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Exhibiting at Create Your Future

Connect with the next generation of creatives by showcasing your offerings and brands in a specialist environment designed to inspire, imagine and influence.

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Create Your Future Bookings 2025

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To get started, make sure you have your exhibitor reference code ready. You'll need this to access the booking form and secure your preferred stand space. 

Need pricing details or marketing options? Get in touch with the team who will be able to send across the details eventssales@ucas.ac.uk

Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

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Engage with the Next Wave of Creative Talent

Create Your Future events are unmissable opportunities to engage with young people exploring creative pathways. Covering everything from art and design to media, performing arts, and beyond, they bring together universities, colleges, employers, and creative organisations to showcase their offerings and inspire the next generation of talent.

Both events celebrate creativity in all its forms, providing an immersive space in a trusted environment where you can engage directly with students as they explore courses, apprenticeships, and career options that align with their passions and interests.

Exhibiting gives you a unique opportunity to engage with a highly engaged audience of aspiring creatives making it the ideal platform to raise awareness of your brand, share expertise, and build meaningful relationships with the next generation of creatives.

In 2024, exhibitors achieved an average of 330 leads across both London and Manchester Create Your Future events.

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Over 43% of Create Your Future visitors went onto submitting UCAS applications in 2025.

Upcoming Events 2025

 

Create Your Future - London

Location/Date: 6-7 October 2025, London ExCeL

 

Create Your Future - Manchester

Location/Date: 11-12 November 2025, Manchester Central

 

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Over 43% of Create Your Future visitors went onto submitting UCAS applications in 2025.
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Marketing and Sponsorship opportunities

Our specialist events team have designed an exciting array of marketing and sponsorship opportunities with the aim to help you reach future creatives at the right time, before, during and after the events. 

Whether your goal is to increase visibility, lead generation, or strengthen your presence, we can tailor our marketing options to suit your objectives.

Pre-event opportunities

Display advertising

Let students and advisers know you’ll be at the event as soon as they start researching with a display advert on ucas.com.

With targeted display MPU ads on event specific pages you’ll be able to raise your profile and boost attendance to your stand on the day.

21,977 views*

- monthly average for UCAS.com event pages*

 

Booking reminder email ads

By advertising in communications triggered by visitors’ registration, your organisation will be directly associated with the event.

Containing critical information and sent before the event, the relevance and timeliness of these emails offers great results to advertisers with the right messaging.

54% open rate*

40.3% click-through rate*

 

Pre-event solus emails and SMS

With a solus email and SMS to students, you can start building a real connection with event attendees beforehand and encourage further direct engagement at the event itself.

We’ll ensure you get the most from your creative, sent just before an exhibition to the students registered. By aligning your message with our trusted brand, you can ensure great reach and impact with a highly engaged audience. 

52% email open rate*
3.6% email click-through rate*

*For last full round of in-person events activity 2023

In-event opportunities

Exhibition stands

 

Directly engage with our audience face-to-face with your very own exhibition stand.

Stand options and sizes vary with premium positions also available.

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Creative stage live performance

Showcase your students with a live or pre-recorded performance on the Creative stage.

 

Creative stage video advert 

Host your advert on screens on the stage in between performances and talks to increase your brand awareness in London or Manchester.

 

Creative talks

Connect with students by hosting a student talk on a specific subject area or hold an interactive workshop to showcase what they can be learning in creative courses.

 

Busker's corner

Champion young creative talent by hosting a performance in our Buskers Corner featured area on our second stage. This stage can create a real buzz so use this opportunity to get your brand in front of the audience.

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Welcome video

Get your brand front and centre of students’ minds through a high-impact video on our event screens

Your 10 second video clip will play on a loop to our captive audience, helping expand brand awareness and signpost visitors to your stand.
 

Hanging banners

Let visitors know exactly who and where you are from the moment they enter the exhibition, with the ultimate signposting opportunity.

Your large, double sided vinyl banners are printed in four colours and hung directly above your stand.

 

Floor tiles

Capture the attention of a wider audience and increase traffic to your stand with your own branded floor tiles.

You’ll get 5 identical, fully branded tiles that include your messaging and creative, located in high traffic areas of the event.

 

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Event guide advert

Boost your brand presence with a full colour A6 advert in the event guide. The brochure includes the floor plan and is used by students to navigate the event.

As one of a limited number of advertisers included and with placements amongst key UCAS and event information, your ad will have great visibility.

 

Enhanced listing in event guide

Improve your in-event profile and boost the visibility of your stand's location with your logo included in the event guide exhibitor list.

Sitting alongside the floor plan, the addition of your full colour branding in the exhibitor list will help you stand out from the competition and increase your visitor footfall.

 

Data scanning

Collect invaluable, quality data in seconds and use it to enhance your own future marketing campaigns with messaging direct to your student leads.

Purchasing licenses based on the maximum number of staff and devices you plan to have at the event, you’ll use your phone to instantly collect information on visitors to your stand.

 

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Furniture and TV hire

We offer options to hire furniture such as computer plinth tables with cupboards, literature racks, stools, chairs, tables and plasma screens to help enhance your stand and the experience of your visitors.

 

Post-event opportunities

Post-event solus email

Remind students about what you can offer them and continue your relationship after the event with a solus email.

Sent after they attend, your email creative will go direct to students who already associate you with the event and know your message is relevant – giving a high engagement rate. This offers a great opportunity to cement the connections you’ve already made.

46.2% open rate*
3.7% click-through rate*

*For in-person events activity 2023

In 2024, we welcomed over 11,600 attendees and over 130 exhibitors across both or our London and Manchester Create Your Future events.
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Ready to discuss?

Get in touch with our team to discuss ideas, request a rate card or get further event details. Discover how you can bring your brand to life at our conferences. 

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