Description
Program Overview
Our vibrant and inclusive learning environment promotes the exchange of ideas and freedom of expression through photography. We offer hands-on experience in the form of live briefs, publishing, and exhibition opportunities, educational trips, and commissions. Collaborating with students across the University and with global creative communities is greatly encouraged.
Your program of study and group tutorials are informed by current and emerging industry developments. You will work with highly skilled practitioners and specialist tutors who are also experienced, photographers. Responding to exciting project briefs generated by commercial brands, designers, or publications, you will push your creativity, and professionalism, and benefit from real-life learning opportunities.
The course integrates creative, practical projects with analysis of historical, cultural, and social frameworks within fashion image-making. We want our students to embrace an experimental approach and question approaches to practice. You may work in the studios with high-tech cameras and lighting or hire kit for exciting location work.
We invite internationally renowned speakers to give industry insight and offer opportunities to engage with external practitioners. In the past, students have visited Paris, Milan and New York, plus day trips within the UK. Educational trips and experiences can take a variety of formats, including physical and virtual activities.
What You'll Study
Year One – Develop your creative potential through a range of briefs and tasks that integrate technical skills with abstract ideas. You will be introduced to fashion image-making methods and gain an understanding of the roles of extended creative teams. Learn about lighting techniques and work in a range of locations. An introduction to both the ‘still’ and ‘moving’ image as used across various platforms will be explored to raise awareness of the importance of context for image production.
Year Two – You will investigate the moving image and digital technology alongside still photography. Experimental and innovative approaches to international briefs are celebrated. Collaboration through creative teams is an essential requirement, and there will be many opportunities for this. Employer engagement activities and industry-facing projects boost your industry links and open progression routes and career pathways within the fashion industry.
Year Three – Your confidence will grow as your work is critiqued and you receive constructive one-to-one feedback. The course culminates with an extensive photographic portfolio that contributes to a spectacular end-of-year show. Your in-depth understanding of Fashion Photography and real-world experiences will solidify your successful future career pathway.
Work Experience
Work experience covers a broad range of activities and students are encouraged to undertake work placements during their time at the university. As well as guidance from the course team our Careers, Employability, and Enterprise teams offer support that enhances employability skills and underpins engagement with the industry.
Destination Careers
Graduates can find work as freelance fashion photographers, fashion filmmakers, production assistants, art directors, stylists, and picture editors, for agencies and in post-production. Graduates may also progress to postgraduate study.
Requirement
- 112 UCAS points from any combination of A Levels/T Level/Extended Diploma/Foundation Diploma. One qualification should be in a relevant subject; or
- BBC from three A Levels; or
- A minimum of one Distinction and two Merits (DMM) from an Extended Diploma or a Merit from a UAL Extended Diploma or T Level in a relevant subject; or
- 112 UCAS points from a recognized Access to Higher Education course specializing in art and design with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3; or
- An international equivalent to 112 UCAS points in a subject related to your proposed course of study. Please see our Information by Country pages for more information.
All home applicants aged under 21 must have GCSE English at Grade 4/Grade C or above, or English Functional Skills Level 2 at Pass. International applicants must have a minimum IELTS overall score of 5.5, with no individual component below 5.5 (or recognized equivalent).
Examples of work
For all BA (Hons) degree courses (with the exception of BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance) you will need:
- To set up your portal
- You will then be asked to submit a maximum of six examples of work from your portfolio for consideration. The files should be no larger than 30MB in total and it is essential that no more than six examples of work are uploaded.
- Guidance on what to include in your examples of work can be found here.
For BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance you will need:
- 112 UCAS points from any combination of A Levels/Diploma/Extended Diploma. One qualification should be in a relevant subject, this may be a Rockschool Level 3 Music Practitioner qualification.
- A Level of performing ability equivalent to ABRSM/Rockschool/Trinity Grade 8
- Music theory understanding to Grade 5 level
Performing ability and theoretical understanding will be assessed through a practical performance of (1) a set piece relative to a specific instrument or voice and (2) an original song, instrumental composition, or arrangement of an existing song that has been uploaded to a suitable video sharing platform (YouTube, Vimeo or Weibo) for remote review.
For BA (Hons) Creative Writing and BA (Hons) Creative Advertising:
- For these courses, an interview forms part of the Admissions process. Providing that you meet our entry requirements for these courses, and submit your examples of work within the required deadline, you will be offered an in-person or remote interview.
For BA (Hons) Creative Writing you will need:
- Evidence of your writing interests in the form of samples of your work. Your work should demonstrate your developing, imaginative, and creative skills.