Sustainable Fashion (Online) PgDip (Initial Qualification)

Become a conscious changemaker in the 21st century fashion industry.<br/><br/>Gain the knowledge and skills to design the pioneering, regenerative transformation needed to address the complex and interlinked environmental, social, cultural and economic challenges we face throughout the fashion system. <br/><br/>With a focus on planet-centred design, you’ll envision new paradigms for fashion, create scenarios of a sustainable future, question the purpose of design and develop effective systems. You’ll also assess the impact of social innovations within fashion communities, learning how to apply a conscious mindset to deliver positive, responsible practice.<br/><br/>Different to a traditional studio maker-based course, this Sustainable Fashion MA is designed to empower you to influence the future of fashion through the development of advanced creative and systems thinking practices, and to design outcomes in a multitude of forms that will affect systemic change.<br/><br/>You will: <br/><br/>Graduate as a pioneering and entrepreneurial fashion practitioner, ready to question and reframe the challenges of the sector and empowered to lead and reform the industry<br/>Utilise creative approaches to find strategic solutions to complex systems challenges across design, production and business functions<br/>Develop advanced knowledge of social innovation design, systems thinking and design thinking <br/>Build valuable project management skills and networking techniques, creating meaningful and effective connections with other fashion practitioners<br/>Hone your investigative and academic research abilities, developing a conscious practice that filters decision-making through a sustainable and ethical lens