The A-level results are out today and for those picking up your envelope, we really hope you got the results you wanted. Whether you are just getting your results, have completed a Foundation course or are thinking of retraining we wanted to let you know that you don’t need a jewellery degree to learn how […]

Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do I am Helen Naylor. I have a degree in English Literature and Philosophy and a PGCE in English. I have been an English teacher for the last 8 years and began learning how to make jewellery 5 years ago. I live in Manchester and […]

You are cordially invited to the Diploma in Creative Jewellery Exhibition, but no need to RSVP, just come along for free! It’s a great opportunity to visit the school if you are thinking of taking a class with the added incentive of checking out what our most recent students have been making. Drinks and nibbles […]

It’s hard to believe now but when I went to university there was no such thing as tuition fees. I *whispers it* actually got a full grant! A grant, for those who are too young to have heard of the concept, was an annual payment from the government to attend university. It wasn’t enough to […]

  This week on the blog we will be featuring some of the graduates of our Diploma in Silver Jewellery as we have a free exhibition of their work this Friday, 7th July 2017, 6.30-8pm, at our London studios. You are invited to attend! Today we feature jeweller Guida Cusso Where do you live? I have […]

It’s Summer time here in the UK and whilst the holidays are in full swing, we are busy getting ready to welcome our new Diploma Students in September for a year of fun, hard work and creativity!  We offer a number of different Diplomas and options here at the London Jewellery School, but our signature […]

Diploma student Julie McKenzie updates us on her progress and her first jewellery sales Well, here we are two-thirds of the way through the Diploma in Creative Jewellery. As you may remember I started this course back in January with absolutely no previous experience making any kind of jewellery but thinking it might be something […]

Well here I am 6 weeks into the Diploma in Creative Jewellery  at the London Jewellery School and I have to say so far the course has surpassed my expectations – which were pretty high. To date we have completed: Beginners and Intermediate Beading, Beginners Silver, Piercing/Sanding and Polishing, Intro to Metal Clay and Design […]

This year we are following the progress of Diploma in Creative Jewellery student Julie McKenzie as she aims to make a career change into the world of jewellery. Here she arrives for her first lesson. When I arrived for my first practical lesson, I was incredibly nervous.  Week 1 was the Introduction to Beading. The module […]

Hannah Colvin recently completed the Diploma in Creative Jewellery. Here she talks about how she went from complete beginner to a jewellery designer taking commissions in silver and gold in just one year. I have always loved and had a passion for jewellery and its design but I had never made anything before I started […]

Is Sunday your jewellery and crafting day? Here at London Jewellery School HQ we’ve noticed that a lot of people post pictures of what they’ve made to our Twitter and Facebook streams on Sundays, which makes us think a lot of you are busy turning your day of rest into a day of making. And […]

Kate Korn is among our first cohort of students to graduate from the Diploma in Jewellery Design and Business. The attendance for this course is one day per week for twenty weeks and has been devised so that term one focuses on jewellery design and term tow focuses on jewellery business. Kate talks about her […]

Diploma in Creative Jewellery student Gary Schofield tells how his first day on the course was an inspiring step into the unknown Week one, first day; I find myself in an all-female environment, threading beads on strings, totally out of my comfort zone and terrified. Beading I believed, was not my penchant and most certainly […]

With the rising cost of university fees to a staggering £9,000 per year in 2012, many students are looking towards more vocational and affordable courses, that are not only more geared towards learning the practical elements of working in the trade but also minimize student debt. So it’s not wonder that new ‘Diploma in Creative […]