Career Change

Go from zero to job-ready.

8 weeks. Live sessions. A real client project. For career changers who want a job in UX design, not just a certificate to collect. Step 1 of our stackable career path — pair it with the UX Career Track to go all the way.

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Taught by Natalia Veretenyk & Jonathan Hill — industry practitioners, not academics.

Duration

8 weeks

Deposit

£99 (refundable)

Full price

£1,500

Cohort 1

5 Sep 2026

Cohort size

Max 15

Schedule

Wed 6-8:30pm UK

Past graduates came from

Marketing ManagerUX Designer3 months
Software DeveloperUX Designer4 months
Secondary School TeacherJunior UX Designer5 months
AccountantUX Designer4 months
Graphic DesignerUX/UI Designer3 months
Project ManagerUX Designer6 months

The course has been absolutely fantastic. The teachers have been brilliant and very attentive. Definitely recommend for obtaining real life experience and developing a grounding in UX.

Samantha BurdenSamantha BurdenMarket Research & Product Development SpecialistProduct Designer (UX/UI) at Bluepass
A typical week

Not a video course. A live experience.

Here's what Week 3 of the course looks like in practice.

Mon

Live session

2 hrs live. Research methods and a real brief to work from.

Tue

Self-study

Reading + watch the session back. Your pace.

Wed

Drop-in

30 min optional — bring work in progress. Get unstuck.

Thu

Project work

Apply the week's methods to your client brief.

Fri

Peer review

Share work with your cohort. Give and get honest feedback.

“The Wednesday drop-ins were honestly the most valuable part. I could share my screen and my instructor would just tell me exactly what was not working.”

Samantha Burden, Product Designer
Why UX Academy

Not a video library.
A live class.

15

Max 15 students

Your instructor knows your name. Your work gets real attention, not generic feedback from a forum.

Live

Live every week

One live session per week. Ask questions, get unstuck in real time, stay accountable.

Real

Real client project

Work on a real brief from a real client. Graduate with a case study that proves you can do the job.

See 26 real client case studies →
The UX process

You will work through every stage.

Each module maps to a real deliverable. By week 8 you have worked through the full process on a live client brief.

ResearchUser interviews / synthesisArchitectureSitemaps / flowsWireframeLow-fi / prototypeTestUsability / sessionsIterateRefine / ship
Is this right for you?

Built for career changers.

This course is for you if…
  • You're switching careers with no prior design experience
  • You want live accountability, not more videos to watch alone
  • You can commit 5 to 6 hours per week for 8 weeks
  • You want to graduate with a real portfolio piece
  • You're serious about getting a UX job, not just learning about UX
This course is NOT for you if…
  • You already have 1+ years of UX experience
  • You want self-paced with no fixed schedule
  • You want theory without applying it to real work
  • You need a full-time immersive bootcamp

Already working as a UX designer? The Advanced UX Design course is for you →

Price-match guarantee

Find a comparable live UX course for less?
We’ll match it.

From £1,500 for the foundation, or £3,000 for the full stackable programme (including real start-up work experience) — vs £9,000 at General Assembly. Same live instruction and named instructors. See the full UK comparison.

Live UX coursePrice
UX Academyfrom £1,500
BrainStationNot published
UX Design Institute~€2,995
General Assembly£9,000

London courses, verified June 2026. Price-match applies to comparable live, multi-week, mentored UX courses.

Want to see the full curriculum?

Week-by-week breakdown, learning outcomes, and tools covered.

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What you will learn

8 weeks. 8 outcomes.

Tap any week to see what you will cover. Want it as a PDF? Get the brochure.

Week 1UX Fundamentals

Learn the core principles of human-centred design and how usability and behavioural principles shape what users expect. Run your first heuristic evaluation of a real product.

FigmaHeuristic eval
Week 2User Research

Plan and run interviews and surveys, then synthesise what you hear into actionable insights about real user needs and behaviours.

User interviewsResearch plan
Week 3Information Architecture

Structure content and navigation so users always know where they are and how to get where they need to go.

Card sortingIA
Week 4Wireframing & Prototyping

Turn sketches into digital wireframes and interactive prototypes in Figma before a line of code is written.

FigmaInVision
Week 5Usability Testing

Design and moderate usability tests with real users; identify and prioritise the issues that matter most.

Usability testing
Week 6Real Client Project

Apply everything to a live brief from a real client and build your first portfolio-ready case study.

Client project
Week 7Portfolio & Career Preparation

Package your work into a portfolio and practise presenting it to hiring teams.

PortfolioCareer
Week 8AI Tools in UX Workflows

Use AI assistants to accelerate research synthesis, ideation, and content generation in a real design workflow.

AI tools
From the course

What you'll actually build

Every student completes a real client brief. These are portfolio pieces made during the 8-week course.

Booking flow redesign — NHS appointment app

Gaby Rock · Beginner course, 2025

User researchPrototyping

Onboarding UX audit — fintech startup

Vitor Kneipp · Intermediate course, 2024

Heuristic reviewStrategy

Work shown with graduate permission. Real client briefs — not made-up exercises.

What comes after

UX design is a viable career.

£28k-£40k

Junior UX Designer

Entry level

£40k-£65k

Mid-level UX Designer

2-3 years

£65k-£105k+

Product Designer

Senior

Your instructors

Named. Accountable.

Natalia Veretenyk

Natalia Veretenyk

Lead Product Designer

Natalia is Lead Product Designer at Carbonia Web, covering user research through to interaction design. She is curious about human behaviour and how people’s minds work, and is a recipient of the Adobe XD London award. In her free time she writes about design and mentors emerging talent.

KPMGAdobe XD London AwardDesign systemsFigma
Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Hill

Corporate UX Lead

Jonathan is Corporate UX Design Lead, leading his organisation’s design strategy. He specialises in influencing project teams to make user-centred decisions that serve both business and user goals. Previously a UX Researcher at the University of Vienna Applied Sciences, he is especially interested in the value of design and the scaling of design systems.

University of ViennaDesign systemsCorporate UX strategy
Goncalo Andrade

Goncalo Andrade

Lead Product Designer

Goncalo is a Lead Product Designer based in London with 10+ years of experience. He believes design is about coming together to solve human problems, and has worked across EDF, Aviva, Lloyds Banking Group, and Croud.

EDFAvivaLloyds Banking GroupCroud

Graduate outcomes

People who made the leap

Not a highlight reel. Real transitions, real timelines.

Samantha Burden

Samantha Burden

Market Research & Product Development Specialist->Product Designer (UX/UI)

Bluepass

The course has been absolutely fantastic. The teachers have been brilliant and very attentive. Definitely recommend for obtaining real life experience and developing a grounding in UX.

4 months to first role
Vita Štefane

Vita Štefane

Marketing Designer->UX Designer

Moving from marketing design to UX felt like a huge leap -- until I realised how much I already understood about what people need. The course gave me the language and the portfolio to prove it.

Chrysanthi Papazoglou

Chrysanthi Papazoglou

Customer Service Coordinator & Trainer->UX Writer
Daisy Hloniphile Msibi

Daisy Hloniphile Msibi

Career changer->UX Designer
Rory Scott

Rory Scott

Career changer->UX Researcher and Designer
Chiara Lunerti

Chiara Lunerti

Career changer->UX Researcher and Designer
Cynthia Thornberry

Cynthia Thornberry

Career changer->Junior UX Researcher
Lesego (Robyn) Koloane

Lesego (Robyn) Koloane

Career changer->User Experience Design Lead
Gaby Rock

Gaby Rock

Events Assistant->Content Designer
3 months to first role

4.8*

Google rating

5.0*

Facebook rating

287+

Graduates since 2020

30% scholarship available →
Where our graduates work

Our graduates now work at great companies.

Our graduates have gone on to roles at companies across tech, finance, healthcare, government, and beyond.

AiimiBabylon HealthBarclaysBBH LondonBecaveBluepassCazooCitiCloudCallCodex GlobalEDP RenewablesEmperor+28 more
Sound familiar?

Things our graduates used to think

Before

You need to know how to code or be naturally creative. I'm neither.

Lesego, market researcher

After 8 weeks

UX is about understanding people. My research background was more useful than any design tool.

Before

I'm too old to switch careers. Employers want graduates in their 20s.

Vitor, product manager

After 8 weeks

My years of professional experience made me a better UX practitioner than any graduate I've met.

Before

Online courses are just videos you watch alone and never finish.

Gaby, events assistant

After 8 weeks

My instructor knew my name by week two. The cohort keeps you accountable in a way no video course can.

Secure your place

£99 fully refundable

Deposit to secure your place. Full course fee £1,500.

Cohort 1 — 5 September 2026 · 15 places max

UX AcademyCompetitors
Price£1,500up to £9,000
Live teachingYes, every sessionOften pre-recorded
Cohort sizeMax 15 students50 to 500+
Real client projectIncludedRarely included
  • 8 weeks of live instruction
  • Real client project included
  • Max 15 students
  • Direct Slack access to your instructor
  • Certificate on graduation

Balance of £1,401 payable by invoice before the course starts. Interest-free payment plans available on request.

The course has been absolutely fantastic. The teachers have been brilliant and very attentive. Definitely recommend for obtaining real life experience and developing a grounding in UX.

Samantha BurdenSamantha Burden - Market Research & Product Development Specialist to Product Designer (UX/UI) at Bluepass

£99 fully refundable before the course starts — no questions asked.

Price-match guarantee on comparable live courses.

Questions? Email us. · 30% scholarship available.

Common questions

Ask us anything.

Most of our graduates said exactly this before starting. UX is less about visual creativity and more about curiosity and empathy -- understanding why people struggle with things, then figuring out how to fix it. If you have ever rewritten a confusing email, reorganised a messy drawer, or explained something complicated simply, you are already thinking like a UX designer.

Natalia Veretenyk, Lead Instructor

Questions

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Step 2 — UX Career Track

Ready to go all the way?

Stack the UX Career Track on top: 12 more weeks with real work experience at a start-up, taking you from fundamentals to job-ready. Full programme — £3,000 over 20 weeks.

Explore the UX Career Track →8 wks Beginner + 12 wks Career Track = job-ready
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