Academic IELTS of 6.0, with no element below 5.5.
All application forms and personal statements will be read and considered and selected candidates invited for an interview. We are looking for creative, critical and ambitious students.
The Course Leader would like to see evidence of your creative practice and/or evidence of your interest in creativity - this can be your instagram, Youtube channel, TikTok etc as well as a more traditional portfolio. You can include drawings, photographs, comics, animation, videos, graphics, storyboards, prototypes etc - think about how you can demonstrate your creativity / interest in creativity for this course.
We are keen to encourage students from a diverse range of backgrounds. Mature students and those with non-standard qualifications are welcome to apply and will be given the opportunity to meet with the course team to explore suitability and expectations.
We are also looking for potential and applicants who do not meet the formal entry criteria may be considered if the course team judges the application demonstrates additional strengths or alternative evidence, for example related academic or work experience, the quality of the personal statement, a portfolio of practical work, a strong academic or professional reference, or a combination of these.
This course prepares you for a career in exhibitions and events in the creative industries. You will develop practical and analytical skills for the curation, conception, resourcing, marketing and budgeting of an exhibition or event.
You will learn to visualise, collaborate, experiment and project manage as you work on real-world projects with other students and industry professionals. You will also develop your knowledge of the creative industries, exploring topics such as design thinking, branding and strategy for creative organisations. You will have creative freedom and be encouraged to undertake non-commercial creative projects.
The course also offers opportunities to work on live projects with creative companies and institutions, as well as alongside your classmates in our student-powered creative agency, Studio KT1.
Throughout the course you'll also develop the commercial and organisational skills and understanding needed to work effectively in the Creative and Cultural sector.
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What you will study
This course meets the growing demand for agile creatives who can work across a variety of changing media platforms and communication channels. It's just right for individuals who can combine ideation, visualisation and strategic thinking to create impactful advertising campaigns for fashion brands.
In your first year, you'll do two 60-credit modules; four 30-credit modules in the second year, and a combination of one 60-credit and two 30-credit modules in the final year.
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
Year 1
Year 1 is common to all our creative and cultural industries courses. You will explore visual communication techniques, use of design software, storytelling and design thinking. You will learn individually and as part of a team of creative partners and professionals. You will examine the management and strategy of creative enterprises, and the history and development of art and design practice.
Compulsory modules
Visual Narratives & Design Thinking: Creating compelling stories, creative problem solving
History & Context of the Creative Industries: Content, critique & competition
Year 2
You will analyse fashion cycles, trends, channels, brand values, ethics, print promotion, photoshoots and social media marketing. You'll interpret briefs and transform the brand values of a fashion company into a coherent visual identity aimed at the desired audiences.
You'll study conceptualisation, visual narratives, artwork commission, branding, entrepreneurship, managing risk and creative strategy.
The variety of modules will develop your understanding and ensure you have the skills to operate successfully as a communicator in the fashion industry.
Compulsory modules
Customer Mindfulness
Creative Project Management
Live case study
Fashion Promotion and Communication (1)
Final year
You will further your knowledge and refine the skills needed to become a fashion industry practitioner. You will study cultural entrepreneurship and explore ways of building a sustainable creative career.
The major project in your final year will be a visual project, business or marketing plan, or consultancy project for a company. Through it, you'll research and identify a current fashion communication challenge and provide visual solutions, tailored for the chosen audience.
Compulsory modules
Culturepreneurship
The Major Project
Fashion Promotion and Communications (2)
This degree prepares you for a career in the fashion communication, branding and advertising industries. Once you graduate, you will be ready to combine your conceptual and design skills together with a commercial understanding of the fashion industry to create relevant and effective fashion media.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
