School of Arts and Digital Industries
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Contemporary, relevant and innovative
Fashion and Textiles
Welcome The School of Arts and Digital Industries at the University of East London (UEL) is a forward thinking school in the thriving artistic, cultural hot bed of east London. The school has a great breadth of academic activity from a wide variety of disciplines which will provide a unique flavour to your experience at UEL. Our academic staff create a diverse and innovative learning environment that will not only challenge you, but also expose you to a rich mix of culture and knowledge. The school is supported by excellent technical and administrative support staff and courses are taught in purpose-built facilities to ensure you have a full suite of resources available to you throughout your study. The school is committed to maintaining high standards in all areas. We have excellent engagement with industry, and cultural and community organisations across London and beyond. You will be able to develop your creative skills, collaborate across disciplines, have access to exciting projects and work placements and complete a qualification that will offer you great employment opportunities for the future.
Simon Robertshaw Dean of the School of Arts and Digital Industries
Fashio and te Fashion and Textiles is well-established at the University of East London and has gained national and international recognition through Graduate Fashion Week and national design awards. The University of East London is well positioned for the creative communities in east London, such as Shoreditch, Deptford and the retail hub of Westfield at Stratford. Our graduates work in many areas of the fashion, textiles and cultural industries; many working as designers and buyers for major brands; whilst others are working as entrepreneurs establishing their own businesses. Teaching staff are professional practitioners who are well connected with the fashion and textile industry. Staff enable students to acquire a wide range of essential practice based and theoretical skills and our courses reflect the industry’s diverse and multi-faceted nature, which addresses all levels of the market. The fashion department at the University of East London has excellent resources that include dedicated machine workshops, screen printing facilities, a fashion software studio, access to a digital bureau and studio spaces.
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Undergraduate courses
Our undergraduate fashion and textiles courses are enriched by international networks and industry collaborations, allowing you to develop your passion and skills and prepare you for your career in the fashion industry.
BA (Hons) Fashion Design UCAS code: W230 / Points 280
BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles UCAS code: 4P53 / Points 280
Fashion Design at UEL has an international reputation for producing creative and enterprising graduates. Students explore the design research process which underpins creative practice and learn the skills to develop and realise design collections. Students learn in a fashion studio environment with access to leading edge specialist facilities. Teaching staff are experienced experts and bring a wealth of industry contacts.
The ethos of the Fashion Textiles course is to creatively explore new interpretations of 2D and 3D textile materials and to apply these onto 3D prototypes.
BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing UCAS code: 4C25 / Points 280 Fashion Marketing at UEL develops creative professionals, who have a keen visual awareness coupled with a robust theoretical underpinning. Students will explore market levels and gain an understanding of how products are positioned in the market place.
Students are encouraged to develop innovative projects and outcomes that consider wider ethical, sustainable, digital, craft, bespoke and commercial aspects within fashion and the creative industries. Students explore a variety of print processes, fabric manipulation, fabric treatment, surface manipulation, laser cutting and embellishment to name a few. With foundation year: UCAS code: 4T25 / Points: 160
Students will gain knowledge of branding, consumer behaviour, the design and buying cycle as well as creative campaign and project management awareness; this is delivered through creative workshops and lectures.
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Resources and facilities
We have dedicated fashion and textiles workshops that provide materials and facilities for pattern cutting, machining, fabricating garments, textile screen-printing and transfer printing.
Fashion CAD Room
Machine Workrooms
The Fashion Textiles Apple Mac suite offers the latest design software, which include Adobe CC and video editing software Final Cut Pro X.
Machine workrooms provide a full machining workshop for pattern cutting, machining, fabricating garments with a variety of construction techniques.
Fashion Dedicated Lectra CAD/ CAM Facility
Digital Fabrication Lab
Dedicated Fashion software facility, offering Lectra software, digitiser and full scale plotter.
Textiles Print Workshops
The Digital Fabrication Lab offers low-cost large format inkjet and laser-jet roll printing, a digital 3D printer and large format scanning as well as laser cutting and etching on a large range of materials such as wood, plastic and steel.
The textile print workshop has facilities for textile printing and pressing, including an exposure unit and a transfer press large textiles printing screen tables for fabric printing, a dye room for a range of chemical processes, large heat transfer press, large UV exposure light box, two washout-rooms, screen drying cabinets and fabric seaming cabinet. Fabric can also be printed using the large format digital printer in the Fabric Print and Design Bureau.
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Production room for the Fashion Textiles course
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Profiles Kirstie Lee Eells BA (Hons) Fashion Design student
Kirstie has just started her final year of her Fashion Design course and has begun working on her final collection. “I am looking forward to seeing my collection! It’s been spoken about for so long and I spend so much time thinking about it, and now it’s finally here. It’ll be exciting to see what the rest of the class’s collections turn out like, and see who will be chosen to show at Graduate Fashion Week!” “Our Fashion course is open minded with broad assessments allowing us the freedom to explore our creativity. All of our tutors specialise in different areas such as pattern cutting or surface design, and working with each of these tutors separately throughout different modules allows you to be experimental when working out what you truly enjoy and excel at”.
