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**Led by award-winning designer Holly Fulton, our Fashion BA (hons) course helps students cultivate a distinctive design identity and to develop creative and practical fashion skills. Our expert team of core staff are complimented by a wide range of visiting guest lecturers from global brands to independent designers. At CSVPA you will interact with incredible practitioners ranging from stylists, creative directors, photographers, milliners, surface decoration experts and catwalk designers, all visiting the studio regularly to share their knowledge.** Our students also learn through intensive individual and group tuition, workshops and industry focused projects. We place a strong emphasis on the technical; ensuring you have a solid grounding in garment construction gives you the basis on which to let your imagination run wild. Working alongside highly experienced technical experts and pattern cutters, you will cover a full range of techniques from pattern drafting to drape and high-level finish. We strive to ensure our students are equipped with the expertise and knowledge to fully realise their creative vision. Our final year students will present their work at an industry-focused showcase in central London and may also participate at Graduate Fashion Week. #### What To Expect From This Course **Year One** In your first year you will develop key design skills and realise your designs from idea to garment through a mixture of classes and workshops including sewing, pattern cutting, digital skills, illustration, surface design and presentation skills. **Year Two** In the second year you will first focus on creative commerciality through projects with practicing designers and brands. In the second semester you will start to develop an individual design identity with projects to inspire experimentation and innovation. Typically, you’ll explore embellishment, print, surface decoration, tailoring and creative silhouette development, this will assist in preparation for your final year. **Year Three** In your final year your individual design interests will be explored and articulated through the presentation of a final collection. You’ll also take ownership of your portfolio, learning how to present it to a professional level and developing a self-promotional perspective. Final year students also have the opportunity to participate in a high-profile Graduate Show in London. [Read more on the institution's website](https://www.csvpa.com/course/ba-hons-fashion?utm_source=keystone&utm_medium=courseprofile&utm_id=BAFashion)

Our exciting BA History degree lets you shape your passion for history according to your interests, using the latest approaches to study the past with a critical eye and make connections to debates in the public sphere. Our expertise reaches an extraordinary breadth of societies, periods and places, spanning the British Isles, Europe (east and west), Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Our modules allow you to study well-established areas, such as political, social, cultural and gender history, or explore areas that might be new to you, such as environmental history or digital history. Crossing this wide range of periods and perspectives, our highly respected programme will train you to analyse topics from across the globe, allowing you to put into practice your skills as a historian. Moreover, prestigious collections in the University’s Special Collections and Archives give you access to a wide range of original texts and sources, including some of the world’s oldest printed books. While sharing our cutting-edge research in all our modules, we encourage you to re-evaluate existing understandings of the past and to create new and original interpretations of your own. You will become adept at exploring debates, creatively drawing on our robust grounding to examine history of all kinds. In the process, you will develop the skills so advantageous in our digital age: creativity, empathy, critical thinking, persuasive communication skills and the ability to challenge and question. Your degree culminates with you writing original history, and researching a topic of personal academic interest in your dissertation. Studying at Cardiff means engaging in historical and public debate - and becoming a historian in your own right. By graduating with a range of academic and practical skills – including teamwork, leadership and communication – the confidence to use them and the ability to see the big picture, you’ll be valued by employers and ideally placed to progress into a range of careers. Taught by leading experts in the field, our BA History gives you the skills, training, and knowledge to succeed. #### Why Study this Course Study with Passion Explore interests with subjects ranging from slavery in America to Soviet and Japanese history. Dissertation with a Difference Explore a topic that sparks your curiosity; enhance multiple skills with a presentation and written element. Learn from Experts Benefit from the teaching and support of research-active staff. Interactive Careers Workshops Hone your career skills and gain valuable insights into roles and sectors fit for you. [Read more on the institution's website](https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/history-ba?utm_source=Keystone&utm_campaign=Keystone&utm_medium=ReadMoreSchoolWebsiteCTA)

In this qualification, you’ll explore human systems of thought and practice, both ‘secular’ and ‘religious’, in ways which allow you to engage with wide-ranging and often controversial issues affecting different cultures and societies across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. You’ll investigate current questions and themes in these disciplines from both historical and contemporary perspectives. This includes the ethics of war, political justice, multiculturalism, racism, religious nationalisms, moral philosophy, the ‘sanctity of life’ and pilgrimage. In engaging with the core disciplines of religious studies and philosophy, you’ll develop critical skills and expertise across a range of key approaches and methodologies. #### Key features * Engage with key philosophical debates about ethical and other fundamental questions * Learn about the traditions of Christianity, Islam and Hinduism as they relate to various cultures and societies * Investigate selected classic and contemporary philosophers and a range of religious practices and beliefs. * Develop skills of critical analysis, empathy and communication relevant to a wide range of careers. #### Accessibility Our qualifications are as accessible as possible, and we have a comprehensive range of support services. Our BA (Honours) Religion, Philosophy and Ethics uses a variety of study materials and includes the following elements: * Online study - most modules are online; some have a mix of printed and online material. Online learning resources could include websites, audio/video, and interactive activities * Pre-determined schedules - we’ll help you to develop your time-management skills * Assessment in the form of short-answer questions, essays, and examinations * Feedback - continuous assessment includes feedback from your tutor and using this to improve your performance * Online tutorials * Group-work #### How long it takes * Part-time study - 6 years * Full-time study - 3-4 years * Time limit - 16 years [Read more on the institution's website](https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/arts/degrees/ba-religion-philosophy-ethics-r45?utm_campaign=Keystone&utm_medium=ReadMoreSchoolWebsiteCTA&cid=edu_por-8760322024)