Fashion, Textiles, Footwear and Accessories (Top-Up) BA (Hons)

Course Content

• Course Details

  During your Fashion course top-up you will have the opportunity to refine your skills to prepare yourself for industry. The first semester you will develop and explore the concept of your chosen project theme, while exploring the opportunities for you in your chosen career. In the second semester you will take your concepts through to realisation in preparation to launch into industry or for further studies.

  Integral to our fashion degree is our strong creative industry links within the footwear, fashion, textiles and accessories sector who offer live projects, competitions, work experience and contribute to our outstanding guest lecture series, which exposes you to leading brands and high profile speakers.  These opportunities enable you to develop and practice your emerging academic, creative, commercial and entrepreneurial skills within a professional setting.

  National and International competitions, awards and opportunities are embedded into study on the Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories degree. Our students have also seen their collections displayed at Asian Pacific Leather Fair in Hong Kong, Ningbo Fashion Week in China, Lineapelle in Italy, PV in Paris and The Wing at Silverstone Racecourse right here in Northampton.

  The Degree Show

  As a final year Fashion Textiles student, you’ll put together a major collection and display your designs exclusively in front of a host of the University’s industry partners and VIP guests.

  There are also several prestigious awards during the year, and our students are regularly recognised – either as nominees or overall winners.

  Students display their work at the annual Degree Show at Waterside campus. Our Fashion Design students deliver some stunning designs. You can browse many of their fashion creations on our Flikr account.

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 24/25. The modules relating to the academic year 25/26 will be available from June 2025.

  • Stage 1
    • Digital Positioning (20 Credits)
      Module code: FSH3120

      Status: Compulsory
      This module will enable fashion students to showcase their digital, aesthetic, technical and specialist skills. This module will support students to create a refined digital platform enables them to position themselves as industry-ready fashion creatives. The online professional profile they create will articulate their ethics and values and serve as a springboard to launch their post-graduation careers. In addition, it will showcase various creative outcomes developed over the duration of their programme within a digital fashion related context. Students will use a specialist multi-media platform of their choice.
    • Creative Futures; Planning, Practice and Positioning (40 Credits)
      Module code: FSH3121

      Status: Compulsory
      The module offers students the opportunity to identify their individual strengths and future area of specialism in preparation for industry through the integration of theory and practice. Students will produce a project proposal outlining research areas, the wider context of question or investigation, sustainability, ethics, market level, materials and resources required.
    • Final Creative Collection (60 Credits)
      Module code: FSH4105

      Status: Compulsory
      This cumulative module builds on the project proposal and practical development work produced within the Creative Futures module, exploring individual professional potential and career progression. This Final Creative Collection requires students to undertake a sustained, in-depth and informed approach to a design project aligned to own specialism and career aspirations.

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• Student Perks

  Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your Fashion course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.

  To check out the full list of perks, visit our Student Perks page.

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• FAQs

  How will I taught on this Fashion Textiles Top-Up?

  We take a range of approaches to teaching, to help you learn in the best way for you. This is a creative course that aims to nurture creative and innovative designers for the future.

  Our BA Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories course will enable you to realise your full potential through a varied programme of studio-based projects, specialist practical workshops, group critiques, one-to-one tutorials, study visits and regular personal tutorial support. You will get feedback throughout the year, verbally, written and online.

  How will I be assessed?

  Theory is assessed through essay writing, blogs, assignments and presentations. Practical work is judged through studio presentations, portfolio and product realisation.

   

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