Fashion Marketing and Management (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)

**A distinctive fashion marketing degree with an emphasis on core business skills and digital creativity.**<br/>- Learn core fashion industry insights and benefit from our links with industry.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop theoretical and practical business knowledge while enhancing your creative and digital skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Gain professional recognition through opportunities for further accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.<br/><br/><br/>Youll combine your creativity and enthusiasm for fashion with core business and management skills on this Fashion Marketing and Management course. Our focus is to develop your academic, practical, and aesthetic skills, in preparation for a marketing or business career within the fashion industry.<br/><br/>In addition, youll have the opportunity to grow as a creative thinker, and develop your skillset and understanding of the wider global environment that supports the digital expansion of brands today.<br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team. The PPY Bursary can make work experience more accessible, with students undertaking a PPY able to receive between £500 and £1,500 to be used towards placement costs such as travel, food, workwear or accommodation.