ba (hons) fashion image & styling
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BA (Hons) Fashion Image & Styling
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.
Welcome to UCA! We’re delighted you’ve chosen to study with us and become part of our creative community.
To help you prepare before joining us in September, this guide outlines your reading list, the equipment you’ll need for your course, and any projects you should do over the summer.
If you have any questions, call 01634 888776 or send an email to [email protected] and they’ll be happy to help.
We look forward to seeing you at UCA
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Best wishes,
Matthew Andrew
Matthew Andrew - Programme [email protected]
Course Lecturers
Aurora Starbuck [email protected]
Elva Rodriguez [email protected]
Piers Atkinson [email protected]
Sarah Lloyd [email protected]
Course Welcome
Your Team
Matthew AndrewProgramme Director
Please remember that you’re enrolled on a full-time course. It’s often the case that poor attendance has a direct impact on the outcome of your degree.
While we note students do have other commitments, it is important that you maintain a balance between study, social and possible work commitments. Your timetabled days will be Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays.
Unit Organisation Your first point of contact will be your Year 1 Lead – Aurora Starbuck ([email protected])
Individual tutorials will be held throughout
the year to discuss what you want to achieve and how you wish to achieve it, along with your career or professional aspirations. There will also be ‘open access’ tutorials available to discuss any issues as they arise.
Networking SessionsWe’ll be holding a number of networking sessions within your year group and with our other course year groups to enable you to meet, discuss and plan possible projects and activities. Details of the first networking sessions are to be announced shortly – please ensure you attend – you can meet other students with a view to collaborating or commissioning for future units and external projects.
Your working week
You are not required to bring any specific equipment with you for the Induction, but a camera, notepad and pen are recommended. Should you be required to provide any of your own equipment throughout the duration of the course, we’ll let you know in advance.
We have extensive digital facilities on campus, with all the latest relevant software programs. However, at some point you may find it useful to have your own laptop. You’ll be able to borrow cameras from our Photography Department and we also have great library facilities on campus.
Printing: Fashion Image & Styling involves completing the course work both digitally and in print (in the form of publications, essays, etc.) so you’ll need to allocate money for printing. We recommend that you purchase an external hard drive to back up your digital work, create your 1TB UCA OneDrive (download the app and log in using your myUCA log-in details) or or invest in an 'iCloud' account (technical details will be provided in your Induction Week).
Books/Magazines: While we have an extensive selection of books and magazines in the University Library, you might occasionally need to purchase books and magazines as part of your studies.
Digital Portfolio Subscription: A yearly subscription for an online portfolio will be required in both Year 2 and Year 3.
Fashion Shoots: Undertaking fashion shoots and the making of a fashion film will incur model booking, travel and set / props costs. What you spend will depend on the scope of your project.
Travel Costs: As a Fashion Image & Styling student, you will need to undertake research trips to London and surrounding areas to visit locations, museums, exhibitions and retail locations (we recommend a minimum of one London visit per study unit). In year two, there is a mandatory work placement unit where you might need to pay your own travel costs.
Equipment & Course Costs
Reading List
Below are some of the recommended reading materials that you may use throughout your time with us here at UCA:
– Lascity, Miles Ethan (2021)Communicating Fashion. Clothing, Culture, and Media. Bloomsbury Visual Arts: Londonand New York
– Lynge-Jorlen, Ana (2020) FashionStylists: History, Meaning, Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing: London
– Welter, Linda and Lithuan, A (2021)Fashion History: A Global View. BloomsburyVisual Arts: London and New York
– Werner, Thomas (2018) The FashionImage: Planning and Producing Fashion
Photographs and Films. Bloomsbury Visual Arts. London and New York
Social Media
You can follow the course on @FISUCA and the University for the Creative Arts on @UniCreativeArts – don’t forget to search for, and use, the hashtags #FISUCA #ucaRochester #WeCreate
Consider creating a 'professional' account if you would like to keep your private account separate to the University network. Over the summer, we would like you to start to meet your new classmates online and to share any interesting films/books/exhibitions/places of interest and general inspiration with the group.
You’ll need to bring your summer project work with you on your first day.
The work completed will provide an opportunity for staff and your peers to get to know you and what inspires you. There’s no direct assessment linked to this summer project, but it will provide you with work to feed into your first degree project. You can find more information about your summer project below.
Inspiration is all around us. You can be inspired on your doorstep, at work, online and in the street.
OVERVIEW Making a statement with fashion images.
For your Summer Project we are asking you to collect and bring in your 5 FAVOURITE FASHION IMAGES – these can be any type of fashion image – from street-style images, editorials or brand advertisements to still-life shots, music or pop icon imagery - any fashion image that has resonated with you personally.
Please consider the following when gathering your images:
– Who is in the image?
– The colours represented in that image
– The era / decade the image is from
– The clothes / fashion / brand(s) / trend(s) that are represented in the image
– The mood of the image – are there anykey words that come to mind?
– Why you chose this image? – is there anemotional connection?
– What mood you were in when you chosethis image?
You will be asked to present your 5 chosen fashion images in class during Welcome Week – what do they say about you? What is the story or message?
Have fun and be as creative as you can – remember, there is no right or wrong!
