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Textiles & Surface Design

The Northern School of Art

UCAS Code: W230 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements


A level

C,C,C-B,B,C

Successfully complete Access to HE Diploma

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MMM-DMM

Successfully complete Foundation Diploma

T Level

Pass (C and above)

UCAS Tariff

96-112

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Textile design

Using our specialist well-equipped studios and workshops, you will develop design and technical skills in screen-printing, dyeing, hand and machine embroidery, digital print, laser-cutting, fabric manipulation and making skills while working on live and collaborative projects.

This inspirational, innovative and vibrant degree offers exceptional studios, workshops and resources – including your very own individual studio bay – which will allow you to surround yourself with inspiration. You’ll develop design and making skills to equip you for a role within this dynamic industry, whether you choose to follow a path into employment or self-employment.

Design opportunities include interiors, fashion, gifts, stationery, table-top and bedding. This course offers a range of niche skills that will be transferable to a wide range of creative industries, such as teaching, community arts, buying, styling and visual merchandising.

**EXHIBITIONS & TRADE SHOWS**
Work is exhibited and sold at trade fairs and exhibitions such as:
Premiére Vision, Paris;
Surtex, New York;
New Designers, London;
London Print Design Fair;
Indigo MoOD Brussels.

**NDUSTRY LINKS**
Alexander McQueen - London
Anna Sui - New York
Bowes Museum
Debenhams Design Studio
Designers Guild Design Studio - London
Graham and Brown Wallpapers - Blackburn
Hallmark UK - Bradford
Hand and Lock Couture Embroidery - London
House of Holland - London
LURU Home - New York
Marks & Spencer Design Studio

Modules

In your first year (Level 4):
- Make
- Print
- Introduction to Creative Cultures
- Stitch

In your second year (Level 5):
- Design
- Production
- Theories of Creative Cultures
- Practice

In your third year (Level 6):
- Project Research and Preparation
- Dissertation/Report
- Final Major Project
- Final Show and Portfolio

Assessment methods

In course assessment. Each module is assessed upon completion and given a percentage mark.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

The Northern School of Art

Department:

Higher Education

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

92%
Textile design

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Design studies

Teaching and learning

94%
Staff make the subject interesting
94%
Staff are good at explaining things
98%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
92%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

88%
Library resources
92%
IT resources
88%
Course specific equipment and facilities
75%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

After graduation


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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Design studies

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