//You will learn how to:
- Develop advanced research techniques
- Interrogate your design practice and potential audience
- Develop your unique creative voice to become a creator and innovator in your chosen field
- Expand your knowledge of your market, brand design and brand development
- Navigate the challenge of designing for an established fashion brand
- Implement new techniques to drive innovative solutions
- Implement practical problem-solving through creative thinking and risk-taking
- Progressively generate design development and creative design solutions
- Develop your creative design thinking and problem-solving skills to initiate sustainable systemic change
- Explore progressive sustainable design strategies
- Challenge the iterative design process
- Develop a cohesive and original fashion collection
- Develop your technical proficiency in drawing, illustration, and digital rendering skills
- Work with fabric properties; gaining knowledge, understanding and awareness
- Generate industry-proficient technical flats
- Build your portfolio, professional presentation, and layout skills
- Effectively communicate your ideas; through visual, written and spoken forms
- Cultivate adaptability, self-assurance, and confidence
- Explore the relationship between collaborative dialogue and learning
- Build your network and connections with professionals in the industry
//By Completing this course, you will have:
- Established industry connections and partnerships
- Gained invaluable insight from industry experts
- Built your network, connecting with professionals in the industry
- Developed a skillset of fundamental industry-relevant skills
- Experienced a rich, reflective and dynamic learning environment
- Increased confidence to generate innovative solutions
- Enhanced ability to think creatively and develop ideas through a series of creative processes
- Acquired knowledge of how to create a buoyant and sustainable fashion bionetwork
- Built a comprehensive understanding of the core sustainable issues impacting the fashion industry
- Advanced knowledge of how to effectively communicate ideas
- Engaged in dynamic discussion, exchange, and critical debate
- Identified strengths and weaknesses, gaining resilience and confidence
- Self-assurance in ability to observe, reflect and acknowledge constructive feedback
- Received extensive personalised feedback from your specialist tutors and mentors
//Who is this course for?
As this is an advanced course, prior knowledge is required.
//This course is for you if:
- You have already completed a fashion-related undergraduate or postgraduate programme of study, wishing to broaden your real-world industry experience and advance your portfolio
- Or you are an early career Fashion creative, perhaps looking to progress and upgrade your portfolio with exciting, fresh projects whilst building industry connections
- Or perhaps you have taken a break from the industry and are looking to update your creative skills and portfolio to maximise your employability potential
//Course FAQs
Booking
Your course place is confirmed once you have booked online using a credit or debit card, you will receive an email confirmation of your order once the payment is complete. Places on many courses are limited and are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. We advise you to book as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Payment details
- Full payment is due at the time of the booking.
- You can secure your place with a £500 deposit. Depending on the instalment option you select when starting the application, the remaining balance must be paid either on a specific date or in instalments on specific dates. We will provide you with these dates during the booking process.
- Please note we close all new bookings ONE WEEK before the course starts.
- You can read the terms and conditions of your booking here.
Course Term Dates: 16/06/2025 - 25/07/2025
Full Payment
Course Fee: £3,100.00
Deposit and Remainder Payment
Deposit: £500.00
Remainder: £2,600.00
Payment Date: 09/06/2025
Deposit followed by Instalments
Deposit: £500.00
First Instalment: £900.00
Payment Date: 31/03/2025
Second Instalment: £900.00
Payment Date: 28/04/2025
Third Instalment: £800.00
Payment Date: 26/05/2025
What support will I receive during my online course?
- When you register for a course, you will be assigned a tutor and industry mentor where applicable.
- Your supportive tutors will guide and steer you through the learning process; you can contact them directly via email or through the forum which can be accessed through our Online Learning Centre.
- Your dedicated specialist tutor will be available to guide and regularly support you openly imparting their expert professional experience within the creative industries.
- Tutors will explain and clarify information in easy-to-understand English.
- Specialist professional vocabulary and terminology will be clearly explained and communicated.
- You will have the opportunity to book one-to-one and drop-in tutorials, you can also request additional meetings with your tutor at any point during your course.
- You will receive regular constructive feedback and participate in beneficial critiques on your assignments; we pride ourselves on providing extensive, insightful, and feed-forward feedback.
Digital Course Delivery
We use Microsoft Teams to deliver our online real-time sessions, simultaneously supporting collaboration, communication, and learning.
Online Course Materials
To take part in the online sessions you will need the following:
- Use the latest web browser version, we recommend Firefox or Chrome. For the best experience, you should always keep your browser up-to-date
- A headset microphone
- Webcam
- Strong Internet connection via Wi-Fi or ethernet – we recommend a minimum of 2 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload, faster if possible. You can test your network speed here: https://www.speedtest.net
Admission Requirements
Please note all courses are currently for students aged 18 and above.
Taught Time Zones
The times listed for each online course are UK time. Learners from across the globe are welcome to attend our online courses. It is important you adjust the times to your local time zone to make sure you can attend; you can check online here: World Time Buddy.
English Requirements
All our courses are taught in English. It is the expectation you will converse in English during all taught sessions; therefore, all students must hold an adequate level of both spoken and written English. If English is not your first language, it is recommended you have an overall IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent with a minimum of 5.5 in all the skills elements of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening to enable you to fully understand and participate in the course.