BA (Hons) Fashion Writing (Top-up) (Full Time)

This year-long, industry-focused course offers you the opportunity to top up your Foundation degree or HND to a full BA (Hons) qualification.The programme will enhance your core writing skills and develop your understanding of the context of fashion journalism and the social and historical framework in which it operates. You will work in a professional working environment, allowing you to appreciate the dynamic of online publishing. You will also gain the knowledge and confidence to explore and evaluate various theoretical concepts surrounding the world of fashion.

Together with core journalism skills, you will gain specialist skills which enhance your employability in this competitive market. You will work in a real-world simulated environment and use the very latest technical facilities including a dedicated journalism newsroom.

We run an exciting weekly guest-speaker programme featuring many big names from the media industry. Recent speakers include Alexandra Shakespeare (formerly of Harper’s Bazaar), Andrew Humphreys (deputy editorial director for Ink-global), Lauren Cumming (Love-it!), Chris Bourn (Time Out), Simon Vincent (Sky) and Tim Burke (BBC). These sessions provide key insights into the industry and are useful networking sessions, giving you direct access to influential people.

Industrial focus

Our talented teaching team of industry practitioners and experts has wide-ranging media experience and many continue to freelance. They maintain strong industry links and are dedicated to helping you publish your work and undertake work experience with leading news and media organisations.

Course content

Three core units and six option units:

• Major Project (Creative)/Major Project (Research Project)
• Publishing the Package
• Fashion Analytics.

Options:

• Reporting Politics
• Digital Photography
• Key Characters in Journalism
• Investigative Journalism
• Fashion and Styling
• Science and Technology Journalism
• Travel Journalism
• Business Journalism
• The Title Race
• Changing the World
• Writing Criticism
• Journalism in Film.

Why choose Solent?

We offer a unique breadth of units, enabling you to tailor the degree to suit your interests. It’s not simply about fashion journalism – though this forms the heart of the degree. It’s this diversity in the curriculum that has provided the foundation to so many successful careers.

Our graduates can be found working on national magazines and newspapers, in highly prestigious PR and media companies and around the globe. Their achievements are testament to their enthusiasm during their studies and are indicative of the paths open to all our students.

• A unique blend of theory and practice, making graduates highly employable
• The course is run by industry practitioners and leading academics.
• The degree is both innovative and challenging, offering students the chance to participate in numerous real-world projects.
• Study trips
• A wide range of facilities and a supportive and dynamic study environment
• Opportunity to build a portfolio of industry-relevant work
• The University hosts professional examinations such as the NCTJ Law Qualification and Teeline shorthand exam.
• Weekly guest-speaker programme featuring many big names from the media industry.

Assessment

Coursework including presentations, portfolios, live briefs, web and individual evaluations.

Projects/work experience

An opportunity to join our exciting Solent Creatives agency and experience live briefs.

Key career skills

Writing for various media, presentation, IT, teamwork, project management.