, just curiosity, creativity and support.
Spaces are limited.
👉 Apply via the BCP Council website before 21 October (link in bio).
Images: Hannah DeCastro, Auriol Symons, Ricky Tang, Chloe Pritchard.
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14/10/2025