UAL · 25/26 season live

Stop dreaming.
Start building.

The UK's largest student-led creative entrepreneurship network. Meet builders, launch ideas and partner with the next generation of London's most ambitious creatives.

Notion
Adidas
TikTok
Audemars Piguet
Camden Council
ARUP
Tate Modern
RSA
Jaded London
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Kickstart
Climate Pre-Accelerator
Notion
Adidas
TikTok
Audemars Piguet
Camden Council
ARUP
Tate Modern
RSA
Jaded London
Type01
Kickstart
Climate Pre-Accelerator
Why CES

Not a society.
A movement.

We turn ambitious students into shipping founders. Real briefs, real budgets, real partners. No dusty AGMs. No coffee-and-cake events.

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What we do

Three ways in.
One movement.

Every CES touchpoint pushes you toward one thing: making the thing you keep saying you'll make.

Explore CES

Three worlds inside
one society.

Our 26/27 pillars. Each one is its own community, its own calendar, its own culture.

PILLAR 01

Creative Tech & AI

Where design thinking crashes into machine learning. Hackathons, tooling clubs and product sprints for creatives who ship.

Enter world
PILLAR 02

Brand Lab

Real briefs from real brands. Craft campaigns with Adidas, TikTok and Audemars Piguet before you graduate.

Enter world
PILLAR 03

Film & TV

Original series, festival shorts and behind-the-scenes access. The pipeline into London's screen industry.

Enter world
Featured work

We ship real work
with real brands.

Notion
Summits

Notion

300 attendees · 25K+ reach

5 workshops, a conference and panel talks that pulled crowds from every London university.

Adidas
Panel + Workshop

Adidas

200+ students · Full house

Panel with Adidas Global VP Hannah Mercer on breaking into brand leadership.

TikTok
Winter Gala

TikTok

5K impressions · 500+ signups

Event marketing for ByteDance's Lemon8. 150+ pieces of user-created content in 1.5 weeks.

Camden Council
Hackathon

Camden Council

£1,000 seed fund

Social impact hackathon tackling real community challenges with local government.

ARUP
Office Visit

ARUP

15 selected attendees

Exclusive HQ visit. Insightful talks and mentorship with senior researchers.

Tate Modern
Networking Social

Tate Modern

120+ RSVPs · 94% return

Uniting current students with 60% alumni. 19K reach on a single night.

Community

Meet the people
already inside.

"The room where London's most ambitious creatives accidentally end up meeting each other.

and of course...

Come build
something.

Applications for the 25/26 season are open. Bring an idea, a sketchbook, or nothing at all — leave with a team.