Fashion Management and Marketing University of the Arts London (UAL)

Overview

We aim to make you a strategic thinker and decision maker together, with developing your creative attributes through your Portfolio.

What to expect

• A one-year conversion course for students who have a 2:2 or higher first degree; we welcome students who may have a previous degree outside the area of fashion management.
• A face to face experience in London where you will work with your fellow classmates, this will help you to forge personal connections with your entire cohort and develop you as a reflective practitioner;
• The course emphasises the importance of sustainability and ethics within the fashion industry when responding to consumer behaviour and demand.
• Business management and marketing theories are explored through practical application
• The course is taught by a range of specialist academics with knowledge and experience relevant to the disciplines of the course.
• Throughout the course your personal and professional development is informed through the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (CAF), this culminates in the submission of a Portfolio including one component of a time constrained exam in person.
• This framework emphasises the transformative education that we are committed to provide, to develop your creative employability and enterprise attributes, supporting your ambitions in the competitive fashion environment.
• The course is divided into two teaching blocks of 15 weeks. The first block of the course will take you through an understanding of the  fashion consumer and their relationship to fashion business, together with the internal and external facing operations of these businesses.
• The course culminates in the second teaching block with your Final Major Project, which requires you to produce a body of work through independent study that demonstrates research through advanced critical and analytical skills together with an innovative approach to problem solving in your specific field of ambition and practice.
• It will be expected that the students make industry and academic connections using the resources available at LCF and UAL throughout the course
• This final project enables students to prepare for the next stage of their career, whether that be a master's degree in a related field, a personal entrepreneurial project, or moving directly into industry employment.