
Jane Mills
Senior Lecturer in Fashion
Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology
UCAS Code:
BA: W230
BA with Foundation: W236
Level:
Undergraduate
Duration:
Full Time: 3 years
Full Time Foundation: 4 years
Part Time: 4 years
Starting:
September
Fees UK 23/24:
Full Time: £9,250
Part Time: £1,540 (per 20 credits)
Integrated Foundation Year: £9,250
Fees International 23/24:
Full Time: £14,750
Integrated Foundation Year: £14,750
Location:
Waterside
For questions regarding study and admissions please contact us:
This exciting and creative degree in fashion design will enable you to explore a range of industry relevant topics, allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Footwear and Accessories or Textiles.
Our fashion design course course provides rigorous depth of knowledge and industry-relevant skills at each level of the programme, enabling you to explore and advance both your theoretical understanding of design and technical skills to support realisation. With access to specialist workshops, supported by expert academic and technical staff you will develop skills in both traditional and digital technologies making you prepared for the industry of the future.
The range of facilities will support you to learn the process of design from concept development, through to materiality and 3D visualisation within your chosen specialism. You will also have the unique opportunity to access the Institute for Creative Leather Technology (ICLT) tannery allowing you to explore working with leather as a creative material.
Live projects, national and international competitions provide real-world industry experience for a range of careers for the fashion, textile and footwear industry, freelance work or preparation for further study at postgraduate level.
Updated 03/02/2023
“Northampton is the heart of footwear.”
Katie Greenyer, Creative talent and Network Director at Pentland Brands & World President of The Textile Institute
This fashion design course offers the opportunity to explore a range of areas within the fashion, footwear, accessories and textile industry, highlights include:
If you’d like to see more of our Waterside campus, come and join us for a socially distanced CAMPUS TOUR.
Changing Futures is a five-day, University wide showcase of activities and industry speakers to help students explore skills and activities to develop their academic and personal lives and offers unrivalled opportunities for networking and industry insight. Speakers have included ex-students such as Helen Kirkum and Lydia Elise Millen as well as industry leaders such as Sarah Harris (Vogue) and Jemma Coffey (Giles Deacon).
Senior Lecturer in Fashion
Emmeline developed the upcycled label Emmeline 4 Re back in 2003, selling her collections in TOPSHOP and independent retailers across the UK and Europe. She went then on to establish her own sustainable boutique in London, becoming a pioneer in sustainable issues around upcycling. Currently a PhD Candidate at Chelsea School of Art, feeding into the research hub, The Centre of Circular Design at UAL, Emmeline’s research covers topics of design for remanufacture for greater circularity in the fashion industry.
Studying fashion design at university will open up a vast range of career opportunities, including…
We have alumni working across a wide range of brands and retailers including; Brandix, ASOS, TOPSHOP, River Island, White Company, Next, Ted Baker, LVMH, Henry Holland, Emilia Wickstead and Anya Hindmarch.
A fashion charity has brought a University of Northampton academic on board to enhance the academic and industry opportunities for people of colour.
We have a fashion manufacturing facility, including flatbeds and overlockers and a range of specialised production equipment, and a fully equipped textile print room with screen printing, hand dying, transfer printing, laser cutting and two footwear manufacturing workshops.
Students have access to a range of CAD packages including Lectra, which specialises in CAD software and CAM cutting-room systems for industries. As well as: