Fashion and Textile Design HND / HNC - 2 Year Course

Our Fashion and Textile Design HND offer a combination of practical and theoretical aspects of with appropriate level exposure to industry practices.

What will I do on the course?

This course consists of four 15 week semesters. Each semester comprises of different "Units" which will introduce you the skills of research, illustration, design and development. You will learn how to produce collection of garments. See the full list of unit titles below.
You will examine the properties of different textiles, the techniques of pattern making and skills of garment manufacture. We will also look at the business of fashion and the role of the designer.
Your lecturers are all fashion professionals, many work in the industry as well as teaching. This means that their understanding is completely up to date – the skills you learn will be relevant to the fashion industry today.
You will go to fashion shows and compile shop reports. We visit trade fairs, art galleries and museums. London must be the best city in the world to study fashion!

What can I do after getting my HND in Fashion & Textiles?

The business of fashion is not just about design and garment manufacture. There are many career options such as buying, product management, merchandising, PR and journalism.
This course will enable you better understand the fashion industry and give you the skills to enter it at a junior level. An HND in Fashion and Textiles is respected and recognised throughout the industry.
It will also enable you to produce a Fashion Portfolio for interview if you wish to go onto Degree level studies.

Course modules:

Semester 1

• Unit 1 Drawing Techniques and Approaches
• Unit 2 Visual Communication
• Unit 7 Fashion and Textile Material Understanding
• Unit 9 Cultural Understanding in Fashion
• Unit 22 Techniques and Processes in Fashion

Semester 2

• Unit 3 Professional studies
• Unit 4 Historical and Contextual Referencing
• Unit 5 Professional Practice and Development
• Unit 6 Critical Study
• Unit 24 Pattern Drafting

Semester 3

• Unit 20 Design Exploration in Fashion
• Unit 29 Garment Manufacture
• Unit 23 Production Techniques

Semester 4

• Unit 26 Research and Development for Fashion Design
• Unit 27 Realising a Fashion Collection
• Unit 28 Pattern Construction

Assessment Method:

A combination of assignments, case study reviews, planning exercises and examinations.

Entry Requirements:

What to do need to join? First of all you need an interest in fashion. It's a creative and exciting world- but it's also hard work and you need to love the subject!
A qualification in a related subject such as art or technical design would be useful. Drawing skills and a creative nature will help- but the course will cover all the basic skills – you just need to be enthusiastic and prepared to practice.

See below for a list of entry requirements and methods of assessment.

Must be at least 18 years of age.
GCE A Level pass or GCSE plus 2 years work experience
English Language must normally be IELTS 6.0 or equivalent. Students with 5.5 may be offered a place subject to interview. Students with 5.0 may be accepted if they take a pre-sessional course and reach the required standard.
Progression to Final year of degree in Fashion & Textile with selected British Universities.

Awarding Body:

Edexcel

Key Information:

No of hours per week :: 15 - 22.5 hours per week
Time :: Various
Start :: February , June and October each year
Study Options :: Full-time
Duration:: 2 years (each semester is 24 weeks which includes 6 wks holiday)

Note: Fee includes course material and first attempt of all the assessments. All assessment re-sits will require an additional fee of £75/- per module.

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