Art History and Contemporary Fashion Design

Please note that Combined Honours degrees at Liverpool Hope University are split 50/50. This means both subjects will be studied equally.

Art History

Art History is an exciting discipline that encompasses the study of visual and material artefacts, museum and gallery practices and the production and circulation of meaning around art and design. The Art History combined honours degree provides a systematic understanding of art and design practices and theories with a strong emphasis on critical thinking.

Exclusive partnerships with National Museums Liverpool and Tate Liverpool, plus close collaborations with FACT and Bluecoat Gallery and Display Centre, offer you privileged access to important collections in Liverpool and experts working in the field. There is also the possibility to participate in overseas study tours – in recent years students have visited Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Milan, Paris, Florence, Venice, Berlin and New York.

Contemporary Fashion Design

The fashion industry is worth c£62BN to the UK economy and consistently employs some 400,000 people. However, there are powerful changes afoot in the industry around the world that seek to address the environmental damage; exploitative business models and employment conditions that are so often attached to it - especially so in fast fashion. There is also a growing awareness across the industry of the need for the design of clothing and accessories that are inclusive; a need to embrace fashion design for disability with ‘adaptive fashion.’ Liverpool Hope BA Contemporary Fashion Design; will be the first undergraduate option to study these concerns and become the first dedicated undergraduate fashion with a conscience programme available in the UK HEI sector.

Contemporary Fashion Design will be centered around the body; materials and an understanding and knowledge of sustainable and ethical living. The diversity of our workshops - which range from traditional technologies through to our digital Fab Lab - will ensure a diversity of production and design around the fundamentals of tactility and materiality.

Ethical production - the exploration of materials and low waste production methodologies - will be core to the programme providing students with an understanding of sustainability and ethical living - in short, fashion design for a healthier future.

The programme will provide an environment that enables rich interdisciplinary approaches at undergraduate level which will include working on live briefs and competitions and engaging in established links.

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At Liverpool Hope, you’ll join a supportive community focused on helping you make the most of university life. Alongside high-quality teaching, staff take the time to know you as an individual, encouraging you to develop new skills and interests beyond your studies so you graduate with strong employability.

You can enhance your degree through opportunities like Study Overseas, the Service and Leadership Award, and international volunteering with Global Hope.

A wide range of accommodation is available across three campuses to suit different budgets and preferences. You’ll be based in Liverpool, one of the UK’s top student cities, home to over 50,000 students, rich music history, theatres, museums, sport and shopping - all with a close-knit campus community.

Students also receive personalised one-to-one careers support, from part-time work to graduate schemes or postgraduate study, helping you reach your full potential. Find out more and get in touch today!