Point of contact during summer: Aurora Starbuck
Summer Project
Explore UCA Rochester
Meet our campus community
I love UCA Rochester because... “I enjoy being part of such a creative environment at Rochester, and getting to see work that opens my eyes to new ways of seeing the world.”
I love UCA Rochester because... “I’m really enjoying my time at UCA. My favourite things about Rochester are the print room and sewing facilities, and also the amazing tutors (who are also practicing artists), and being able to socialise with the 2nd and 3rd years; I seem to learn a lot from them too!”
Matthew Andrew – Programme Director, Photography
Megan Rogers – BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles
Rochester campus is friendly, warm, relaxed and welcoming, which makes for a good place to learn.
The balcony and the library are great spots to hang out with friends – whether you want to grab lunch, study together, or just get some fresh air and a drink.
Rochester High Street has a lot of independent shops, including quite a few vintage ones, and you’re really close to Chatham and Gillingham for high street stores. Christmas here is really special, too – there’s a Dickens festival and a Christmas market.
“ In spring the scenery looks beautiful in full bloom, with the castle in the background.”
by Paris Lucke
My top spots
A student’s guide to… Rochester Tony Lorenzo’s
This is the café me and my friends go to. They do nice milkshakes, smoothies, cakes and loads of different things for lunch, like paninis and pastries.
Crêpe & CoThis is a pancake and waffle place near Rochester Castle – I’ve been there with friends on Pancake Day. They have an outdoor eating area sheltered with blossom trees, so in spring the scenery looks beautiful in full bloom, with the castle in the background.
The Golden Lion (Wetherspoons)Who doesn’t love a trip to ‘Spoons for a night out? At the end of every term we’ve had a course night out there and it’s become our tradition.
Rochester Cathedral The cathedral is a cool place to visit and, like the church, it’s free to go into. They held a mini-golf event there a while ago – I went with some friends and had a great time.
NightlifeI’m not big on nightclubs but my friends are, and they love both the Casino Rooms in Rochester, and Tap 'N’ Tin in Chatham.
Pentagon Shopping CentreThis is a shopping centre in the middle of Chatham High Street, which is about a 15-minute walk from campus and has loads of handy shops where you can pick up all your essentials.
Rochester Cathedral
The Candy Bar
Baggins Book Bazaar
Rochester Castle
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.
This will see our Rochester campus close in September 2023. Students joining us for three or four-year courses in 2021 will be transferred to another campus from September 2023.
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As we focus on growing as a global creative university, we will also 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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BA (Hons) Fashion Image and Styling Delivery for 2021/22 academic year
We would like to reassure our students that we are committed to delivering a face to face experience 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 of the changes to delivery may continue to be required in response to public health advice and 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 2021/21, 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 into account and providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where needed.
• Technical Workshops will reflect social distancing. In DM4, this will mean some iMacs will need to be removed to Room 205A, to allow students to access enough iMacs for the class of over 24 students. In Room 216 (Photography Studio), PPE equipment will be purchased. The FIS studio will be re-arranged to provide social distancing.
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.
• Year ‘bubbles’ will be timetabled on specific days except when we are planning a joint delivery of some lectures across FIS & MU&HD (Make-Up & Hair Design). Joint delivery will operate 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 tothe UK.
• Personal Development Planning will take place through online learning for someContextual Studies lectures and seminars.
Wellbeing & support
• You’ll have one-to-one Personal Development Tutorials with an academic tutor,where they’ll talk you through your progress and check on your wellbeing. They willalso offer online sessions when face-to-face meetings aren’t possible. Year Leadswill arrange all personal development tutorials which will be supported by personaldevelopment planning lectures and workshops.
• You’ll have access to a full range of specialist advisors who will offer online sessionswhen face-to-face meetings aren’t possible.
• All our plans take vulnerable learners and students with additional learningrequirements into account – we’re making sure we can deliver learning safely to allour students, whether that means accessing teaching on campus, or online.
Industry links
• We will continue to host visiting lectures, industry projects, and networking eventseither face-to-face or through online learning.
• We will make plans to deliver work placements safely – even if that means youworking for your placement organisation remotely. Where that’s not possible, we’lloffer alternatives to make sure you still get plenty of industry interaction.
• In Year 2, we have a Placement 15 credit unit which includes a placement, this maybecome a live project due to the nature of the course and businesses not allowingthe additional person to assist.
• We will be delivering a blended learning approach between physical and onlinelearning. We are currently planning a one day a week online learning for Year One.Two days online learning for Year 2 and Three.
Contact time
• We will not change our approach to contact time and scheduled delivery, this willstill take place as published in our Programme Specifications and unit descriptors.However, some of this contact time may take place in a different way in order toenable social distancing to be implemented and to prioritise students’ access tofacilities and workshops. This will mean moving some of the larger scale activitiessuch as lectures and seminars online.
• Moving learning and assessment online
• Looking at prior activity with a view to ensuring that learning outcomes arecovered somewhere within the year of study and adjusting assessment tasksaccordingly
• 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 finaloutcome 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.
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:
Assessments We will move to a 100% digital submission of all student work.
Equipment & resources
• We’ve developed new library systems and cleaning processes for loans andequipment 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 digitalcollections, but are able to observe social distancing for you own safety and that ofothers.