Programme summary for MA Fashion

About the programme

MA in Fashion at UEL offers a unique opportunity for the students’ creative practice to evolve through risk taking and experimentation. The aim of this programme is to provide opportunities for imaginative and innovative creative practice in response to new contexts, materials, processes, environments and art forms.

Programme structure

The programme can be followed over twelve months full time or twenty four months part time.

The programme consists of 2 x 30 credit (single) modules and 2 x 60 credit (double) modules

Creative Practice
The main aims of this module are to develop advanced independent, original work and research within the subject area, and to facilitate students to critically reflect on their own work within a wider context of professional process and progress.

Options
The programme has a 30 credit ‘option’ module that enables the student to diversify their studies through Textiles, Entrepreneurship, Graphics or other University wide options.

Professional Engagement
The programme has a 30 credit ‘Professional Engagement’ module that facilities opportunity for outward facing professional activities that could take the form of publications, exhibitions, collaborative projects, internships, or the design and organisation of workshop activities.

Negotiated Practice
The main aim of this module is for students to develop a coherent and sophisticated body of work for exhibition or presentation, as appropriate to their subject. The module culminates in a final showing of work, which will demonstrate a sustained and advanced level of practice necessary to achieve a Masters qualification.

Career opportunities

This programme will equip the graduates with a set of transferable skills suitable for work in the cultural industries, together with specific skills relating to the management, design and construction of fashion.

Job titles might be:

Fashion Designer
Fashion Entrepreneur
Fashion Artist
Design Director
Fashion Forecaster
Projects Manager
Fashion Academic

Support

The university provides a comprehensive range of support services for students which include: residential/student finance advice/careers advice/study skills development/IT/learning resources. The programme provides strong personal tutor guidance and professional advice related to the practice. Visiting artists, designers and other professional practitioners regularly visit the programme and study trips to working environments are an important component.

Admission

The programme is suitable for:

Candidates with an honours degree in Fashion
Candidates with an good honours degree in Art or Design, with a particular interest, experience and ability for developing creative and innovative approaches to fashion
Qualified fashion design professionals who wish to readdress their professional practice through creativity and innovation.
Relevant lecturers from Higher Education Institutions wishing to gain a higher qualification.

Applications are welcomed from the EU and overseas.
Students whose first language is not English will have achieved a score of 6.5 in IELTS or equivalent. Eligibility for students without degree equivalent qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a personal statement and a portfolio. Places will be offered after a successful interview (in person or online) with a member of the programme team.

Accredited Learning
Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.

Bridging Module - (subject to validation)
For those students who require additional technical skills before commencing the programme, a bridging module will be offered to assist prospective students attain the required level.