Fashion and Textiles aims to develop the creative process with marketing and business skills. There is also a route for students who wish to research a subject in depth. The course is aimed at designers, designer-makers or textile artists who are serious about working in the profession and wish to set up on their own or with others in small teams. Students may opt to propose a route through the course researching a subject in depth.

You will be introduced to research skills and methods, product development, design methods and management, marketing and business skills. The emphasis of the course is learning how best to present ideas, and where and how to place them in the market. The course is developed through seminars, lectures, tutorials, visiting speakers, group critiques, work experience and personal research in libraries and museums. You are encouraged to trial a product in the market. This may be through first hand experience, or through working with studios and agents for designers, shops and craft markets (for designer makers), or with galleries or public spaces (for textile artists).

• The normal entry qualification is a good undergraduate degree or its recognised equivalent in appropriate fields of study (such as design, business, media, ceramics, textiles) and by interview. Candidates with a good honours degree in an unrelated discipline and/or with relevant background experience will also be considered.

The modules available are:

• Research Methodologies
• The Development of Product, Market Research and Product Ideas or research in depth
• Marketing Skills
• Product Sampling and Development or research development
• Product Development and Marketing or developing an idea in depth to a conclusion