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Fashion Communication and Promotion (including Year 0)

Entry requirements


A level

C,C

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

24

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DM

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MMP

UCAS Tariff

64

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Fashion

Promotion and advertising

**OVERVIEW**

BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion at Norwich University of the Arts is designed to enable you, as a talented and self-motivated student, to develop strong ideas and the confidence to implement them through the use of appropriate media and technologies.

On our multi-disciplinary course, you will learn to combine analytical, editorial and marketing expertise with your preferred creative skills, whether you are interested in graphic design and illustration, or film and photography. The result will be original and imaginative content driven by your strategies for promotional campaigns, events, magazines and media, both print and digital.

**YEAR 0**

This course includes a Year 0, which promotes developing practical, technical and creative skills and confidence. Building on your prior experience, you will be introduced to some of our workshops to assist your skill development, with an increasing emphasis on professional standards and independent study. The course places emphasis on your personal commitment to study, while supporting you in your progression.

**KEY FEATURES**

- Share the first-year curriculum with BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Business, allowing you to study shared core fashion fundamentals including fashion history, contextual awareness, branding, marketing, industry awareness and effective communication techniques

- Engage with a wider range of topics, examine more complex concepts and explore the use of new media and digital technologies as tools for innovation and creativity within fashion communication and promotion

- Consider the impact of sustainability and develop forward-thinking ideas that could affect social change through fashion ventures

- Explore the use of traditional and new media in a wide range of possible avenues for creative practice

- Have the potential to shape the future of the fashion industry; you could even contribute to the evolution of totally new creative roles

- Consider fashion communication from conceptual and commercial perspectives, explore a diversity of products and markets and develop an understanding of the interconnected global nature of the industry.

**YOUR FUTURE**

Your student experience throughout the course will prepare you for progression into employment, self-employment or for further post-graduate study. You will be an independent learner and excellent communicator equipped with a set of specialist and transferable skills necessary to build, evolve and sustain a career within fashion.

The course encourages work-related learning and work placements. Dedicated employability workshops covering networking, personal brand building, CV and cover letter writing will assist you in seeking out appropriate opportunities within the industry.

Through engagement with industry guests, the Ideas FactoryNUA and bespoke workshops graduates will go on to roles such as stylists, creative directors, art directors, magazine editors and creative account managers for the fashion industry.

Following on from their studies students have gone on to secure employment at high-calibre fashion brands/organisations such as Archant, Selfridges, Net A Porter, Saatchi & Saatchi, Jimmy Choo, Hunter and Wonderland.

**Student successes:**

Graduate Fashion Week Award winners for Fashion Publication Award 2019

2022, 21, 20, 19 and 18 Graduate Fashion Week Award Finalists for Fashion Photography, Creative Direction, Marketing and Communications

Competition winners for the United Nations Trust Orange Label Project, Lyst and Elle writing competitions

Live briefs with Matches Fashion, Blakely, Jigsaw and Jarrold

Student work featured in ASBO, Disorder, Jocks and Nerds and The Model Magazine

**OUR STUDENTS’ WORK**

Explore our online Graduate Showcase – celebrating the very best Norwich University of the Arts graduate work. Explore **nuagradshowcase.com**

Modules

You can find more information about the content of the BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion (including Year 0) course at www.nua.ac.uk/4-year-degrees/

Assessment methods

The University assesses you through the coursework you produce as you complete each unit. Each unit will require you to present a portfolio of work which may include finished pieces of work, written work, your research, and a reflective journal which allows you to evaluate your learning and highlight your strengths and areas for further development. You can find out more information about our assessment methods at www.nua.ac.uk/assessment/

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£18,000
per year
International
£18,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Norwich University of the Arts

Department:

Fashion and Textiles

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

75%
Fashion
75%
Promotion and advertising

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Design studies

Teaching and learning

79%
Staff make the subject interesting
82%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
81%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

77%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
80%
Course specific equipment and facilities
64%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

94%
UK students
6%
International students
11%
Male students
89%
Female students
65%
2:1 or above
3%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
C

Marketing

Teaching and learning

88%
Staff make the subject interesting
88%
Staff are good at explaining things
92%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
88%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

78%
Library resources
88%
IT resources
96%
Course specific equipment and facilities
71%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

97%
UK students
3%
International students
8%
Male students
92%
Female students
2%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
C

After graduation


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Design studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£17,000
med
Average annual salary
92%
med
Employed or in further education
46%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

33%
Design occupations
14%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
9%
Information technology and telecommunications professionals

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Design studies

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