Fashion, BA (Hons)

Course summary

This course develops student’s individual creativity and fashion design judgment, encouraging an active approach to learning through the ongoing production of innovative artefacts; enabling graduates to meet evolving industry needs. You will have the opportunity to participate in live projects, competition briefs and hear from visiting experts who will offer you a diverse, cultural and global perspective of the fashion industry (subject to availability). You will be encouraged to think critically and independently, to consider and respond to the challenges facing the fashion industry society in general and become truly global graduates. Fast paced and dynamic, this course seeks to support you in developing your individual creativity and fashion design judgment, encouraging an active approach to learning through the ongoing production of innovative fashion artefacts. Key course benefits;

• This course benefits from being taught alongside our BA (Hons) Fashion, Brand and Communication and BA (Hons) International Fashion Business courses. As a suite, these three courses offer insight and introduction to the evolving Fashion industry in its broadest sense. Students working within any of the three courses benefit from learning about each other’s specialisms and how the range of roles within the fashion industry intersect. This offers maximum opportunity for collaboration and ensures that students on the BA (Hons) Fashion course graduate with enhanced knowledge of how the industry works, and how they can contribute to its bright and changing future.

• The BA (Hons) Fashion course is a hands-on, creative course. With theory embedded throughout module activities, the work students will undertake will be creative in its content and approach. Students will work towards creating fashion artefacts (in their broadest definition), demonstrating their skills as innovative and directional practitioners who are able to do realise ideas as brave, experimental outcomes.

• Students will be able to access the industry standard facilities4 in the newly refurbished Art and Design buildings enabling them to work in a range of scales, materials and processes. Students will be encouraged to develop and apply both 2D and 3D techniques and will apply both analogue (traditional) and digital (new technology) approaches to ensure they develop individual creative identities and ways of working relevant to current and emerging creative sector standards.

• Students will be introduced to current and emerging ways of working, combining materials and processes in new ways. With a strong technical core in the course, students are encouraged to consider “making” in its bravest sense and to apply their knowledge of materials and processes to the development of new products and artefacts, relevant to the fashion industry.

• This course, along with others in the suite of Fashion courses is highly internationally focused. Students benefit from a wealth of international experience established by the course founders; who are passionate about ensuring global collaboration and industry readiness and who seek opportunities to develop solid international awareness and experience where possible. Themes included within course modules embrace this global approach and students are encouraged to consider diverse perspectives and references from the start of the course.