Description

Type

Bachelor's degree
Location

Nottingham

Duration

4 Years

Combine your interest in fashion with business management skills. This course focuses on the management of the entire fashion chain – from design development and product sourcing, to buying and merchandising, sales and marketing, and promotion to the consumer.

With links to an impressive network of international fashion and textile organisations, you’ll learn about all the processes and elements of the fashion industry needed to inform and shape your future career in fashion management.

You have the option of a year-long work placement in your Third Year, allowing you to gain invaluable industry experience and confidence. 96% of students on this route go on to employment or further study within six months of graduating. (DLHE survey 2016/17)

This course will provide you with the skills required for making business decisions combined with effective communication skills required in the global fashion industry.

Facilities

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)

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Start date

On request

About this course

Who is it intended for?

Recent graduate destinations and roles include:

ASOS, buyer’s administrative assistant, merchandiser, garment technologist assistant
Burberry, product developer
Boots, category assistant, buying administrative assistant
Cotton On, global fashion buyer
Dr. Martens, category assistant
Dunelm, commercial leadership graduate
F&F Clothing, assistant merchandiser
Hunters Boots Ltd, product development coordinator
Cath Kidston, buyer’s administrative assistant
Debenhams, trainee assistant buyer, assistant merchandiser
Joules, buyer’s assistant
Mulberry, digital marketing executive
Marks & Spencer, buying graduate
Primark, trainee technologist
River Island, assistant buyer
Style Council, fashion editor and community manager
Superdry, sourcing coordinator
Ted Baker, marketing executive
Topshop, footwear technologist.

Requirements

What are we looking for?
A-levels – BBB; or
BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM; or
an Art and Design Foundation Diploma plus one A-level or equivalent; or
120 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
GCSEs – English and Maths grade C / 4.

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Subjects

Credit
Design
Marketing
Sales
Fashion Management
Industry
Communication Training
Confidence Training
Product Development
Technology

Course programme

Year One

Fashion Textiles Product (60 credit points)
Fashion Management and Marketing (40 credit points)
Design and Visual Communication (20 credit points)

Year Two

Fashion Buying and Merchandising (40 credit points, all year)
Management and Employment (20 credit points, first half of year)
Fashion Marketing and Communication (20 credit points, first half of year)
Product Technology (20 credit points, second half of year)
Research Project (20 credit points, second half of year)

Year Three

Optional Placement Year

The placement year will give you the chance to experience the commercial world first-hand. You can work with one or more companies in the UK or overseas.

Many students say a placement year really boosts their confidence, and helps their final year studies and graduate employability. Some placements even lead to graduate job offers.

You’ll also have the opportunity to gain an extra qualification – a certificate or diploma in professional practice. Recent placement destinations include:

ASOS, buyer's administration assistant
Coast, allocator
Timberland, product development intern
Walt Disney Company, Fashion and Home department intern;
Debenhams, trainee assistant buyer
George, assistant branch merchandiser
Li & Fung, Production and Sales Intern (New York, USA)
River Island, online marketing assistant;
Wrangler, PR and Events assistant (Antwerp, Belgium)
Kipling, merchandiser (Antwerp, Belgium)
Kipling, eComm assistant (Antwerp, Belgium).
Job roles include: buying, merchandising, allocating, marketing, PR, product development, and technology.

It is important to bear in mind that finding and securing a placement is based on your own efforts, and not something we can guarantee.

Final year

Dissertation (60 credit points)
Fashion Management (60 credit points)

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