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Available for Clearing 2024
**This is a Connected Degree**
Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.
**Overview**
Bring your creative and original ideas to life on our multi-award-winning Fashion Design degree course.
Youll develop your innovation, self-awareness, and critical thinking via our te...
**This is a Connected Degree**<br/>Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.<br/><br/>**Overview**<br/>Bring your creative and original ideas to life on our multi-award-winning Fashion Design degree course. <br/><br/>Youll develop your innovation, self-awareness, and critical thinking via our teaching approach – which integrates sustainable and ethical design principles, focuses on your unique strengths, and shapes you into a confident and cultured professional. Youll also develop communication, leadership, and collaboration skills through exchange and enterprise projects, and you’ll build a deep knowledge of traditional and digital making skills using industry-level facilities.<br/><br/>Using innovative research methods, you’ll be able to deliver authentic, imaginative work that pushes the boundaries of what fashion and textile design means now and in the future.<br/><br/>**Course highlights**<br/><br/><br/>- Master traditional and modern fashion design methods including drawing techniques, pattern-cutting, fashion illustration, silkscreen and digital printing, embroidery and constructed textiles<br/><br/><br/>- Further your creativity, research, practice and environmental specialism by taking part in our sustainable fashion research project PO1<br/><br/><br/>- Bolster your entrepreneurship by setting up your own label or fashion company as part of your studies<br/><br/><br/>- Gain valuable industry experience by taking an optional placement – either with a company or as self-employed<br/><br/><br/>- Enhance your collaboration and team-working skills by working with other students on other courses in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries<br/><br/><br/>- Get insight into the fashion industry by attending guest lectures by visiting international professionals – previous visitors include Julian Roberts, Niccolo Casas and Shingo Sato<br/><br/><br/>- Impress potential employers by exhibiting your work at the University’s annual graduate shows and Graduate Fashion Week showcases in London<br/><br/><br/>**Careers and opportunities**<br/>Our collaborative and project-orientated course will give you the skills to become highly employable.<br/><br/>Graduate areas<br/><br/>Our graduates have worked across design, marketing, communications and commerce in areas such as:<br/><br/><br/>- fashion, textile or accessories design<br/><br/><br/>- trend prediction<br/><br/><br/>- buying<br/><br/><br/>- visual merchandising<br/><br/><br/>- teaching or lecturing<br/><br/><br/>- journalism or writing<br/><br/><br/>Graduate destinations<br/><br/>Our graduates have worked with some of the biggest names in fashion and major retailers, including:<br/><br/><br/>- Ralph Lauren<br/><br/><br/>- Hugo Boss<br/><br/><br/>- Matthew Williamson<br/><br/><br/>- River Island<br/><br/><br/>- Fat Face<br/><br/><br/>- Marks and Spencer<br/><br/><br/>After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.<br/><br/>Graduate startups<br/><br/>Previous students on this course have also set up their own fashion and textile labels. For example:<br/><br/><br/>- Sunny Williams set up his label, House of Sunny, in 2011 and has developed minimal, androgynous aesthetic womenswear, which sells internationally and is stocked by ASOS<br/><br/><br/>- Nikki Strange created her own-name line for Marks and Spencer in 2015 and also works as a freelance textile designer and visiting lecturer.<br/>
Portsmouth offers guaranteed accommodation to all Clearing applicants who accept an offer within 48 hours and enrol by 23rd August.
All Clearing students are guaranteed an offer of a room in halls, T&C's apply, visit Portsmouth's website to learn more.
Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's VIP Clearing days on Saturday 19th August and Monday 21st August. Priority Clearing applicants will also get exclusive Clearing updates, a priority call back on Results Day, an invitation to a dedic...
Portsmouth offers guaranteed accommodation to all Clearing applicants who accept an offer within 48 hours and enrol by 23rd August.<br/><br/>All Clearing students are guaranteed an offer of a room in halls, T&C's apply, visit Portsmouth's website to learn more.<br/><br/>Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's VIP Clearing days on Saturday 19th August and Monday 21st August. Priority Clearing applicants will also get exclusive Clearing updates, a priority call back on Results Day, an invitation to a dedicated Clearing webinar on Tuesday 1st August, and one-to-one application support.<br/><br/>Through the webinar and open days, students can get a feel for Portsmouth's welcoming campus and community before joining the university. With guaranteed accommodation, they can rest easy and ensure they are in the heart of the student community.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
23/09/2024
Campus
Main Site
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W231
Institution Code
P80
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
UCAS TariffScottish HigherAcceptable when combined with other qualifications. Access to HE Diploma112-122 Tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma. International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammePearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)GCSE/National 4/National 53 GCSEs at grade C or above to include English/3 GCSEs at grade 4 or above to include English. Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF)Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)Acceptable when combined with other qualifications. Scottish Advanced Higher112-120 Tariff points. Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - PrincipalCambridge Pre-U score of 46-50. Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)112-120 points from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate including 1 A level, plus the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)Acceptable when combined with other qualifications. A levelT Level |
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