Year 1: Students study modules designed to give both an introduction to generic business skills and an opportunity to study fashion and retail specific subjects: law, management of information; financial and management accounting; fashion marketing; merchandising in the fashion industry; buying cycle and range planning; fashion in society; career planning and development; plus 1 option. Years 2 and 3: Includes the 11 month work placement and the semester studying in the US; students study: Merchandising calculations; the role of design in the fashion industry; people, work and organisations; management research methods; the business placement starts in January continuing to December: all business placements are within the merchandising departments at the Head Offices of major retailers; in the final semester of the 3rd year, students who achieve an average of 50% or above in the 1st semester modules may go to the US; in the US the students learn about the product development side of retail, studying subjects such as: the fundamentals of textiles; apparel manufacturing and product development; students in the US also have the opportunity to do an Internship within a US fashion company. Year 4: Students are expected to have developed their learning and practical skills and are therefore well placed to continue their studies at a deeper level; team dynamics and strategic management; supply chain management; the future of fashion merchandising; options include: brand management; multi channel merchandising; global sourcing; commercial skills and application.
Our courses are taught across four London campuses – three in central London and all within walking distance of each other, and a fourth in Harrow, north-west London, which is just a 30-minute tube ride away from central London.
Cavendish Campus
Our Cavendish Campus is in central London – just a 5-minute walk from Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road.
Subjects taught at the campus include Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, and Psychology.
Harrow Campus
Our Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, just 30 minutes away from central London by tube.
Subjects taught at the campus include Art and Design, Fashion, and Film and Television.
Marylebone Campus
Our Marylebone Campus is in central London, within easy walking distance of both Regent's Park and Marylebone High Street.
Subjects taught at the campus include Accounting and Finance, Business and Management, and Construction Management and Urban Planning.
Regent Campus
Our Regent Campus comprises three sites in central London, all within a few minutes' walk of Oxford Street:
309 Regent Street – subjects taught at this site include English and Creative Writing, Languages, and History.
Little Titchfield Street – our Law courses are taught here.
Wells Street – Criminology and Sociology, and Politics and International Relations are taught here.
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