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Fashion Communication and Promotion at Nottingham Trent University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Course summary

On this course you will investigate, develop and create meaningful and forward-thinking forms of visual communication, promotion and advertising. The focus is on the visual communication of brands through which innovative messages and narratives for products and services are built for the global fashion and lifestyle industries. Key features

  • Work on live projects with brands such as All Saints, Boots, BMW, Levi, Speedo, Reiss and Unilever.
  • Enter industry competitions like L’Oréal Brandstorm and All Walks Beyond the Catwalk’s Diversity NOW! where our students have had great success.
  • Benefit from the experience of guest speakers and visiting industry experts.
  • Go on optional study trips to European destinations such as Paris or Berlin. Visit companies, exhibitions and trade fairs to learn about the international market.
  • Apply for a European or international exchange to places like the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
  • There is an opportunity to work on a student committee to plan, design and take part in events that promote your work including Zine fairs, degree shows and Graduate Fashion Week.
  • Learn to use software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, so you can develop your creative ideas to communicate with consumers.
Employability Our students secure fashion communication and promotion related jobs both nationally and internationally, in areas such as advertising; art direction and styling; digital communication and web design; fashion analysis and trend prediction; fashion media and journalism; PR and event management; and retailing and visual merchandising. Students also use their well-developed transferable skills for alternative careers in freelance promotion and media roles, and in teaching. Some decide to undertake postgraduate study in fashion or a related subject. Recent destinations include: Dr Martens, Global Radio, Primark, L’Oréal, ASOS and Zone Digital. Your space to create at NTU We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more. Our students’ work – ‘We Are Creatives’ Explore our online showcase ‘We Are Creatives’ - celebrating the work of the School of Art & Design students. You will find a sneak peak of some of our students’ work and gain a real insight into what it’s like to be part of the NTU creative community at wearecreativesntu.art

Modules

[Year One]

  • Perspectives in Fashion Communication and Promotion (40 credit points)
  • Passport to Creative Process and Technology (20 credit points)
  • Fashion Anthropology (20 credit points)
  • The Fashion Industry and You (20 credit points)
  • Advanced Creative Process and Emerging Technology (20 credit points)
[Year Two]
  • Agency of the Future (40 credit points)
  • Fashion Futures (20 credit points)
  • Critical Fashion Journalism (20 credit points)
  • Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points, second half of the year)
  • Optional module - you will also choose one 20-credit module from:
  • Publishing: Experimental Formats
  • Typography: Use and Expression
  • Trend Forecasting
  • Digital Marketing and Communication
  • Responding to the Visual World
  • Creative Live Event Production
  • Web3 & Creative Autonomy
  • Beauty Industry: Innovation to Impact
[Year three]
  • Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*
We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.
  • If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.
[Final year]
  • Personal Project (60 credit points)
  • Personal Project (40 credit points)
- Live Project (20 credit points)

Assessment method

People shine in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. We believe in ‘authentic assessment’, which means measuring your progress based on the everyday things you’ll actually be doing in the industry — not essays and dissertations. This is an active ‘doing’ degree, not a passive writing one, and that ‘doing’ covers everything from perfecting your presentation and pitching skills, to the creative evolution of your online portfolio, to mastering new technical skills in the art of visual storytelling. These are the kinds of things you’ll be assessed on, all through the course. Year 1: coursework (100%) Year 2: coursework (87%), practical assessment (13%) Year 3: coursework (45%), practical assessment (55%)

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
WN2M
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus
Campus code:
1

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A lower offer may be made based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer and we get data from UCAS to make these decisions. NTU offers a student experience like no other, and this approach helps us to find students who have the potential to succeed here, but may have faced barriers that can make it more difficult to access university. We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.

Student Outcomes

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83%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
95%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for 2025 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2024 are £9250. The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.
Fashion Communication and Promotion at Nottingham Trent University - UCAS