Introduction to User Experience Design (UX)

Learn the fundamentals of User Experience (UX) design through a combination of theory, best practice, and hands-on workshops with PACE.

Professional Academy for Creative Enterprise (PACE) onsite courses offer a range of in-person teaching and learning experiences at our University of Leeds campus.  

This course equips you with essential skills in user research, wireframing, and usability testing. Whether you're starting a career in UX design or expanding your digital design expertise, this course helps you create engaging and user-friendly digital products.

What Will You Learn?

•  Core UX principles, processes, and stages and the differences between user experience and usability, including best practices.
• Content strategies and design theories, including nudge theory, Gestalt principles and deceptive patterns.
• Competitor analysis methods for evaluating digital experiences.
• Practical user research techniques, such as interviews, questionnaires and observations.
• Creating user personas and storyboards to understand user needs.
• Sketching, digital wireframing and prototyping to bring concepts to life.
• Usability testing and interactive design for refining user experience. 

Led by Dr. Kimberly Sheen, Lecturer in Digital Design and Communication.

Find out more and sign up here.