Portfolio advice: What is a UAL portfolio?

What is a portfolio? What should you include? How is a digital portfolio different to a physical one? How should you present it? Creating and submitting a portfolio for your application can be a scary task. If you're applying to join us at UAL, our portfolio advice videos will help answer all your questions so that you have the best tools to show us your skills, personality and potential.

Find more guidance on preparing your portfolio over here: https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/a...

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00:10 – What is a portfolio
00:23 – Your potential and interests
00:53 – Portfolios are for a range of subjects
01:02 – Digital portfolios, instead of physical
01:40 – Check the UAL course page
01:55 – Show a diverse range of work
02:28 – Show ideas and mistakes
02:44 – Show videos of performance
02:56 – Show technical ability, experimentation and ideas
03:16 – Provide a narrative
03:29 – Portfolio is like a DJ set
03:50 – Authenticity is important

Featuring, in order of appearance:
- Frank Owusu, Curriculum Area Leader: Communication (Foundation), UAL
- Kath Melandri, College Admissions Tutor, School of Media and Communications, London College of Fashion, UAL
- Mica Wasil, College Admissions Tutor: School of Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
- Josh Masih, College Admissions Tutor: School of Design and Technology, London College of Fashion, UAL
- Jessamy Mattinson, BA Fashion Design, London College of Fashion, UAL
- Lilo Amaral, MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, UAL
- Radha Joglekar, MA Service Design, London College of Communication, UAL.

Watch our suite of Portfolio Advice videos for more tips from UAL academics and students:    • UAL Portfolio Advice  

Film by @grey__moth. Animations created by @made_abroad.