Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Architectural Design Technology with Foundation Year

at University of West London United Kingdom

Step out into the spotlight with this musical theatre course featuring a stellar cast of professionals, industry interaction and an immersive experience.

Developed by industry practitioners, our course is for people with practical performance experience who want to enter the performing arts as professionals.

As an actor-singer, you will be encouraged to become an inspiring artist, able to think for yourself and to lead in the development of original works of musical theatre.

A unique aspect of this musical theatre degree is its setting within the musical conservatoire. This rich educational environment gives you collaborative opportunities with composers, performers, jazz musicians, music technology students, photographers and fashion designers.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Buying & Merchandising is part of our visionary MA International Fashion Brand Management (MA IFBM) suit which offers six innovative pathways:

• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Buying & Merchandising
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Phygital Luxury Fashion
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Circular Fashion
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Visual Merchandising
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Insight & Strategy
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion PR & Communication

This course will teach you how to create a fashion range by integrating trends analysis, buying, merchandising, design and garment technology functions. You will excel in maximising turnover and minimising the inventory risk by creating commercially balanced groups of design options and effective lead times, pricing and sourcing strategies that conveys the brand DNA while promoting the commercial success of its products.

You will develop in depth understanding of the key role of a fashion buyer and merchandiser; from professional competencies and essential retail strategy and operations to personal attributes. You will study the commercial implications for product ranges and supply chain strategies for both UK and overseas markets in an omni-channel environment. The course puts emphasis on digital developments and sustainable strategies for fashion buying and merchandising.

If you want to understand the processes that influence how people think, behave, feel and act, then this course is for you.

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) since 1986, this psychology course is one of the longest established in the UK. We take a contemporary approach, so you will study both BPS core content and innovative modules that explore current developments in psychology.

You will learn from staff and guest speakers with valuable experience in the field, while also having the opportunity to gain work experience where you can apply your knowledge and skills.

Our psychology research facilities include state-of-the-art brain imaging electroencephalogram (EEG), eye tracking equipment and a range of experiment and research software. We provide access and a high standard of support for use of these facilities.

On this Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, you will develop both as a person and a professional. You will learn to apply your consultancy expertise as you translate problems into innovative solutions. This course aims to take you from the classroom through to securing boardroom impact in an end-to-end process of learning consultancy and scale value. You will leave with a completed portfolio of high-impact projects.

The MBA degree has been designed to give you the leadership skills needed to design and implement innovation and change at the strategic level of major corporations, start-ups or SMEs.  It is project based and is founded on a broad base of management and business thinking that is both strategic and interdisciplinary.  

Your learning will be structured around real-life scenarios, the emphasis being on building your skills and ability to create innovation and influence others.  The MBA is closely modelled on real workplaces and the underlying purpose of the course is to develop you into successful business leaders who can initiate, drive and implement innovation and change within organisations.

This MBA degree offers high impact learning, that is:

• Challenge-based: your assessments will be based on real-world problems and business needs
• Leadership focused: you will gain valuable skills in problem-solving, consultancy and leading change
• Innovation centred: through projects you will learn to create value, impact and sustainable change
• High-impact: you will deepen your knowledge through client-facing consultancy projects
• Inclusive: on this diverse and socially inclusive course you will learn to stimulate new thinking through teamwork.

Do you have a keen eye for design, a practical mind and an active imagination? Our interior design degree can help you build on these assets and develop into a professional ready for a creative career.  

On this course you will build core skills in interior design, learning how to use contemporary design tools and gaining essential consumer insight. By exploring different media and approaches, you will also sharpen your understanding of design and visual communications.

By the time you graduate, you will be an imaginative, original creator, able to design innovative spaces that people dream of living in.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

With the IT sector expanding rapidly around the world, there has never been a better time to take a software engineering course. We will help you develop the knowledge and practical skills you need to further your career or research activities.

This course will introduce you to the latest industrial standard technologies and provide the opportunity to specialise in topics ranging from software architecture to implementation techniques, building on necessary skills to tackle modern software systems in an industrial context.

Furthermore, you will become familiar with a broad range of current scholarship work in software engineering and learn how to research and review published work.

With these new skills you will be prepared for a professional career in software systems and lead to rewarding work in the software industry such as software architect, solution architect, project manager, senior software developer etc.

The MA International Fashion Brand Management: Circular Fashion is the first postgraduate course of its kind in the UK. The course is part of our MA International Fashion Brand Management (MA IFBM) suite which offers six innovative pathways:

• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Circular Fashion
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Phygital Luxury Fashion
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Buying & Merchandising
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Visual Merchandising
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Insight & Strategy
• MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion PR & Communication

This course will teach you how to to deal with the complexity of sustainability in the fashion industry by providing concrete tools and inspiring circular fashion business practices. You will study current practices of how materials, products, supply chain and retail can be regenerated and innovated through the circular economy. You will integrate such innovations into fashion brand building and development. You will study and assess the financial viability of different circular business models in the fashion industry.

You will develop in depth understanding of the key role of a circular fashion manager; from professional competencies and essential tools needed for managing responsibility for fashion and luxury brands to personal attributes and the commercial implications for transparency and traceability in the supply chain. In addition you will study how to fight counterfeiting on a strategic and legal point of view, and how to apply the sustainability principles to the retail space for both UK and overseas markets in an omni-channel environment.

Last but not the least, you will develop strategies for communicating transparency through transmedia storytelling that conveys the brand DNA while promoting the commercial success of its products.

Are you looking for a journalism degree that combines studying traditional formats alongside rapidly developing contemporary media?

This course offers you the opportunity to train in a variety of journalistic forms, including video, radio and digital journalism. You will develop your communication skills, learn creative techniques and enhance your technical abilities in preparation for a career in this area.

You will learn the basis of sound reporting, experiment with new formats and have an opportunity to learn on work experience.

As well as learning the basis of sound reporting, experimenting with new formats and having an opportunity to learn through work experience.

If your interests lie in the psychology of health and illness, this MSc offers you a suite of relevant modules. The course aims to enable you to make informed judgements on complex health issues across diverse areas, and to communicate ideas and proposals effectively to diverse audiences.

Our psychology research facilities include state-of-the-art brain imaging electroencephalogram (EEG), eye tracking equipment and a range of experiment and research software. We provide access and a high standard of support for use of these facilities.

Are you interested in a career in the music industry? The BMus (Hons) Performance and Music Management is the perfect course if you want to take control of managing your career while gaining the studio knowledge to perform basic recordings.

As such, this degree has a heavy focus on learning how the industry works and how you can empower yourself as pragmatic, well informed creative business entrepreneurs.

The degree recognises that modern performing artists are no longer just performing artists. They require a solid – industry-focussed – managerial foundation, a high level of performing ability, a knowledge of musical concepts, and a strong creative drive.

All BMus (Hons) Performance and Music Management students will have access to digital distribution with no upfront cost for their musical endeavours during their studies to promote student-led entrepreneurship and a strong creative community via the university record label.

As part of a University-wide scholarship, students enrolling on the BA (Hons) Music Management course in the coming academic year will receive a free pair of Sennheiser headphones as well as multiple key textbooks upon enrolment.