Creative Direction and Curation for Fashion

Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom, Nottingham

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Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom , Nottingham

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W233

Campuses

City Campus

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2023

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,500 / year

Next Intake September-2023

Creative Direction and Curation for Fashion

About

The role of the creative director and curator is becoming increasingly important across the full fashion and lifestyle spectrum and this course responds to the need for visual outcomes with contextual understanding and grounding.

You'll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.
Benefit from guest lecturers such as Giles Deacon, Christopher Raeburn, and internationally renowned Japanese pattern cutting expert Shingo Sato.
Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to one of our partner institutions, including the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. You will also have the opportunity to attend study trips to events like Paris Fashion Week.
You'll be able to personalise your studies by choosing from a range of up to eight optional modules. Your course also includes our School-wide, sector-leading CoLab module.

Develop your unique creative voice through the creation and interpretation of image, covering a broad visual base that will meet the needs of the changing fashion landscape and provide brands with compelling distinctive identities. By investigating and innovating cultural and social aspirational narratives, you'll develop aesthetic solutions, across a range of multi-modal promotional platforms and communication spaces including 2D and 3D, print and digital, photographic and film â€“ meeting the needs of the ever-shifting commercial context. You'll harness your innovative instincts to provide provocative yet viable recommendations that truly impact brand futures, expand consumer experiences, and contribute to the broader societal and cultural impact of fashion and retail.

Year One
Year Two
Year Three

Experiment and Investigate: Introduction to Creative Direction and Curation

(40 credit points)

This module will introduce students to the concept of curation and direction through the development of wider knowledge of the global market place.

Students will be encouraged to develop skills around ideation through research and active participation in the learning environment.

Research and Evaluate: Fashion Environments, Cultures and Trends

(20 credit points)

This module will embed a cultural curiosity in students through the development of a habitual and focussed research process.

Students will develop their understanding of a curatorial approach through the consistent growth of knowledge through research practice and will develop their broader research skills by investigating their personal perspective as practitioners.

Ideate and Curate

(40 credit points)

Students will be able to curate research to generate ideas to form a series of creative propositions.

This will involve:

Introduction of a curatorial approach to generate ideas.
Developing an understanding of why the processes gleaned from 'Research & Evaluate' can come before or after the Idea alongside the development of dexterity in moving between ideation and research.
Introduction of critique and opinion as part of the creative process.
Development of confidence in idea generation without consequence of feasibility

The Industry and You

(20 credit points)

This module is focussed on allowing students the ability to begin their investigation into the possibilities the workplace has to offer in the world of fashion curation and direction.

Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own personal skills and passions and use this knowledge as part of their active investigation.

Curate and Create for Fashion

(40 credit points)

This module allows students to develop their knowledge and skill base within the world of curation in the broadest sense within the fashion industry.

Focussing on the importance of curation as the basis for the creative output both as a curated or directed solution, the module continues to encourage the students to focus on the research process as the underpinning a curatorial approach which is applied in the telling of compelling and innovative narratives in fashion.

Optional Module

(20 credit points)

Direct and Product for Fashion

(40 credit points)

This module allows students to take their curatorial knowledge and apply their learning to a fashion direction environment.

Encouraging the students to work collaboratively to develop their co-creation skills but also fostering a practical and proactive approach to creative problem solving and innovation as a way to generate relevant and timely creative solutions.

CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking

(20 credit points)

Through active participation with team-based problem solving, you will work together in mixed teams on a project where you will use your creative ideas to generate solutions to the challenge or brief. Your project will allow you to explore how creativity can make an impact in society, as you choose a theme of sustainability, social justice, enterprise and innovation or community. This collaborative learning experience will expose you to a range of new processes and approaches that will develop your creative thinking.

Develop, Propose and Create: Negotiated Project

(60 credit points)

Students will develop a proposal for a final creative negotiated project at this stage.

Students are encouraged to develop proposals which foster their own creative passions with a focus on their own goals within the workplace. Negotiated with their tutor the students are then allowed to explore their creative within the final projects produced.

Personal and Professional Direction

(20 credit points)

This module will allow students to draw on their understanding of the industry and their own personal aspirations to develop a portfolio which is focussed and work ready.

Real World Project

(40 credit points)

The professional practice module allows students to negotiate a real-world project or series of projects to enable them to acheive confidence and professional skills within their chosen sphere of work. Negotiated in advance the student can choose to work with one client or a number of clients over the intended period of study.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Your qualification	You could study
Secondary School Certificate (Tawjihi) Grade 75%+	International Year One courses at NTIC
Two year Post Tawjihi from Higher Technical Institutes or Commercial Institutes	Students who have studied for two years after the Tawjihi can be considered for Year One undergraduate courses
OND / HND and Associate Degrees	Advanced entry (Year Two or Three) undergraduate courses

Your qualification

You could study

Secondary School Certificate (Tawjihi)

Grade 75%+

International Year One courses at NTIC

Two year Post Tawjihi from Higher Technical Institutes or Commercial Institutes

Students who have studied for two years after the Tawjihi can be considered for Year One undergraduate courses

OND / HND and Associate Degrees

Advanced entry (Year Two or Three) undergraduate courses

Career

Employability is a key focus of this course, with modules including initiatives such as live projects and trips, and the opportunity to exhibit your work, which will help to raise your profile and enhance your future career.

You'll develop agile and informed creative direction and curation skills that can adapt to the needs of a variety of sectors, market levels and territories across the full commercial fashion and lifestyle landscape. You'll graduate well equipped to pursue a career in fashion and retail in roles that could include creative director, creative curator, art director, stylist, and archivist.

Recent graduate destinations from our courses include:

Creative Producer at LG Studio Ltd
Stylist at TJX Europe
Art Director at Mr Porter
Creative Director and Campaign Manager at Shrine.

Connecting with industry and work placement opportunities

Industry professionals will visit the course to guest lecture and share their experiences. Live projects and competitions will help you to gain real experience of the industry, make contacts, and build your portfolio and CV.

You'll be encouraged to undertake short periods of work experience alongside your studies. You will normally complete these placements during holiday periods, but you will have the option of taking up to two weeks out of term time, which you can negotiate with your tutor.

In addition, you'll also have the opportunity to complete a longer work experience or placement, with the chance to gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice, dependent on duration. Course tutors and our Employability team are on hand to support you in applying for placement and professional practice opportunities.

YouFirst â€“ working with our Employability team

Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.

Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the Internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and for up to three years after completing your course.

Creative Industries Federation

We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK's creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.

What our students are doing now

22 Mar 2022

Fashion Management students host International Women's Day Event

To celebrate International Women's Day, our Final Year Fashion Management students hosted a community event with inspirational industry experts.

12 Oct 2021

Fashion students attend design brief workshop with iconic Nottingham designer

06 Jul 2021

NTU alumnae becomes first UK winner of Cannes Young PR Lions competition

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,500 / year

How to Apply

You can apply through UCAS. If you are not applying to any other UK universities, you can apply directly to us on our NTU applicant portal.

Application advice

Apply early so that you have enough time to prepare – processing times for Student visas can vary, for example. After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process – so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.

Writing your personal statement

Be honest, thorough, and persuasive – we can only make a decision about your application based on what you tell us:

Would you like some advice on your study plans?

Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.