Senior Lecturer in Fashion
Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology
Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories BA (Hons)
Key Facts
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UCAS Code
BA: W230
BA with Foundation: W236 -
Level
UndergraduateUG BA (Hons)
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Duration
Full Time: 3 years
Full Time Foundation: 4 years
Part Time: 4 years -
Starting
September
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BCC at A Level or,
DMM at BTEC -
Full Time: £9,250
Part Time: £1,540 (per 20 credits)
Integrated Foundation Year: £9,250 -
Full Time: £15,200
Integrated Foundation Year: £15,200 -
Waterside
Updated 11/10/2024
This exciting and creative fashion degree in will enable you to explore a range of industry relevant topics, allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Footwear and Accessories or Textiles.
Our Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories degree 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 fashion 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.
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 master’s level.
Ask a staff member. Head of Fashion and Leather, Vicki Dean, is now available on Unibuddy to answer any questions you may have about this course.
Highlights
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- Opportunities to explore a range of areas within the fashion, footwear, accessories and textiles industry
- Specialist fashion, footwear manufacture and textile workshop facilities, including technical support and specialist workshop demonstrations, as well as input by leading researchers and industry professionals.
- The only degree course in Europe where you can study Fashion, Textiles, Footwear and Accessories with a working tannery on-campus
- Study footwear in a town that is steeped in footwear and leather heritage as well as being home to some of the most elite, internationally renowned footwear brands
- Links with Northampton Museum & Art Gallery which is home to the National Collection of Footwear
- Fashion at Northampton is a member of Graduate Fashion Week
- Live team industry, collaborative and interdisciplinary projects
- National & International Competitions
- Livery companies’ scholarships & bursaries available
- Guaranteed paid internship with the Northampton Employment Promise.
- HP Laptop and software included with this course. Terms and Conditions apply.
Entry Requirements
A typical offer for Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories is:
- BCC at A Level or,
- DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or,
- Pass (C and above) at T Level
For more more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.
If you are an International student and would like information on making an application, please see our How to Apply page.
Course Content
Fees and Funding
2024/25 Tuition Fees
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 24/25 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
- UK – Full Time: £9,250
- UK – Part Time: £1,540 per 20 credit module
- UK – Integrated Foundation Year: £9,250
- International – Full Time: £15,200
- International – Integrated Foundation Year: £15,200
For information on the scholarships available to you, please see our scholarships page.
For more information about possible funding options, please visit our Fees and Funding pages.
Staff
Careers and Employability
Studying Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories at university will open up a vast range of career opportunities, including…
- Designers
- Pattern cutters
- Illustrators
- Production Managers
- Buyers
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.
Student stories
Watch student Simon discuss his incredible fashion inspiration from World War 2.
Learn how student Amy grew her own fabric.
Be inspired by Maisie as she discusses how her life and her family have inspired her creative work.
Facilities
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:
- Lazer cutter and digital printers
- Full-size printing table and print room facilities
- Footwear and Accessory workshops with specialist machinery for the production of leather goods.