Resources

Everything you need to learn,
practise, and work in UX design.

Curated by the UX Academy instructor team — the resources we give every student.

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UX Design Tools

Every tool used in the UX Academy curriculum, categorised by workflow stage. Research, wireframing, testing, handoff, and AI.

Learning

Free UX Courses & Resources

Honest reviews of free learning options: IxDF, the Google UX Certificate, and what live instruction adds that self-study cannot.

Templates

Free UX Templates

Download free UX templates: user persona, heuristic evaluation worksheet, and portfolio review checklist.

Community

London & UK UX Community

London UX meetups, UK conferences, Slack groups, job boards, and scholarships for UK-based designers.

London

London UX

London UX meetups, conferences, job boards, and scholarships for designers in the capital.

Manchester

Manchester UX

Northern UX meetups, Digital City Festival, and job boards for Manchester designers.

Bristol

Bristol UX

UX Bristol conference, South West meetups, and job boards for Bristol designers.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh UX

UX Scotland community, Edinburgh meetups, and Scottish job boards for UX designers.

Data

UK UX Careers Report

Median UK UX salaries by job title and region, the skills advertised alongside UX, and real career-change outcomes. Every figure sourced and dated.

Career

Career Toolkit

UK UX salary data, job boards, portfolio advice, and interview preparation.

Figma Resources

Figma for UX Designers

Free Figma tutorials, essential plugins for UX work, and keyboard shortcuts for designers.

Accessibility Resources

Accessibility Resources for UX Designers

WCAG guidelines, UK accessibility law, testing tools and communities for inclusive design.

UX Portfolio Resources

Portfolio platforms, case study structure, common mistakes and feedback channels.

UX Research Resources

Research methods, tools, participant recruitment and analysis techniques for UX designers.

Worksheet

Books to start with.

Recommended by the UX Academy instructor team.

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

The foundational text on human-centred design. Start here.

Don't Make Me Think

Steve Krug

The classic, readable introduction to web usability.

About Face

Alan Cooper et al.

A thorough reference on interaction design fundamentals.

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

Susan Weinschenk

Design psychology in short, practical chapters.

Articulating Design Decisions

Tom Greever

How to explain and defend your design work to stakeholders.

Lean UX

Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden

Applying lean principles to product design.

Just Enough Research

Erika Hall

A concise, opinionated guide to research that actually influences decisions.

Continuous Discovery Habits

Teresa Torres

How to embed user research into weekly product work.

Laws of UX

Jon Yablonski

Psychology principles every designer should know, explained clearly.

Badass: Making Users Awesome

Kathy Sierra

How to design products that help users become genuinely skilled.

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

How to ask customer questions that get honest, useful answers.

Inclusive Design Patterns

Heydon Pickering

Practical accessibility patterns for interface components.

Listen

Podcasts worth your commute.

NN/g UX Podcast

Research-led episodes from the Nielsen Norman Group.

Design Better

Conversations with design leaders on craft and process.

UI Breakfast

UI/UX, design, and product for working practitioners.

Honest UX Talks

Candid takes on day-to-day UX career and practice.

Design Details

Weekly conversations about design craft and career.

Users Know

User research methods and practice, hosted by Steve Portigal.

The Product Experience

Product management and design from Mind the Product.

Awkward Silences

User research and product discovery from the Dovetail team.

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