International Preparation for Fashion (Certificate in Higher Education) - CertHE

University of the Arts London

This unique, exciting and challenging one-year Level 4 course will enable you to develop your creative, academic and professional potential across fashion design, fashion media and fashion business. It’s a year of exciting projects and new experiences that will inform your future study, career and creative future. The course begins with an important diagnostic experience, where you will discover that there are many fashion areas and successfully progress into a specialist pathway (fashion design, media or business). You’ll join a caring environment and community and form part of a global fashion network.

* You will study a bespoke curriculum to discover different areas of fashion to explore your potential fashion future. * You will discover different areas of fashion that you might not have considered * You will be encouraged to consider which fashion pathway is most suited to your talents and potential. * You will specialise in the most suitable pathway and develop a range of work and skills to prepare you for your fashion future * You will have a guaranteed offer: by successfully completing International Preparation for Fashion, you’ll be guaranteed an offer for an undergraduate course at London College of Fashion.

* You will experience a range of teaching methods including 1-2-1, studio workshops, technical workshops, group discussions, demonstrations and shared ideas. * Your timetables are designed to incorporate a wide range of creative, academic and relevant skills to support your creative future. * The course will provide you with the essential skills to be curious, brave and committed to your specialist fashion area. * Through your projects you will develop portfolio content for application onto undergraduate degrees. * Opportunities to explore your creative potential within a range of fashion-related disciplines linked to the 3 schools within London College of Fashion: Fashion Business School, School of Design and Technology and School of Media and Communication. * Bespoke units, including Writing for Fashion and Cultural and Historical Studies for Fashion underpin and contextualise your fashion-related discipline. * Based at the UAL School of Pre-degree Studies in West London, you’ll have access to facilities including a dedicated library, learning zones and digital suites and workshops.