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The world’s largest showcase of undergraduate fashion talent was held at the Old Truman Brewery from 2 to 5 of June, wi...

Gabbie worked part time as an in-store trainee Visual Merchandiser at Outfit Fashion during her final year at BCU. Gett...

Tutor Vita Woods tells us her top five reasons to take our Visual Merchandising short course. 

Tutors Mike Hansell and Carla Frith tell us their top five reasons to take our Buying and Merchandising short course. 

Tutor Els Dragt, tells us her top five reasons to take our Trend Forecasting short course. 

Recently our final year BA Textiles Students were treated to a whole day packed full of industry insights which include...

SHIFT, ('Student happenings influencing fashion and textiles') is the very first student conference held by the School ...

Find out what happened when our students did a 10-week project with Style Birmingham.

Fashion design graduate Steph shares her global experience and top tips.

Amelia Frost, BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate, specialised in printed textiles and surface pattern.

Charnice Blaize (GFW winner) – BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion Graduate - Cultural Marketing Coordinator - ASO...

Fashion design graduate, Holly Jayne Smith, tells us how she secured a scholarship in Morocco and a grant to create a c...

On the 28th September, Fashion Branding and Communication students were invited to meet in London to attend the Azzedi...

Surreal” is the one word used by 20 year old Rosie Gee to describe the incredible opportunity she recently embarked on ...

Our calendar is always jam-packed with activities and this year has been no different; from inspiring studio visits to ...

An industry placement with us could take a huge range of forms. BA (Hons) Textiles and design student  Isobel  Smith em...

Millie tells us how her award has provided invaluable support for her plan to launch her own business.

Take a look at how our teaching staff encourage and support you to seek out work placements and build your personal por...

Take a look at how Bethany's collection was scouted for a fashion show after being discovered on Instagram.

Rebecca Day tells us more about her two-week placement with multi-disciplinary artist Lizzie King.

Take a look at how BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion graduate Rebecca won the prestigious prize.

Graduate Fashion week is at the top of the radar for students aspiring to be a part of the fashion industry.

Check out what final-year School of Fashion and Textiles student Atena Ameri learned during her placement year.

BA (Hons) Textile Design student Hope tells us more about her ERASMUS exchange trip.

Find out how BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion student Chloe reached the grand final.

Find out more about the live brief BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion students worked on.

BA (Hons) Fashion Design student Josephine tells us about working overseas with the high street retailer.

First year student Aida Brown tells us more about being picked to showcase her Trend Forecasting module work.

Find out how students worked with Pete to develop their knowledge of the industry digital embroidery program, Wilcom.

Learn more about BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate Adriana Gentile’s journey in setting up luxury homewares brand, Adr...

 See how students have worked with charities as part of their Events Management module.

BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate Sophie shows us the career paths that are accessible with a textiles degree.

Take a look at her career highlights so far and her tips for students studying BA (Hons) Textile Design.

BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate Bronagh Teague spoke to us about developing textiles for design giant, Jim Thompson ...

Fashion Design graduate Rosie Dennington showcased her Wanderlust collection at London Fashion Week.

Textile Design Graduate, Kate, spoke to us about her recent win and how she’s developed her brand.

Take a look at Lindsay's career highlights so far and her advice for working in the fashion industry.

Fashion Design graduate Rhys unveiled his Spring/Summer 2018 collection at London’s Dray Walk Gallery.

Embroidery Lecturer and Textile Artist Zoë Hillyard recently curated her first Solo Exhibition ‘Balancing Tensions’.

Paige is using the trend-forecasting and styling skills she’s learned to set up her own publishing business.

BA (Hons) Fashion Design Lecturer Jason takes us behind the scenes of Graduate Fashion Week. 

Take a look at Sophie's specialist areas of expertise and her favourite thing about working for BCU.

Take a look at how Charnice won the ASOS Future Talent Award for Communication.

BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion student Charnice shares her top tips with first-year student Serlait.

Read about Elle's experience of working with Fashion Blogger Kavita Donkersley, and her top placement tips!

Grace tells us about working with a real historical dress for the 'Cabinets of Costume' exhibition.

Lauren takes us through her Final Major Project for BA (Hons) Textile Design and tells us what she's learned.

  Bekki tells us more about making the finalist shortlist for the Fashion Awareness Direct (FAD) competition with M...

We caught up with second year BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion student about her industry placement at Next.

First year BA (Hons) Textile Design student Chloe Watling tells us more about her study trip to Paris.

Find out more about Beth's exciting internship with LOOK magazine and her top tips for securing a placement.