Fashion and Textiles blog

Gabbie Armstrong: My next step in industry

Gabbie worked part time as an in-store trainee Visual Merchandiser at Outfit Fashion during her final year at BCU. Gett...

Short Course Spotlight: Trend Forecasting

Tutor Els Dragt, tells us her top five reasons to take our Trend Forecasting short course. 

Short Course Spotlight: Visual Merchandising

Tutor Vita Woods tells us her top five reasons to take our Visual Merchandising short course. 

Recognised by Industry: Textile Design Awards

Recently our final year BA Textiles Students were treated to a whole day packed full of industry insights which include...

Ten Week Project with Style Birmingham

Find out what happened when our students did a 10-week project with Style Birmingham.

Alumni Spotlight: Amelia Frost

Amelia Frost, BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate, specialised in printed textiles and surface pattern.

Alumni spotlight: Steph Hutchins

BA (Hons) Fashion Design graduate Steph shares her global experience and top tips.

Alumni Spotlight: Charnice Blaize

Meet Charnice Blaize, Graduate Fashion Week winner  and Cultural Marketing Coordinator at ASOS.

How I secured a scholarship in Morocco and became a visiting tutor after graduating

Fashion design graduate, Holly Jayne Smith, tells us how she secured a scholarship in Morocco.

Crazy in love with embroidery: my work on Beyonce's costume

"Surreal” is the one word used by 20 year old Rosie Gee to describe the incredible opportunity she recently embarked on...

MA Fashion and Textiles: highlights of the year so far

Our calendar is always jam-packed with activities and this year has been no different; from inspiring studio visits to ...

Seven weeks in a South of France Chateau; my unique industry placement

 BA (Hons) Textiles and design student  Isobel  Smith spends seven weeks in South of France.

My award winning collection was scouted on Instagram

Take a look at how Bethany's collection was scouted for a fashion show after being discovered on Instagram.

My placement with a multi-disciplinary artist

Rebecca Day tells us more about her two-week placement with multi-disciplinary artist Lizzie King.

Graduate Fashion Week New Media Award Winner

Take a look at how BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion graduate Rebecca won the prestigious prize.