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  1. UX Futures

    Established UX roles are taking on AI prototyping

    Google Careers · In practice · Employer listing · publication date not shown

    A Google UX Designer vacancy for Chrome Disco includes AI browser experiences and prefers experience prototyping with LLMs, generative AI or emerging technology.

  2. UX Futures

    AI readiness includes scrutiny, not just prompting

    Skills England · AI foundation skills for work benchmark · In practice · 28 January 2026 · Background guidance

    Six foundation skills cover instructions, routine tasks, automation, tool settings, risk awareness and analysis. Checking accuracy and recognising errors are part of responsible use.

  3. Learning & guides

    Use AI without outsourcing your judgement

    Prepare for what’s next · Editorial learning exercise

    Build one capability this week: check an AI-assisted research interpretation against the evidence, then explain your own decision.

  4. Podcasts

    Design Better

    Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter · Kevin Flores: Find Your Inner Rebel

    Conversations about design practice, creative work and collaboration across disciplines.

  5. Learning & guides

    Find a mentor

    ADPList · community · Free mentoring sessions available

    Search for design and research mentors for a focused discussion about learning, a portfolio or interviews.

  6. Learning & guides

    Google UX Design Professional Certificate

    Google / Coursera · certification · Paid certificate programme · check regional fees

    Beginner-oriented, self-paced training in research, prototyping and portfolio projects. No prior degree or experience is required by the provider.

  7. White papers

    2024 UX Salary Survey

    UXPA International · analysis by MeasuringU · 2024 · background report · Workforce survey · UX-specific

    A direct view of UX pay, employment events and hiring priorities. Among 71 respondents planning to recruit in 2025, research and usability testing were leading skills sought.

  8. White papers

    State of UX Hiring Report 2024

    UX Design Institute · 2024 · background report · Workforce survey · UX-specific

    Reports hiring managers’ priorities for entry-level UX applicants, including portfolios and problem-solving, alongside recent entrants’ career experiences.

  9. UX Sectors

    Digital & Fine Arts

    Sector / context of practice

    Explore how people create, encounter and interpret art. Aesthetic experience, emotion, reflection and creative agency can be design aims in their own right.

  10. UX Sectors

    Language, writing & communication

    Sector / context of practice

    Design for people composing, reading and acting on the written word. Consider meaning, tone, structure and the experience of expressing an idea as well as receiving it.

  11. Learning & guides

    Preparation pathways

    Site guide

    Build judgement, technical literacy, agent control, evaluation and responsible practice.

  12. ArchiveArchived · 2026-10-19

    Newsletter No. 3

    Weekly newsletter · Saved edition

    Our main feature this week is the GOV.UK Service Manual’s user research guidance: a practical route from planning to inclusive sessions and analysis. Alongside it, eight readings connect research decisions to augmented reality, education, financial access, museums, healthcare and public…

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