ba (hons) fashion
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BA (Hons) Fashion
Welcome to UCAStarting university is a big moment – congratulations! By joining UCA, you’ve chosen an exciting and rewarding path.
As you join our community of students, artists and academics, you’ll explore how you can use your talent to shape the future of the world around you, and design a career that inspires you.
Our university is a place for the bold, the curious, the extraordinary - as you’ll see for yourself when you meet your lecturers, technicians and classmates. On your course, you can expect to learn from practicing artists, innovators and researchers, collaborate with students across different creative disciplines, and make connections with industry leaders.
At the end of it all, you’ll graduate with the skills and experience you need to build a successful career doing what you love, in a way that makes a difference.
We believe the world needs more people like you, and we’re delighted to have you with us.
Make your mark. Make it here.
And we can’t wait for you to join us and get started.
Ezinma Mbonu
Interim Programme Director
+44 (0)1372 202 435
Course Welcome
Welcome!
We are looking forward to seeing you join the newest cohort of students on the BA (Hons) Fashion degree here at UCA Epsom.
Your creative journey with us will challenge you so that you can grow, not only in confidence, but in expertise, developing skills that will make you industry-ready and sought-after by employers.
Here, you will become part of a close-knit community of creative staff and students from across the globe. We are imaginative, active, passionate, future-focused and curious.
Your Team
Your course will be led by:
Ezinma Mbonu
Interim Programme Director, Fashion
Ezinma Mbonu
Books – Bryant, M. (2011), Fashion Drawing:
Illustration for Fashion Designers. London: Laurence King.
– Davies, H. (2010), Fashion Designers’ Sketchbooks. London: Laurence King.
– Fischer, A. (2015), Sewing for FashionDesigners: London:Laurence King.
– Johnston, A. (2010), Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book. London: Laurence King
– Mbonu, E. (2014), Fashion DesignResearch. London: Laurence King.
– Szkutnicka, B. (2010), Technical Drawingfor Fashion. London: Laurence King.
Websites – www.showstudio.com – www.dazeddigital.com – www.anothermag.com – www.vogue.com/fashion-shows – www.tate.org.uk
Reading List
– Academic diary and notebook
– A3 spiral bound sketchbook
– A3 layout pad
– Selection of coloured marker pens
– Coloured pencils
– Watercolours
– Coloured inks
– Selection of paint brushes sizes (0, 4, 10and 1” flat end brush)
– Range of soft leaded pencils (HB, 2B, 4B,6B)
– Propelling pencil
– Rubber
– Craft knife
– Masking tape
– Magic tape
– Pritt Stick
– 30cm ruler
Recommended supplier: londongraphics.co.uk
Sewing equipment list:– Scissors - 1 pair for paper, 1 pair for fabric
– Dressmaking pins
– Tailor’s chalk
– Tape measure
– Quick-unpick
– Propelling pencils
– 1 pack of A4 plastic sleeves
– 3 x A4 files
– Pattern Master
– Meter ruler
– Hand sewing needles
– Thimble
Recommended supplier: Morplan.com
During Induction Week, you’ll also need to buy a pack of equipment costing £25. This includes your own personal Bobbin and Bobbin Case in order to use the industrial sewing machines within our Fashion department, and some basic fabrics used for certain workshops within the year.
Equipment List
Some materials, such as pattern paper and cartridge paper, will be provided free of charge throughout the course. You'll need to pay for some of the other specialist materials you will require, such as fabric for creating toiles and final garments, colour printing, sketchbooks and art supplies.
We have a fabric store on campus where you can buy essentials like calico, interfacing and wadding and also view fabric sample books from stockists across the country. We also have an art shop for other essentials like sketchbooks, pencils, ink and paints.
Equipment list:
Your summer project
Objet Trouvé (found object) Throughout the last and current centuries, artists and designers have been inspired by undistinguished - often modified - objects that are not normally considered art or design, because they already have a non-art function. It’s the artist or designer’s aim to question any given form or object and to translate his/her answers to these
questions into a series of new and needed solutions, in the form of contemporary products and artefacts. For example, artist Marcel Duchamp perfected the concept when he made a series of ‘ready mades’, and Pop artist Andy Warhol painted Coca Cola bottles and Campbell’s Soup cans. Contemporary designers like Paolina Russo have used repurposed old trainers within garments and Martin Margiela used broken plates, wigs, gloves and socks to create garments.
