Fashion Promotion and Communication with Integrated Foundation Year

Course Overview

Fashion shapes how we express ourselves and influences cultures, industries and identities. On this fashion promotion and communication degree with an Integrated Foundation Year, you will learn to build, promote and maintain dynamic fashion brands.

With strong industry links and cutting-edge facilities, you will tell unique fashion brand stories through different mediums to a range of audiences.

Why study this fashion promotion and communication degree?

• Multi-award-winning fashion promotion and communication course

• Build up a diverse knowledge base in an industry-facing course

• Expert teaching with direct contact to industry professionals

• Undertake a work-based learning opportunity

• Gain access to a host of industry-leading guest speakers

• A nurturing environment with high recruitment rates into industry

• Learn to effectively communicate and market fashion brands

• Develop your unique voice and add theory to natural creativity

• Students have recently worked with Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren and Vogue.

• Become a fashion brand storyteller

The BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion and Communication with Integrated Foundation Year degree can be tailored to your interests. You will explore fashion media production, fashion marketing and visual communication, including digital imaging and new media. You will learn the skills and techniques needed to effectively communicate and market fashion brands in this dynamic, fast-moving and exciting sector.

Our Fashion Promotion and Communication course includes a work-based learning opportunity where you can showcase your learning in a professional environment. Supported by the Ravensbourne Employability Team, recent work-based learning opportunities have include industry giants Urban Outfitters, Jimmy Choo, Stella McCartney, Vogue, Wonderland Magazine, Ralph Lauren, Ralph & Russo, Paul Smith, LK Bennett, Karen Millen, Harvey Nichols, Fashion Scout, Exposure, PR, All Saints and Black Diamond Films.

Delivered through a combination of practice and theory-based learning, you will develop your own unique voice across a number of channels, including: film, magazines, fashion photography, website design, journalism, brand communication and social media. Competitions and live briefs will provide real work scenarios to help you develop and integrate your skillset, whilst building key industry contacts.

The Integrated Foundation Year introduces the fundamental principles of fashion, design and creative problem-solving. Through studio-based projects, you will begin developing the core technical and creative skills needed for future study in fashion.

You will explore key themes across four areas:

Diagnostic exploration: Making informed choices
Technical: Applying technical knowledge in practice
Specialist: Developing and innovating within a chosen pathway
Integration: Building an integrated practice to support progression into Higher Education

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS