Course summary

Within this CertHE you will have the opportunity to experience fashion and textiles sector pathways. You will engage with necessary industry skills in fashion communication, fashion design and surface design. This will enable you to gain important transferable skills that are essential for the creative industries and enable you to specialise for your L5 practice in one of these specialist areas. This course will help you to further develop your understanding of a range of creative disciplines and the contexts in which you can develop work across fashion, textiles and surface design, particularly if you are aiming to develop your own independent, creative business. This will be a hands-on degree where you will explore and experiment with different materials, methods and processes to design creative outcomes to real world problems. Students benefit from a full range of facilities to help support their academic and vocational study such as: industry standard sewing workshop, print workshop and 3D workshop, substantial IT equipment including Apple and PC based CAAD facilities, access to photography studios and equipment, spacious design studios, home Adobe access and WGSN account for all students to access. Annual field trips are optional but extremely beneficial to students and are viewed as an important aspect of the course. Recent HE Art & Design trips have included Paris, Manchester, London and Edinburgh. This experience has given students the opportunity to visit national and international trade fairs and studios gaining invaluable knowledge and experience in the workplace. This Cert HE in Fashion and Textile Design Practice is suited to those who would like to pursue a career within fashion or textile design. This includes textile design for fashion or interiors, fashion design or fashion communication. It also suited to those interested in developing their own independent, creative business. As part of our work ready guarantee, you will gain work experience with organisations such as Trend Bible, London Fashion Week, Barbour and Oliver Bonas, to name a few. You will have the opportunity to work on live briefs from industry which will give you an idea of what it is like to work in the creative sector and receive personalised feedback on your work from industry professionals. You will also have the opportunity to work on live briefs from industry which will give you an idea of what it is like to work in the creative sector and receive personalised feedback on your work from industry professionals. The CertHE is suited to those who would like to pursue a career within fashion or textile design. This includes textile design for fashion or interiors, fashion design or fashion communication. It also suited to those interested in developing their own independent, creative business. Applicants to this course will be creative and forward-thinking individuals who wish to develop as a creative professional with strong conceptual and technical skills. Students who successfully complete this Cert HE can progress onto the second and final year of a Foundation Degree in a chosen specialist pathway. Pathways include: • FdA Fashion Design and Innovative Technologies • FdA Interior and Spatial Design • FdA Surface Design Practitioner • FdA Fashion Marketing and Communication • FdA Designer Maker. Students can then top-up to a BA (Hons) Design Practice. Students can also also pursue a career in teaching through a Masters or PGCE qualification. Upon completing this Cert HE, students can pursue careers in buying, styling, creative direction, e-commerce, brand management, copy writing, social media and marketing, fashion communication, trend consultancy, as a fashion designer or textile designer for fashion or interiors.