Fashion Industry

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• demonstrate relevant interpersonal skills for a professional context
• select and draw upon a wide range of learning, library and digital resources to inform and challenge your thinking
• present your work appropriately in a professional context
• communicate ideas effectively in a variety of formats
• study independently and produce work to set deadlines

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• select appropriate processes and techniques including pattern cutting and construction to communicate an individual approach to menswear or womenswear and through the production of a professional portfolio demonstrate knowledge of professional context
• use machines and equipment competently in the studios and workshops
• solve practical problems independently in response to set industry projects
• explore and exploit materials, techniques and digital processes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• make independent critical judgments in the selection and use of ideas, materials and techniques suitable to the set industry projects
• evaluate and challenge the conceptual and technical boundaries of your discipline appropriate to the set industry projects
• generate ideas and inform your practice through enquiry, analysis and critical reflection
• apply methods of enquiry and reflection to critically evaluate the qualities of your work

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• appropriate contemporary fashion designers and creative practitioners relevant to your own practice
• how to identify the appropriate skills you will need to practice professionally in the fashion industry
• how to creatively apply a variety of techniques, technologies and materials in the realisation of your projects
• innovative practices, concepts and debates and how they impact on professional fashion practices
• social, ethical and sustainable dimensions in the fashion industry

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Portfolio Development

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Formative feedback on portfolio development is given during the module, which can be verbal or written, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.