Program Overview

BA(Hons) Fashion Communication

The BA(Hons) Fashion Communication course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to succeed in the fashion industry. This interdisciplinary, practice-led course enables students to explore how the fashion industry communicates through diverse, creative media.

Why Study Fashion Communication?

The fashion industry supports 1.3 million jobs in the UK alone, and fashion communication plays a crucial role in the industry's success. The course focuses on the ideation and creation of a diverse range of print, digital, and physical media through which global fashion brands engage and inspire new and existing audiences.

Why UWE Bristol?

The BA(Hons) Fashion Communication course is based at Arnolfini, one of Europe's leading centers for contemporary arts. The course is ambitious, future-focused, and empowers students to explore how fashion can be communicated creatively. The expert teaching team has strong relationships with the fashion industry, providing students with regular input from practicing professionals.

Course Structure

The course is divided into three years, with each year building on the previous one. The structure is as follows:

• Year one: Exploring Practice in Fashion Communication, Design Contexts, Introduction to Fashion Communication, and Contextualising Practice in Fashion Communication 1.
• Year two: Developing Practice in Fashion Communication: Realisation, Developing Practice in Fashion Communication: Exploration, Design Futures, and Contextualising Practice in Fashion Communication 2.
• Final year: Design Research Project, Self-Directed Study in Fashion Communication: Exploration, Self-Directed Study in Fashion Communication: Realisation, and Contextualising Practice in Fashion Communication 3.

Learning and Teaching

The course uses a mix of taught, independent, and collaborative learning to develop students' professional and creative strengths. The teaching methods include lectures, seminars, tutorials, technical, academic, and employability workshops, presentations, critiques, and external visits.

Assessment

There are no formal exams in this program. Instead, assessments are based on creative practice work, presentations, reports, and written or film essays. These assessments take place at key points in the module, and formative assessment is offered throughout the module to enable students to track their progress.

Fees

The fees for the course are as follows:

• Full-time course: Home Annual (Per Year) Fee - ｣9,535, International Annual (Per Year) Fee - ｣17,000.
• Part-time course: Home Module Fee (15 Credit) - ｣1,192.
• Indicative Additional Costs: Additional Course Costs Indicative Maximum Cost Per year - ｣600, Optional Field Trip - (Maximum Cost) - ｣1,080.

Careers

The course prepares students for a variety of professions across the fashion industry, including art direction, fashion film, social media, advertising, marketing, copywriting, photography, event management, styling, and more. Past graduates have gone on to work with iconic brands such as Burberry, Gucci, and Levi's.

Features

The course offers a range of features, including placements, study exchange, fieldwork, and study facilities. Students can undertake work experience, spend a semester at a partner university abroad, and participate in field trips to agencies, factories, and events. The course is based at Arnolfini, a creative powerhouse with exceptional fashion facilities and resources.

Entry Requirements

The typical offers for the course are:

• GCSE: Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent.
• Tariff points: 112.
• Contextual tariff: See the contextual offers page.
• English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent).

Selection Process

Following the review of the application, if the student is not studying a related subject, they may be requested to provide a digital portfolio. If asked to provide a digital portfolio, the student may also be invited for an online interview. A decision will then be made based on both the application and the review of the portfolio.