Design Task: Find an object in your immediate surroundings that’s used in everyday life – found in your garden, the street, a market or your friend’s bedroom, etc. You must feel inspired
by this object and want to explore its potential for design. Through observational drawing and photography, explore your chosen object. Think about texture, form, negative space, different scales and details. Use your explorations to inform design
ideas for either womenswear or menswear.
Requirements:
• Record the object through a series of drawings and photographs• Explore media, drawing styles, scale and photographic viewpoints
(minimum 15 drawings)
• Produce a series of design ideas that have been directly inspired by your drawings and/or photography (20 minimum)
• Include fabric swatches, too; these could be sourced fabrics and also samples you have created yourself.
Select four of your most successful design ideas to illustrate.
You will present this work to staff and your peers during Induction Week.
Have fun - there are no restrictions to your creativity or experimentation. You can design conceptually or commercially. Most importantly, ‘think outside the box’.
Contact details for any questions regarding the brief:
Interim Programme Director Ezinma Mbonu
Robert Rauschenburg
Marcel Duchamp
Paolina Russo
Martin Margiela 2009
Explore UCA Epsom
Meet our campus community
I love UCA Epsom because... "This campus has such a positive vibe – I really enjoy teaching creative students, helping them develop their skills and career ambitions.”
I love UCA Epsom because... “My highlights are being able to work with all kinds of creatives from different courses and learning from professionals specific to my field. I am so glad to have met many marvellous friends and teachers here. I can’t wait to see what they all do next.”
Phil Rowland – Senior Lecturer. Fashion
Shion Sasahara – BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion and Imaging
by Sophia Day
My top spots
A student’s guide to… Epsom
I’ve found living in Epsom so easy and relaxed – it’s the best place to live when you’re leaving home for the first time.
Everything you need is close to hand, and if you feel like doing something a little faster-paced socially or broadening your work experience options then London, Guildford, Kingston and Woking are all super close and cheap to get to. I think it’s just essential to explore and enjoy – and know you have a lovely safe space in Epsom to come home to.
The UCA campus is small and compact. It’s got a really positive energy, with everybody putting the effort in.
The buildings are cool and the library is the best – it’s really friendly and a lot of students socialise as well as work there.
Wetherspoons Everyone goes here, for obvious reasons. It’s cheap, it’s central and it’s lively. And you can always get a good breakfast after a night out!
Makiyaki This is my favourite restaurant in the town. It’s Japanese and I absolutely love it!
Rosebery ParkThis is right opposite the uni and everyone seems to go there, especially when the weather Is nice. It’s well-kept and pretty, and just generally a nice place to relax.
The Faraday pubThis pub runs a schedule of events that a lot of UCA students go to every week. It’s a lot of fun and there’s a student club you can join online for freebies and offers. If that’s what you’re into, make sure to check it out.
Ashley CentreEven though Epsom is quite small, it has a pretty good shopping centre where you can get all the essentials.
Guildford This is just one of the nearby towns where you can get some great work experience like I have, hosting music events. It’s really important to put yourself out there, whether it’s here or in London.
“ The campus has a really positive energy, with everybody putting the effort in.”
Epsom Town Centre
Wetherspoons Rosebery Park
What could you create?
During your time with us, you’ll build your skills and hone your talents to produce some incredible work. Here are a few highlights created by recent graduates…
Malik Nieto ArtsIssey Hennessy
Sophie Lou
Becky Stapley
Anastasija Strelcova
Our graduates are forging stellar careers in fields from Fashion to Film, Architecture to Craft, Business to Games Design. We caught up with a few to find out more about their successes, and how they made the most the most of the UCA experience…
Phoebe Fox
BA (Hons) Music Marketing and Promotion, 2019Soon after completing her degree, Phoebe was touring the world photographing the likes of The Amazons and Anne Marie – a journey that began while she was still a student.
“I contacted small bands I liked to ask for photo passes to their London gigs, and used the UCA equipment to build a portfolio,” she explains.
“I spent three years balancing touring, festivals, shows and portraits with university commitments. The UCA lecturers were incredibly supportive. After I handed in my final major project, I went home to pack and got straight on a tour bus with Anne Marie.”
Tihara Smith
BA (Hons) Fashion, 2018Fashion graduate Tihara Smith’s final degree project - a collection inspired by her grandparents’ experiences as part of the Windrush Generation – set her up for career success.
