Launch your career in fashion

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Buying & Merchandising

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Journalism

Buying and merchandising are the specialist retail functions that lie at the heart of a fashion brand’s ability to respond effectively to fast-changing fashion trends.

Buyers and merchandisers are responsible for creating ranges and ensuring profitable sales. The ability to forecast and react to trends and changes in demand are a vital element of the roles.

Over two terms you will develop a wide range of relevant commercial skills and competencies.

You will explore how fashion trends emerge, how market gaps can be exploited, and how to analyse data and sales patterns to make commercial decisions.

The programme will build your knowledge of textiles and clothing manufacture, and how garments develop from concept through to the final product.

You will learn about planning seasonal collections, identifying commercial product opportunities, merchandise range planning, retail pricing and margin management, and competitor analysis.

The programme will also strengthen your skills in team work, communication, negotiation and numeracy in specific buying and merchandising contexts.

For your final project, you will work as part of a team role-play, applying all that you have learnt to a typical buying and merchandising problem-solving scenario.

Working on live industry issues will give you a headstart in the employability stakes. On graduation you will be prepared with the necessary specialist fashion knowledge, skills, commercial understanding and industry insights to suit you for a range of positions in buying and merchandising.

Fashion is a worldwide phenomenon, playing a dynamic role in modern popular and consumer culture. New entrants to the fashion industry need a mix of motivation, talent, education and experience in order to succeed. Competition is intense and being prepared with specialist knowledge and skills is essential to launch a career in this fast-paced sector.

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Buying & Merchandising

These new, vocationally based programmes offer a specialist qualification for graduates looking to build a career in either fashion journalism or fashion buying and merchandising.

They offer an intensive preparation for a creative and rewarding career, providing you with the necessary knowledge, insights and practical skills for success in the industry.

You will be passionate about fashion and keen to gain the professional knowledge and skills you need to get a first foot on the career ladder.

Fashion journalists need highly specific skills in writing, visual appreciation and technical understanding. With newspapers in decline, magazines and digital media continue to prosper.

Todays’ fashion journalists must be versatile writers, capable of working across a wide variety of new and traditional media. They must combine understanding of fashion history with an eye for tomorrow’s trends.

You will build core journalistic skills in researching, interviewing, writing and editing, learning how to adapt your work to a variety of media channels.

The programme takes an in-depth look at the opportunities and challenges of digital fashion media, giving you the confidence to work across new forms of communication as they emerge.

You will also develop your eye for design and the deep understanding of fashion heritage that makes for informed journalism.

You will explore textiles and product manufacturing, and look at sustainability and ethical issues in contemporary fashion.

In your final project, you will create a portfolio or showcase, either in print or online, that displays what you have achieved.

A strong focus on professional and employability skills across both terms will help you to hone your skills for the international workplace, enabling you to apply for fashion media jobs anywhere in the world.

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Buying & Merchandising

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Journalism

Two terms, full time Start date: September

How to apply

For entry you to both programmes, you will need an honours degree at a minimum of 2:1, ideally not in a purely practice-based subject (with the exception of fashion design or textiles).

Applicants for the Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Buying & Merchandising should have GCSE Mathematics (or equivalent) at grade C or above.

All programmes are taught in English. Non-native speakers must have an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, and 7.0 or above for the Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Journalism.

For more information and to apply, visit www.regents.ac.uk/rsfd

You will benefit from:

› Our central London location, just minutes from the West End – perfect for easy access to major fashion brands, designers and industry events

› Personal attention from academic staff who are also practising industry professionals, bringing real-world experience into the classroom

› Direct contact with industry experts through talks, workshops and visits to external companies

› Small classes that ensure you get the guidance and support you need to thrive

› Practical, industry-focused programmes that provide the skills and know-how to secure jobs in an exciting and demanding sector

Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Journalism

Regent’s School of Fashion & Design (RSFD) is located in the cosmopolitan and vibrant Marylebone High Street in central London, bordered by some of the world’s leading design and cultural organisations.

Personal attention, contemporary programmes and a wealth of practical opportunities to develop your skills both within and beyond the classroom are the hallmarks of studying at RSFD.

Our degree programmes are developed in consultation with leading industry professionals from London’s design sector, who guide the vocational direction of the programmes and contribute to the teaching.

Regent’s offers a truly international and multicultural learning experience, with over 140 nationalities represented among students. This provides the strong sense of internationalism which is vital to a design and communication education in a global and digital context.

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