The curriculum of MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Insight and Strategy is informed by contemporary and international professional practice in the fashion industry. The course places strategic fashion brand management at its core and offers a unique combination of cultural fashion insight and strategy subjects in order to equip you with the high level professional skills and knowledge needed to succeed.

Learning by doing The course adopts a learning by doing approach through collaborative project work, which includes problem-based practical workshops and the development of live-consultancy projects with industry partners, prepared jointly by UWL academic staff and industry specialists/consultants.

Collaborative learning You will collaborate with fellow students from other pathways and/or other MA courses within our school in your projects and gain invaluable industry experience.  These collaborations are carefully designed to provide a microcosm of the professional fashion business world.

Compulsory residential international field trips  The MA International Fashion Brand Management is the first postgraduate fashion course in the UK that formally integrates international residential trips into its curriculum. During these trips, you will meet industry professionals, attend master lectures, view collaborative work, and engage in personal growth. The compulsory  trips throughout the 2021 academic year will be:

• FT1: European Fashion Capitals Trip (Paris, Milan and Florence): 8 to 10 days (Semester 1).
• FT2: New York Fashion Field Trip: 7-8 days (Semester 2).

Optional international residential field trips  Students studying on this pathway will be able to attend Trip 3 and Trip 4 as optional trips. You may wish to attend only one or none:

• FT3: Copenhagen Fashion Summit: 3 to 4 days (Semester 3).
• FT4: Berlin Circular Fashion Trip: 3 to 4 days (Semester 2).

Internships  This course has an optional 80 hours internship integrated into the curriculum. An internship will enhance your employability by offering valuable experience and professional contacts within the industry and put your skills to use in the real world of fashion. It is possible to do your internship digitally.

Learning through social action  Instead of an internship, you may participate in a cross-pathway social action industry mentorship projects for which we have teamed up with Justice in Fashion - a global alliance of like-minded and skilled individuals endeavouring to create positive change in the fashion industry.

Digital skills On this pathway, you will work on your creative media and digital skills and learn to use a range of pathway specific industry-standard software. Our facilities include:

• 3D design studio
• PC/Mac labs
• film/motion capture studios
• photography studios
• digital print bureau
• knitting studio
• sewing studio
• pattern making studio

FashionTalk  This course is part of the FashionTalk programme. Key industry professionals will deliver pathway-specific in-company, in-campus or digital lectures to enhance your employability prospects.

Westmont Enterprice Hub The Westmont Enterprise Hub backs brilliant creative business ideas. It helps pre-startups grow from the flicker of something intelligent to proof of concept and on to the market. Students with highly successful MA project proposals will also have the chance to become an incubatee. To learn more about services offered, please visit Westmont Enterprise Hub (Creative Business Incubation Unit) page.

UWL ArtsFest ArtsFest is an annual presentation of highlights from portfolios, showreels and performances from UWL students. You will have the opportunity to present your work on this platform. To learn more about this platform, please visit our ArtsFest pages.

Teaching frequency  This MA course is longer (14 months in total) than a standard MA course as it gives you extended time for study and full dedication to your final piece of work. Your modules are timetabled in a way that you will need to attend campus only 2 days maximum per week.

When you graduate you may be qualified for a broad range of careers. You could work for an international fashion and luxury brands as a:

• insight researcher
• insight strategist (Youth culture)
• insight strategist (Colour)
• insight strategist (Materials, knit and textiles)
• insight strategist (City by city)
• insight strategist (Digital media)
• insight strategist (Marketing)
• insight strategist (Fashion culture)
• insight strategist (Slow fashion)
• insight strategist (Beauty)
• insight strategist (Fashion retail)
• insight strategist (Market research)
• insight strategist (Fashion innovation)

Alternatively, you could progress to study for a PhD, specialising in the area of luxury fashion branding.