Course Catalogue

To introduce students to current and emerging practice in relation to a diverse range of historical, theoretical and critical principles. To study themes that challenge the current social, cultural and political fashion perspective To encourage critical engagement with, and critical evaluation and synthesis of, current academic concepts, theories and research. To be aware of the practical applications within fashion, by introducing students to resources and workshops which can provide the platform necessary for innovation and the realisation of self-initiated project/s. To help students define their existing practice and extend its scope and ambition. To assist students in understanding research happenings and develop skills, relevant to their practice to support their final project. To develop real world skills which address industry issues which may extend beyond the programme. To provide industry relevant learning and teaching experiences through engagement and collaboration with internal and external partners in the field of fashion, throughout the delivery of the programme. To enable students to develop critical awareness and broader knowledge through group evaluation and group critique. To produce students who have the potential to apply critical and practical skills with real-world focus within their chosen careers.

The core of teaching will be studio based with tutorials and supporting lectures, seminars and workshops. The programme aims to provide a balance of opportunities, within available resources, for you to acquire and develop advanced skills and academic knowledge plus key and transferable skills that will enable you to become effective lifelong learners within the programme and in your future career. We encourage professionalism and independence by developing self-awareness, self-motivation and self-reliance alongside teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Learning on the programme combines experiential elements with more formal lecture and seminar based delivery. This is a student-centred programme that also recognises the need for you to establish a deep and particular relationship with the histories that make your work possible, the contexts within which it is deployed and the critical theories against which it is evaluated.

The use of the LJMU online platform Canvas will make teaching materials readily available and help to maintain contact.

Assessment methods and requirements are specified in the module handbook and module proformas. The high level of seminar and tutorial contact allows for considerable amount of formative assessment and feedback before the summative assessment points for each module.

Types of assessment include: Progress reviews Presentation of work through a variety of methods (Viva Voce) Group Critiques Written Text

A series of lectures, seminars and tutorials that enable students to establish a professional understanding of the context and relevance of historical and contemporary fashion practice.

A series of seminars will encourage students to communicate ideas in small group situations to develop critical reasoning, debating skills and enhance the students' analytical, evaluative and strategic thinking abilities.

Critiques and presentations will enable students to develop a set of communication skills for continuous professional and personal development.

Individual tutorials provide the opportunity for in depth discussion about developing practice and the students’ motivation.

All students will be assigned a personal tutor who will be responsible for their academic development and assessment.

Interaction with professional figures and companies within chosen field of study

Progress reviews, Portfolio, Show /Exhibition, Reflection and evaluation of industrial /creative experience (placement or research based investigation)

These skills are implicit within the overall learning and teaching methods employed on the programme.

All students are encouraged to identify and evaluate their programme specific, personal and transferable skills in an environment external to LJMU. The undergraduate programme engages with a broad range of professional figures and companies both locally and nationally. Masters level students will be able to undertake projects and collaborate with creative industry practices to develop further critical understanding of their chosen area of practice. Students will be encouraged to collaborate with external agents in the UK and/or Internationally to build a portfolio of knowledge and understanding in their specialist disciplines.