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South and City College Birmingham
High Street Deritend
Digbeth
Birmingham
B5 5SU
Fashion and Textiles
- HNC
- 1 Years
- Full-time
- September 2025
- Undergraduate
- Fusion Centre
- Awarded by:
- Pearson Education Ltd
Course summary
This course is for those who wish to pursue a career in the fashion and textiles industry. This is a one year course at level 4, aiming to develop your skills and prepare you for further and higher studies. You will gain high level and specialist training in how to present and exhibit your work to industry standard and how to realise your fashion collection from idea to catwalk.
The course will provide you with real experience working on projects as well as gaining invaluable knowledge . You will be encouraged to enter prestigious competitions in order to market yourself as a designer and will have the opportunity to take part in the College's annual fashion show.
Modules
Professional Development;
Contextual Studies;
Individual Project;
Techniques and Processes;
Computer Aided Design (CAD);
Fashion and Textiles Practices;
Pattern Cutting and Garment Making;
Printmaking.
Assessment method
Assessment will be through coursework and presentations. Assessment of fashion products and artefacts that you have designed and/or produced will be a key aspect of assessment. There are no exams on this course.
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Course does not award QTS
How to apply
Apply by
29 January
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- FASC
- Institution code:
- S20
- Campus name:
- Fusion Centre
- Campus Code:
- D
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff 48 points
The College will also consider applicants with relevant industry experience. Students are also expected to have a portfolio or samples of previous work available for review.
A level DD
Students are also expected to have a portfolio or samples of previous work available for review.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) PPP
Students are also expected to have a portfolio or samples of previous work available for review.
Access to HE Diploma
Student who have passed the Access to Higher education course and Students have a portfolio or samples of previous work available for review.
English language requirements
Applicants are expected to have GCSE at grade 4 or above on entry, or equivalent qualification such as functional skills
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
You will be provided with key course materials, students will need to purchase their own creative resources depending upon the projects undertaken. There additional costs are for the individual garments and collection that you will design and produce for your assessments and fashion show. There will also be some costs for art materials such as sketch books. We recommend that you budget for approximately £500.
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