Working in industry
Our Fashion and Textiles courses work with local, national and international businesses to enhance student learning through placements, workshops, live briefs and guest lectures from industry professionals.
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Size? and New Balance
Fashion, Branding and Communication students teamed up with Size? and New Balance on a live brief, going on to pitch to the two brands at the end of the event.
Size? and New BalanceSilkFred
As part of their course work, Fashion Branding and Communication students had the opportunity to work with fashion platform SilkFred on a live brief.
SilkFredCommonwealth Games 2022
Some of our highly talented costume design students recently worked on creating outfits for the opening show of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, Wondrous Stories.
Wondrous StoriesDRPG
Second year BA (Hons) Fashion Business students were lucky enough to have international creative agency, DRPG, as their live client for their Marketing and PR module.
DRPG
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Fashion Business student Lara tells us about her experience working on a live brief with Next, including presenting at their head office.
NextRead Jack's story
Jack proved himself wrong by coming to university, having struggled academically growing up. Now, his costume designs have been worn at the Birmingham 2022 Festival, where he showcased his proud Brummie heritage for the world to see.
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