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 BurdenMarket Research & Product Development SpecialistProduct Designer (UX/UI) at Bluepass
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
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 did it.

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 Burden

Samantha Burden

Product Designer (UX/UI), Bluepass

Market Research & Product Development SpecialistProduct Designer (UX/UI)

First role: 4 months after graduating

Before joining the Intermediate course, my user research toolkit was limited. Drafting explicit hypotheses, structuring effective ideation exercises, and synthesising findings are my key takeaways. Access to teachers who are also practitioners gave me the confidence anyone investing in a product design career needs.
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Vitor Kneipp

UX Strategist, Independent consultant

Product ManagerUX Strategist

22% conversion uplift on first client project

Vita Štefane

Vita Štefane

UX Designer

Marketing DesignerUX Designer

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
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 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.

Questions

Before you enrol.

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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