“I wanted to highlight the positive contribution of the Windrush Generation and celebrate the islands of the Caribbean,” she says.
After graduating, Tihara widened her range and started selling it online and at festivals, markets and wedding fairs, and it proved so popular that she now runs her business full-time. “It’s been really exciting to see it grow,” she says. “I think some of the best collections are created from real stories that are personal to the creator.”
Where could your talent take you?
Phoebe Fox, photographed by Vendy Palkovicova. Tihara Smith. Picture by Kayleigh Pace.
Will McGregor
BA (Hons) Film & Digital Art, 2010Will has amassed credits directing episodes of cult drama Misfits, period saga Poldark, his first feature film, Gwen, and an episode of His Dark Materials.
“Space, time and support to make my own work was the greatest gift UCA gave me,” he says. “The campus felt like an incubator for creativity; all these creative individuals in one place, with access to kit and exposure to new ideas.”
“Make the most of that opportunity to make work and meet people, and make sure you get your work out there – enter all the student festivals and competitions you can!”
Hannah Bamgbala
BA (Hons) Fashion, Media and Promotion, 2020Hannah Bamgbala’s final degree work was inspired by her sister, Mercy, who has Down’s Syndrome and a serious eye for fashion.
Hannah’s Young, Kool and African website focused on bringing greater diversity to fashion and the media, and she’s gone on to work with the Down’s Syndrome Association to make sure that people of all ethnicities are better represented in their campaigns.
“If you have Down’s Syndrome and are Black — or from another ethnic minority background — there is no one visible for you and your family to relate to,” says Hannah. “That has to change.”
Will McGregor on set
Hannah Bamgbala and her sister, Mercy.
Jamie Windust
Lucy Noble
World Health Sanitation Box ©George Stoneham
Lucy Noble
BA (Hons) Film Production, 2014Lucy has worked as a script supervisor on films including Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, hit series Devs, Elton John musical Rocketman and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.
“I dabbled with script supervision throughout my degree,” says Lucy. “I reached out to script supervisors working professionally, asking for the chance to shadow them on set. All that time in the UCA film studio was useful, too – definitely get in there and practice in that arena, where you have a huge amount of control; it’s something you won’t always get when working on location.”
George Stoneham
BA (Hons) Architecture (ARB/RIBA part 1), 2020George caught the eye of the RIBA Rethink 2025 judges, securing a place on the prestigious award’s longlist with an idea to turn former telephone and police boxes into “sanitation stations” that allow people to sanitise themselves on the go.
“While designing the Sanitation Box, I realised how much our world will have to change to design clean and healthy architecture,” he says. “We need to break down compact cities like London and design new, expansive cities with more green spaces, fewer cars, and buildings that flow better.”
Jamie Windust
BA (Hons) Fashion Management and Marketing, 2018Since graduating, Jamie Windust has become a champion for LGBTQIA+ issues in the fashion industry and beyond. They are a magazine editor, a writer for Gay Times and Metro UK, a signed model and a consultant helping brands such as UGG and ASOS to better represent and impact queer identities.
“I discovered my sense of self at university, and I don’t think I would’ve been able to do that in such an affirming and positive way if I wasn’t at UCA,” says Jamie.
“In my final year, I got to apply everything I’d learned to starting a business I feel passionate about. It’s a great space for people to launch real, tangible brands.”
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We have begun an exciting project and a new chapter in our 160-year history. From 2022, we’ll be establishing world-leading Centres of Excellence to bring like-minded students and academics together around their shared passion for creative subjects.
As we focus on growing as a global creative university, we will be stepping back from Further Education from September 2023. However, all Further Education students joining us in 2021 will finish their courses with us, as usual.
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Course Enrolment & Induction Teaching begins
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Postgraduate 20 - 24 September 27 September
International Foundation (Autumn start) 20 September – 1 October 4 October
Christmas Break 2021 Easter Break 2022 2021-2022 year ends
20 Dec 2021 - 7 Jan 2022 4 Apr 2022 - 22 Apr 2022
10 Jun 2022 (BA, BSc & MArch)
13 May 2022 (International Foundation)
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Course Title: BA Hons Fashion Epsom
Interim Programme Director: Ezinma Mbonu
Delivery for 2021/22 academic year
We would like to reassure our students that we are committed to delivering a face to face experience for 2021/22 and we are hoping that 2021/22 will be a year when our students can return to all of our campuses. However, we are aware that changes to our delivery may continue to be required in response to public health advice and as a result of any ongoing Coronavirus measures. We have prepared this information to let you know how your course may be adapted based on changes that were implemented during 2020/21, as a result of Government advice.
We are not planning on making any changes to your course or unit aims, learning outcomes, or assessment methods, under any of our delivery scenarios.
Scenario 1 – Social Distancing rules are continued/re-introduced as a result of public health advice for the 2021/22 academic year:
Changes to learning spaces • Our priority as a university is to deliver our teaching on campus. This may be in socially
distanced face-to-face tutorials, group seminars and workshops.• We will adapt the layouts of our classrooms, workshops and studios so you can have safe
access to these and other specialist facilities, taking social distancing measures intoaccount and providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where needed.
• Sewing machines will be spaced under social distancing guidelines.
Timetabling • We will adapt the scheduling of classes to limit the number of students on campus at any one
time• We will adopt the ‘bubble’ principle: meaning you will be taught in smaller groups to enable
social distancing, and have as little physical contact with other groups as possible• We will plan the scheduling of your classes so you can transition between them safely and
make the lowest possible number of trips to and from campus each week.• Delivery of course content will be reviewed in line with Government advice and any
necessary changes will be communicated in advance, for example it may be advantageous tore-order 1st year units to start with a unit that involves less garment make and use of sewingmachines.
Contact time
• We will not change our approach to contact time and scheduled delivery, this will still takeplace as published in our Programme Specifications and unit descriptors. However, some ofthis contact time may take place in a different way in order to enable social distancing to beimplemented and to prioritise students’ access to facilities and workshops. This will meanmoving some of the larger scale activities such as lectures and seminars online. Someinduction week events, technical fashion equipment demonstrations and a high percentageof contextual studies lectures and seminars will be done online.
Teaching during COVID-19
Online learning
• Where practical, we’ll also put our lectures, classes and seminars online so that you can still access them if you are self-isolating, shielding, or unable to come to the UK.
• Contextual studies worked well online and therefore will go online for term 1.
Wellbeing & support • You’ll have one-to-one Personal Development Tutorials with an academic tutor, where
they’ll talk through your progress and check on your wellbeing. They will also offer online sessions when face-to-face meetings aren’t possible.
• You’ll have access to a full range of specialist advisors who will offer online sessions when face-to-face meetings aren’t possible.
• All our plans take vulnerable learners and students with additional learning requirements into account – we’re making sure we can deliver learning safely to all our students, whether that means accessing teaching on campus, or online.
Industry links • We will continue to host visiting lectures, industry projects, and networking events either
face-to-face or through online learning.• We will make plans to deliver work placements safely – even if that means you working for
your placement organisation remotely. Where that’s not possible, we will offer alternatives to make sure you still get plenty of industry interaction. Placements are not until March 2022 and will be reviewed closer to the time in line with industry partners.
Assessments • If you’ve been personally affected by Coronavirus, your assessments will take that into
account and make sure you aren’t disadvantaged by it.• Project briefs will be set in line with the constraints of social distancing as per
Government advice at the time.
Equipment & resources • We’ve developed new library systems and cleaning processes for loans and equipment hire
to make sure you can borrow what you need safely.• We’ll offer IT equipment loans to our students who need them most.• As soon as Government advice permits, we will provide as much physical access to our
libraries as we can to ensure that you have access to our physical and digital collections, but are able to observe social distancing for you own safety and that of others.
Scenario 2 – a further lockdown is implemented by Government
During the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years we introduced a number of emergency measures that included:
• Moving learning and assessment online• Looking at prior activity with a view to ensuring that learning outcomes are covered
somewhere within the year of study and adjusting assessment tasks accordingly• Providing alternative assessment where the original assessment is not deliverable• Providing extensions for units where necessary for the learning and for individual students if
their circumstances require it
• Where the University is not the awarding body, following the validators’ exacting requirements for predicted and other grades so that students receive a final outcome commensurate with effort and aptitude
These measures would be re-introduced if necessary, but only for the period covered by the lockdown, with a return to scenario 1 as soon as is safe and practical to do so.
Adapting to your feedback • We’ll continue to work with you to find out how you’re feeling about the new measures.• You’ll have the opportunity to work with teaching staff to adapt and improve the way we
deliver your course in line with public health guidelines.