This specialist, flexible part-time course provides the opportunity for you to explore and develop your own specialism within Fashion, Textiles or Knitwear Design.Key featuresStudy on a part-time basis, and complete modules sequentially or independently (depending on your current qualifications).Benefit from lectures by researchers and visiting designers working in industry such as Jo Cope, Simeon Farrar, Professor Jane Harris, Moxham, Karen Nicol, and Christopher Raeburn.Work with fellow
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This specialist, flexible part-time course provides the opportunity for you to explore and develop your own specialism within Fashion, Textiles or Knitwear Design.
Key features
- Study on a part-time basis, and complete modules sequentially or independently (depending on your current qualifications).
- Benefit from lectures by researchers and visiting designers working in industry such as Jo Cope, Simeon Farrar, Professor Jane Harris, Moxham, Karen Nicol, and Christopher Raeburn.
- Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds.
- Have the opportunity to join a European study visit to Antwerp and Paris.
- Take advantage of our extensive links with industry.
- Be selected to exhibit your work at New Designers in London.
- Opt for a 20 credit point advanced research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study.
What you'll study
At the start of the course you will devise an individual project which can be commercial or conceptual in its focus. Your project may be based on your own design and career aspirations, links with industry, or an investigation into the intersections between fashion, interiors, art and fabrication.
How you’re taught
Teaching and learning experiences will include:
- lectures
- tutorials
- seminars
- inductions
- workshops
- live projects
- study visits
- self-directed research
- independent studio practice.
Assessment
Assessment is 100% by coursework and involves:
- Project Proposal
- supporting fashion research and development work
- evidence of reflective practice
- experimental designs
- formal presentation of key developments
- resolved fashion/ textile / knitwear designs
- portfolio and CV.
Careers and employability
This course leads to a wide range of career opportunities including commercial or independent fashion, textile or knitwear designer, maker or artist.
Other industry-related roles include buyer, merchandiser, production manager, trend forecaster, and styling for fashion and knitwear companies and brands.
You could also use this course to support a career in teaching, lecturing, journalism and progression to MPhil or PhD study.
Recent graduates have set up their own successful businesses, and work within the fashion and textile design sector and wider creative industries. Others have returned to their previous job with a renewed focus and enhanced career prospects.
