**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.’ Li...
**CONTEMPORARY FASHION DESIGN**<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>**PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS**<br/><br/>Through close attention to the primary texts of philosophers such as Plato, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche, our Philosophy and Ethics degree will help you learn to analyse and evaluate arguments, and to compose and communicate your own ideas in a reasoned way. You will have a grounding in the foundational questions of philosophy. As you progress, you will look in depth at philosophy of religion, political philosophy, applied ethics and issues of human personhood, artificial intelligence and animality.<br/><br/>The degree is taught by a core team of critical academics who are passionate about teaching and are internationally recognised researchers and writers. This degree will equip you with the intellectual skills and perspectives needed to face the ethical and ideological challenges of the contemporary world.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
23/09/2024
Campus
Hope Park
Application deadline
Provider Details
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Course Code
CF35
Institution Code
L46
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS Tariff104 Scottish HigherQualifications must equate to at least 112 Tariff Points Access to HE DiplomaCredits gained must equate to at least 104 Tariff Points International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme26 Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DMM Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only Extended ProjectThis qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications A levelB,C,C T LevelM |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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EU, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
International | £12,500 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |