BA (Hons) Fashion

Morley College London has a reputation for delivering high quality courses in the visual and digital arts with an emphasis on creativity through vocational, practical and essential skills and an ethos of inclusivity to a richly diverse range of adult learners. The Fashion BA (Hons) Top-Up curriculum encourages innovative thinking and visual intelligence while ensuring a comprehensive foundation maintaining the balance between design and production required for engagement with the industry. Students develop conceptual practice alongside practical skills for increased employability and enterprise or in support of independent entrepreneurship. An enthusiasm and enjoyment of fashion will stimulate self-motivation is the foundation for academic and practical achievement, supported by high levels of tutor-student contact and strong pastoral support. With an emphasis on studio practice and small group delivery, students will employ materials, techniques, methods, and technologies associated with fashion studies. Project briefs designed to inspire conceptual development and encourage experimentation through 2D and 3D processes allow students to strengthen their practice and build the confidence to extend their boundaries through independent investigations and collaborative projects. Students will explore the juxtaposition of the idealistic and the realistic through personal research and analysis, distilling their work into a cohesive professional identity articulated through the development and realisation of final outcomes. The curriculum is designed and implemented by specialist tutors with strong links to the fashion industry and extensive professional experience to impart to the students. Our team includes respected members of industry, with knowledge and experience as independent designers, makers, buyers and fashion consultants. Some have worked with the world’s leading fashion houses, designer boutiques or publications, while others have presented their collections on the catwalk at New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week or London Collections: Men. The overarching concept of Creativity and Commerce will underpin the course material across all units of study.

HND (BTEC)
Successful completion of an HND Art and Design (Fashion) or related Foundation Degree

IELTS (Academic): 5.5
Students and prospective students require a minimum level of 5.5 IELTS (or equivalent) with no score lower than a 5 in listening and speaking and no score lower than a 5.5 in reading and writing.
PTE Academic: 42
Pearson Test of English Academic

Students undertaking higher level education need to have a commensurate level of understanding of the English language so as to be able to achieve their qualification. In the case of applicants for whom English is a second language, the interviewer and Central Admissions Team must assure themselves of the applicant’s ability to function at IELTS English Level 5.5 (or equivalent). This is in line with the requirements of the awarding and validating bodies. Where applicants do not hold an IELTS qualification at 5.5 or equivalent, the Central Admissions will ask the applicant to sit an online test (BKSB) to check the suitability of the applicant’s English level prior to interview. Photographic identification will be required. Applicants who have recently completed (i.e. in the last 2 years) a formal programme of study in English at an appropriate level (such as a level 3 BTEC or ‘A’ level) prior to starting their Higher National are considered to be at a suitable level of English without requiring additional evidence..