AUB Academy Summer Courses 2026 (Access and Participation Discount)
Arts University Bournemouth
Apply NowWant to experience life at AUB this August? Join AUB Academy’s 2‑week summer courses to build skills in animation, film, fashion and games, create a portfolio, and connect with tutors and peers — discounted access to boost your uni or career next steps.
AUB Academy runs in-person summer courses across creative art and design disciplines for younger learners and teenagers. The 2-Week Summer Courses (ages 13-18) give participants a chance to experience life as an AUB student, develop artistic and technical skills across subjects such as animation, architecture, commercial photography, fashion, filmmaking and games art, and prepare portfolios for further study.
These 2-week courses run Monday 3 August - Friday 14 August 2026. The Creative Arts Summer School offers one-week courses for younger learners (ages 7-15) in July and August 2026, including Art Explorers (7-9), Creative Artists (10-12), creative video and VFX, dance and performance, fashion design, fine art and special FX makeup.
Sessions are inclusive and classroom/on-campus based; materials and resources are included for the Creative Arts Summer School. AUB Academy is offering a 20% Access and Participation discount for eligible students meeting specified criteria (FSM, care-experienced, young carers, refugees, low HE-progression postcodes, IMD, etc.
). To request a discounted place email academy@aub. ac.
uk with a teacher/professional confirmation letter and/or a postcode screenshot; AUB will then send a booking link to purchase the discounted place.
2-Week Summer Courses (3–14 Aug 2026)
Creative Arts Summer School – July 2026
Creative Arts Summer School – August 2026
Location
- Currently in receipt of Free School Meals or eligible for Free School Meals if home-schooled
- In local authority care or looked after for three months or more
- Young Carer
- From a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman, or Boater community
- Has a parent who has served, or is currently serving, in the UK armed forces
- Studying at an alternative provision
- Refugee
- Home postcode shows low levels of progression to Higher Education (TUNDRA LSOA quintiles 1 and 2)
- Home postcode falls within Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintiles 1, 2, 3 or 4
£295
Discounted places (20% off) are available for eligible students. Discounted fees shown: 2-Week Summer Courses discounted price £1,439.20; Creative Arts Summer School discounted price £295.20. All course materials and resources are included for the Creative Arts Summer School. To receive a discounted booking link applicants must email academy@aub.ac.uk with a teacher/professional letter and/or a screenshot showing postcode eligibility.
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