Fashion and Textile Retail Management

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a degree with at least 2ii Honours standard in any design practice, visual Arts or cognate subject or equivalent. Applicants are welcomed with degrees from different disciplines accompanied by a rationale for applying for the programme Applicants may wish to demonstrate their ability to undertake the course through the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL). The programme supports and encourages continuing lifelong learning Applications from professionals with extensive professional, industrial and/or commercial experience but lacking recent or higher level academic qualifications. APL (Advanced Prior Learning) will be considered as evidence of exceptional ability appropriate to the course. Applicants will be required to provide a short written statement outlining their areas of interest, relevant experience, skills and knowledge and provide evidence that they can deal with the intellectual and practical rigours of the programme. Applicants may be required to attend for interview.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The course develops resourceful, flexible, and creative managers and entrepreneurs to lead and innovate within the fashion and textile retail industry. You will increase your knowledge and understanding of the industry and be challenged to develop creative and innovative strategies, products, and systems to create a sustainable and commercially viable future vision for fashion and textile retail within a global environment.

You will investigate contemporary issues within fashion and textile retailing including branding, disruptive technologies, innovative creative retail spaces,
consumer retail experience and behaviour, trend prediction, ethics, sustainability, and potential futures.

You will be supported by industry mentors, collaborative projects and industry and academic networking opportunities and will develop skills and knowledge in:

• Project management

• Creative business problem-solving

• Visionary product and brand development

• Organisational development strategies

• Innovative retailing formats

You may also have the opportunity to engage with a range of optional practical workshops.
(The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called 'revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)