This session is for all centres interested in delivering qualifications within the UAL Fashion Business and Retail portfolio.

In this session, you will hear from tutors at current centres who will present how they successfully plan and deliver FBR qualifications using the UAL FBR specifications. It will also provide existing tutors who deliver an opportunity to connect, refresh and share practice.

There will be a chance to hear from students about their experience of studying this qualification, and the many progression routes it opens for further study and careers opportunities within the wider fashion industry.

The session aims to give you an understanding of:

The business of fashion through the FBR qualifications and the core qualification content
The wide-ranging benefits of these qualification and the different ways they help students to hone the specific skills needed for progression opportunities and future career paths
How these qualifications can prepare students for the future landscape of the fashion world and the exciting innovations for shaping future industry roles in both the physical and digital contexts
How these qualifications encourage innovation and creativity in different ways to other more traditional routes
How to approach the delivery of FBR using course teams dynamically through collaborative approaches
The potential to create a subject specialist pipeline for students

There will be an opportunity to discuss these elements with our qualification experts through Q&A during the day.  Refreshments and lunch will also be provided.

About the qualifications

These qualifications are progression focused and allow for practical and professional skills development.

They are versatile and have the potential to attract a wide range of students from those who can generate creativity through ideas innovation or those that want to express their practical skills or business acumen. These qualifications can provide an exciting creative journey in the context of the fashion business.

They allow students to develop their transferable skills in multiple fashion, business, and retail contexts in both physical or digital spaces, for example buying and range planning, visual display and branding, styling and content creation and marketing and fashion communications.

A Spotlight on Fashion Business and Retail