The Textile Industry

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate and present ideas effectively to audiences across a range of formats

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify and explore the industry textile making skills in the luxury textile sector.
• Make a range of samples based on your investigation of a technique or process you have observed through your exploration of the textile industry.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Specialist roles, skills, processes and audiences relevant to your discipline

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Creatively problem solve ideas through observation and investigation

This module will introduce you to the diversity of the global and local textile industry and market, to the roles, skills, processes, practices and career opportunities in the broader textile industry and with a focus on the sustainable, luxury sector of the industry. You will be offered the choice to visit industry suppliers, manufacturers, artisan studio’s and retailers to gain insider insight and experience of these organisations and how they work. You will learn about how to investigate, observe, report and generate ideas and goals around employability, enterprise and careers in the textile industry. You will begin to develop your professional soft skills and build confidence in your communication and presentation skills to demonstrate your research ideas effectively in a range of formats. You will discover the world of storytelling, promotion and practice pitching to different audiences across the industry and marketplace. You will learn how to analyse your strengths and weaknesses, set goals and objectives and develop a personal development plan to guide you towards your career goals. You will receive specialist career employability and enterprise advice and guidance.

Teaching and learning methods include:

• Lectures
• Seminars and discussions
• Workshops, events, forums
• Group tutorials
• Individual tutorials
• How-to video’s and resources on Bb
• Industry insight talks from guest speakers
• Field Trips
• Market Intelligence investigation
• Research and Critical Thinking workshops
• Employability skills workshops
• Creative writing, report writing and presentation skills workshops
• Personal Development Planning workshops
• Self-Study

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Coursework

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will experience verbal and written (and recorded on request) formative feedforward during the module in different learning situations, for example: tutorials, seminars and workshops. All formative work will contribute to the summative assessment and feedback given at the end of the year.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.