Art and Design - Fashion Design Futures

Course Overview

The MA Art and Design is designed as a gateway to research or advanced experimental practice. It has an option for students to focus on research (by taking the initial formal PG Cert Research Skills module [RS]) or by taking an alternative creative practice route both leading towards future MPhil/PhD study. Students taking the MA Art and Design will align with specific research and experimental practice pathways, led by academic staff with established practice careers and/or advanced scholarship and research. The Fashion Futures programme aims to help Fashion Design and Textiles Design graduates build a sustainable career in a changing world by developing a deep and intellectually sound understanding of how ideas and design practice can both anticipate and drive the future of their industry. The focus of the group teaching and individual discussion will be determined in part by the make-up of the group but will always be placed upon providing the intellectual and creative tools and advice to enable individual students to strengthen and develop their own practice and intellectual enquiry strengths by situating them in a self-defined career strategy. Career prospects : The MA Art and Design acts as a gateway to research or advanced experimental practice. It has an option for students to focus on research (by taking the initial formal PG Cert Research Skills module) or by taking an alternative creative practice route both leading towards potential future MPhil/PhD study. Students taking the MA Art and Design align with specific research and experimental practice pathways, led by academic staff with established practice careers and/or advanced scholarship and research. The MA Art and Design programme is designed to enable students to achieve the attributes of greater flexibility, adaptability, and individual responsibility and autonomy as professional artists, designers or researchers. The MA Art and Design programme aims to develop increasing creativity, self-reliance, initiative, and the ability to perform in rapidly changing environments as well as increasing competence with research skills and methods which will make graduates highly employable as academics and or researchers or enable them to develop an active and sustained practice as artists or designers.