Course summary

The Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Creative Practice: Millinery course at Morley College London is a flexible full and part-time programme offering a millinery and multidisciplinary creative education. It equips students with core millinery production skills, personal, and professional development through individual and collaborative projects. Over this one-year full-time or two years part-time course of level 4 study, students gain and develop a solid grounding in millinery, additionally focusing on wider skills of analysis, reflection, research, and digital competencies. Collaborative projects introduce the dynamic nature of the creative industries and build essential capabilities for multidisciplinary work. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to explore, innovate, and apply their millinery and wider creativity skills to real-world challenges, shaping their ambitions in a supportive, individual and multidisciplinary environment. By the program’s conclusion, students are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to progress to level 5 studies. The course has close industry links with The British Hat Guild, Lock & Co Hatters, the English National Opera millinery department and the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers, all of whom provide career development opportunities for our students.