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Kirstie also took up the optional placement year which gave her a real taste of working in the fashion industry. “I went to Paris to work at John Galliano for 6 months followed by 4 months at Walter Van Beirendonck in Antwerp. The industry year made available to us is one of the most beneficial parts to your current work and future career, which some universities do not offer. We also have guest lecturers come in to share their knowledge. The area we work in has a good atmosphere and there is plenty of space, with machines and resources such as screen printing, digital printing and laser cutting and a brilliant library.”
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Dorota Watson Head of Fashion and Textiles “As Head of Fashion and Textiles, I take pride in taking responsibility for a full suite of inter-related and complementary creative courses. You’ll be joining a creative community which includes expert staff and the best facilities to nurture you to your full potential. You will be exposed to a network of industry contacts and a hive of activity in the heart of London’s fashion scene, preparing you for the world’s stage and beyond.”
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Graduate Fashion Week
Graduate Fashion Week is the showcase for final year students where we celebrate the achievement and ambition of our students. Students exhibit their exit platform work which includes portfolios, moving image, samples and a live catwalk show. The event is attended by industry professionals seeking to recruit potential talent as well as press and media. Chloe Draper (pictured above), Fashion Design graduate won the prestigious Fashion Marketing Award during Graduate Fashion Week 2015.
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Portfolio advice Fashion Design
Portfolio assessments are required to be accepted onto our undergraduate courses. We like to see students who are enthusiastic about the subject and independent thinkers who regularly visit exhibitions, galleries and museums, as well as other cultural activities (theatre, music, etc.). This should be evidenced in your portfolio in sketchbooks and research work.
Your portfolio should show: –– Evidence of use of colour, mixed media, sculptural work, photography, collage, and idea development –– Drawing skills (life drawing, observational drawing, understanding of garment scale and proportion on the body, fashion drawings, and inspiration development) –– Visual research and inspiration development –– Evidence of understanding of fashion market levels –– Evidence of publication knowledge (relevant newspaper and high-end conceptual fashion magazines) –– Fabric research –– Any samples/photographs of work –– Sketchbooks containing elements of the above –– Evidence of own projects/ work/blogs etc.
Fashion Marketing Your portfolio should show: –– Understanding of market levels: Couture to high-street (storyboards) –– Customer profiling boards/reports
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Styling, photoshoots Understanding of visual merchandising Awareness of key debates within the industry Shop reports Research journals Evidence of own work including blogs
Fashion textiles Your portfolio should show: –– Evidence of use of colour (mark making) –– Mixed media –– Drawing skills, analytical, life drawing –– Research (concept boards/ trend boards) –– Evidence of understanding textile application for fashion –– Evidence of publication knowledge relevant to textiles, including fashion etc. –– Story/mood boards incorporating collage work –– Samples –– Understanding of digital and screen printing with any samples –– Sketchbook –– Evidence of own projects/ work/blogs etc.
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10 reasons you’ll be glad you came to UEL
19,000 current students from 120 different nationalities. The best years of your life, at university you’ll meet people of all ages and from all backgrounds, making friends that will last a lifetime.
3,400 free Samsung tablets given to new undergraduate students in 2015. Letting you learn more flexibly, you will receive a free tablet pre-loaded with your core e-textbooks.
£2m worth of scholarships and bursaries awarded each year. You will benefit from our generous financial support for students.
26 sports clubs and over 60 societies. You’ll have fun with plenty of time to pursue your passions outside of formal learning whether they are for a subject, a hobby or cause.
5 dedicated funding schemes to help you develop personally and professionally. Through our Going Global, Global Scholars, London Scholars, Civic Engagement Fund and Civic Engagement Scholarship, you’ll have opportunities to broaden your horizons by travelling abroad as part of your course or by bidding for funding to undertake community or studyrelated projects at home or overseas.
17% of our research rated world leading, the highest possible ranking, and a further 45% internationally excellent. You will be inspired by academic staff who are passionate about their subjects and learning more through ground-breaking research they will share with you.
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84% of our students feel their course has developed them personally. You’ll have your mind stretched, your eyes opened and we’ll help you redefine your limits.
87% of our graduates in work or further study after six months. You’ll gain an academic qualification that will help you find the rewarding career you’ve dreamed about – both in terms of fulfilment and earning power.
86,000 alumni. You’ll gain lifelong membership of a global community of alumni across the globe.
How to apply Undergraduate applications All applications for full-time undergraduate courses starting in September are made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UCAS). UCAS offers a secure, web-based application system which allows you to track your application. To register for UCAS, please go to www.ucas.com and follow the step-by-step guide. You will need the University of East London institution code which is E28. Applicant Enquiries Tel: +44 (0)20 8223 3333 / Email: study@uel.ac.uk
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