BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism

Rehearse for your career as a fashion journalist in East London, at the sharp end of the London fashion brand. You will learn fashion journalism by doing it, as a reporter and editor working for UEL Journalism’s publications and for external clients. In addition to producing fashion journalism, you will plan your role in its future and develop your own creative projects.

Foundation Year

• Academic Development
• Creative Portfolio
• Journalism Portfolio
• Narrative and Creativity
• Group Film Project
• Professional Development (Mental Wealth)

Year 1

• Essential Journalism
• Photo, Audio, and Video
• Media Law, Ethics and Regulation
• Production Journalism
• Broadcast Journalism
• Mental Wealth: Rising East 1

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Rising East 2
• Employment and Enterprise (work placement)
• Features (1): Interviews
• Brands and the Magazines Business
• Documentary: Publications (1)
• Fashion Writing and Trend Forecasting

Year 3

• Mental Wealth: Rising East 3
• Final Project: Development
• Final Project: Completion
• Aesthetics and Technologies: Publications (2)
• Features (2): Data and Visualisation
• Visualizing Fashion: photo and video storytelling

Employability

We’re determined to prepare you in the best way possible for a career in journalism after your studies. Journalism is, of course, a competitive world to enter. You have a head start at UEL, though, thanks to teachers with exceptional contacts who know exactly what newspapers, radio stations, and other media outlets are looking for. You can go on work in different areas such as Fashion Journalism, Fashion Industry, PR, Branding, and Communications.