BA (Hons) Fashion and Printed Textiles - Full Time

Your profile
You are creative, hardworking and have the tenacity to bring your vision to life. You are committed to your work and excited to transform your passion for fashion into a profitable and rewarding career.

Your subject
As one of the largest business sectors in the world, the Fashion and Textiles industry is ever-evolving. The British Fashion Council states that the industry is worth over £32 billion to the UK economy, fashion remains a major UK employer, with 890,000 jobs supported across the industry.

Your course
The BA (Hons) Fashion and Printed Textiles programme will enable you to develop your own individual style, helping you to stand-out in a fast-paced, competitive industry. You will be given the opportunity to combine areas of study throughout your degree, or to specialise in Fashion Design, Printed Textiles or Fashion Interiors. The programme is highly practical and industry-focused, with a strong emphasis on design and making, whether that is a length of hand-printed fabric or the production of a full fashion collection.

As a student, you will learn from industry professionals, developing key links with practising designers. You will benefit from the use of dedicated studio spaces, specialist workshops and equipment. You will enhance your technical knowledge and practical skills to strengthen your design processes, and master the practical disciplines of pattern making, fashion construction and textile manufacturing. Throughout your programme, you will have opportunities to engage with visiting speakers and take part in live industry projects and national student competitions. In your final year, you will be paired with a mentor as part of the programme’s unique Industry Mentor scheme.

Students can combine areas of study throughout the degree, or alternatively may specialise in Fashion Design, Fashion Textiles or Fashion Interiors developing a personal design philosophy and a unique set of skills.

Your profile
You are creative, hardworking and have the tenacity to bring your vision to life. You are committed to your work and excited to transform your passion for fashion into a profitable and rewarding career.

Your subject
As one of the largest business sectors in the world, the Fashion and Textiles industry is ever-evolving. The British Fashion Council states that the industry is worth over £32 billion to the UK economy, fashion remains a major UK employer, with 890,000 jobs supported across the industry.

Your course
The BA (Hons) Fashion and Printed Textiles programme will enable you to develop your own individual style, helping you to stand-out in a fast-paced, competitive industry. You will be given the opportunity to combine areas of study throughout your degree, or to specialise in Fashion Design, Printed Textiles or Fashion Interiors. The programme is highly practical and industry-focused, with a strong emphasis on design and making, whether that is a length of hand-printed fabric or the production of a full fashion collection.

As a student, you will learn from industry professionals, developing key links with practising designers. You will benefit from the use of dedicated studio spaces, specialist workshops and equipment. You will enhance your technical knowledge and practical skills to strengthen your design processes, and master the practical disciplines of pattern making, fashion construction and textile manufacturing. Throughout your programme, you will have opportunities to engage with visiting speakers and take part in live industry projects and national student competitions. In your final year, you will be paired with a mentor as part of the programme’s unique Industry Mentor scheme.

Students can combine areas of study throughout the degree, or alternatively may specialise in Fashion Design, Fashion Textiles or Fashion Interiors developing a personal design philosophy and a unique set of skills.

Entry requirements are generally given as GSCE and A Levels. These are the UK standard qualifications that are awarded at the end of a student’s time at school or college, and your country may have equivalent qualifications that can be used to support your application. You must be a minimum age of 16 or over to apply for one of our courses. Check the course finder for the exact qualification for each course.

When you search for courses, don’t worry if the entry requirements don’t specify your qualifications – we can accept alternative equivalent qualifications for many of our courses. We are happy to consider qualifications from other countries for entry onto our courses and an assessment will be made of their equivalence to our UK qualifications.

Applications Open Now!

The application window for Access to Higher Education courses opened on 1st October 2021.

Applications for this course are made via our online application form and you are able to access it from this course page.

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Upon successful submission of an application you will receive an acknowledgement email from our Admissions team. If you do not receive this you should contact the team to check that your application has been received.

We will then process your application and applicants will receive further correspondence from the College about the next stages of the admissions process. These will include details about interviews with the course tutor or any pre-assessments.

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