We look at each application individually, considering your grades, interview (along with your portfolio/audition) and any relevant experience. We typically expect students to have achieved 48 UCAS points or PPP in a Level 3 Diploma / Extended Diploma. Mature students who don’t meet these standard entry requirements may be able to show us their potential through relevant experience. Applicants whose first language is not English and who do not have GCSE English will be asked to take an IELTS assessment or equivalent and will need to achieve an overall score of 6.0, with 6.0 in the writing element and at least 5.5 in all other sub elements.
Entry requirements
Why this course?
Textiles across fashion, interiors and fine art is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field that explores how materials, surfaces and processes shape visual and tactile experience. It brings together traditional craft techniques and contemporary innovation, from print and embellishment to digital and sustainable material development. You will learn to create textiles that function as garments, spatial environments or expressive artworks, understanding how colour, texture and form can communicate ideas across different contexts. The discipline encourages experimentation, material exploration and critical thinking, preparing graduates to design responsibly and creatively.
Through a balance of conceptual enquiry, technical skill development, and industry engagement, this course fosters independent thinking, material experimentation, and professional practice relevant to a broad range of textile sectors. The programme is underpinned by a rigorous academic framework that situates textile design within broader cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts. You will engage with contemporary debates in sustainability, ethics, and technological advancements, equipping you with the critical and analytical skills necessary to navigate and contribute meaningfully to the evolving creative industries.
The curriculum emphasises both individual practice and collaborative engagement. You will have opportunities to work alongside peers across creative disciplines, fostering a dynamic and interconnected learning environment. By the time you graduate, you will have developed a distinct creative identity, a strong professional portfolio, and the ability to apply your knowledge and skills to diverse career pathways or further academic study.
You will be encouraged to experiment with both traditional and digital techniques, allowing you to balance craftsmanship with emerging technologies. Independent research and self-directed study play a crucial role, allowing you to refine skills and conceptual approaches. Professional development is embedded throughout the programme with industry awareness introduced at Level 4, live projects and placements at Level 5, and portfolio and career preparation at Level 6. You will engage with external collaborators and build professional networks. Sustainability and ethical design principles are integral to the course, ensuring graduates are equipped with a responsible and forward-thinking approach to textiles.
Further information
Emerging designers who want flexible part time study and who enjoy material exploration and want to apply textiles across sectors from Fashion and Interiors to Art. If you value sustainability, traditional and digital techniques, collaboration and professional standards then this is the course for you. You will be supported to craft and develop a signature aesthetic and a portfolio tailored to chosen markets.
Collaboration is a key aspect of the programme, with opportunities to engage with peers across creative disciplines. Cross-level learning is encouraged through peer mentoring, critique sessions, and shared studio environments, fostering a dynamic and critically engaged student community. Graduates of this course will be adaptable, technically proficient, and critically aware, prepared for careers in a broad range of textile sectors, wider creative industries or further academic study.
You will also develop a CV and research textile work related opportunities within your chosen sector. There is a work placement period with support to find an offsite placement and / or work with a live industry brief set by an external industry link. At level 6 you will create a final project targeting your chosen market context of art, fashion or interior textiles, exploring a range of professional presentation and promotional tools to showcase their work and abilities including ongoing self-reflective review, identification of areas of focus for progression and exit portfolio.
- An innovative and creative approach to design informed by research, market, concept development and experimentation.
- Industry ready skills through participation in: Live briefs, competitions and work placements
- Technical expertise in printed, dyed, digital processes, stitch, embellishment and fabric manipulation.
- Engage proactively in professional development , developing professional networking and industry ready skills
- Graduate with a professional profile: personal creative style, industry ready portfolio and final collection
Graduates progress to freelance or studio roles in fashion and interiors, design-making, styling, buying and merchandising, trend, teaching or postgraduate study. Many build flexible careers combining commissions, exhibitions and collaborations with brands and galleries.
Our teaching and assessment methods are designed to keep learning dynamic, engaging, and hands-on. You’ll experience a mix of:
- Practical and creative studio-based workshops
- Discussions
- Lectures / seminars
- Tutorials
- Small group study
- Self-directed study
- Study trips
Assessment methods are tailored to each unit and may include:
- Presentations (of practical work)
- Journals
- Research proposals
- Sketchbooks / drawings
- Written assignments
With this variety, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and demonstrate your skills in ways that suit your strengths and challenge your creativity, problem-solving, and adaptability.
Flexible Exit Awards
This programme is designed as a three-year course leading to the award of a BA (Hons) degree. It is delivered through a flexible 1+1+1 structure, with each year representing a distinct stage of learning and achievement. This approach allows students to progress through the programme in clearly defined phases while retaining the flexibility to exit at the end of any academic year if their circumstances change.
Students who complete the full programme will be awarded a BA (Hons). However, students who choose to leave the course before completion may be eligible for an interim award that formally recognises the credits they have successfully achieved.
Level 4 (Year 1) Students who successfully complete 120 credits at Level 4 and then leave the programme may be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE).
Level 5 (Year 2) Students who successfully complete 240 credits, and then leave the programme may be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE).
Level 6 (Year 3) Students who successfully complete 360 credits, will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hons).
This flexible 1+1+1 model ensures that students who do not complete the full degree can still receive formal recognition for their achievements, while those who continue through all three years graduate with a BA (Hons) qualification.