The curriculum we've developed for you at the Fashion Retail Academy is fully accredited and mapped to national standards. We work with various awarding bodies for our FE course provision, depending on the subject area - Edexcel for our BTEC National Diploma qualifications; ABC Awards for the one year Level 3 and 4 courses and NCFE for Functional Skills courses. All full time courses are approved on the National Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF) and attract credits for each unit successfully completed.
For our Higher Education course provision we work in collaboration with University of the Arts (London), London College of Fashion delivering a Foundation degree (2 year undergraduate course) and a 1 year HE Certificate.
We offer courses, each with rewarding programmes where your hard work and dedication will be professionally recognised.
Lecturing staff at the FRA have diverse retail experience, offering a wealth of knowledge about the industry.
As well as your classroom studies, most courses involve work placement or a simulated experience of work in a relevant field, where you'll gain valuable experience. Students undergo their studies through a blend of work based learning including:
You will also need to set aside a few hours per week, depending on the course and level at which you are studying, for research and to create your assignments.
Where work placements are required, we organise them for you using our extensive network with many high street and some luxury brands. If this applies to your course you will be working hours applicable to the business to which you have been allocated. However you will have advanced notice of these arrangements in order to change any regular part time hours you work.
We work closely at all times with a wide range of relevant employers, especially from the fashion retail industry. This ensures our courses address their needs and we prepare you to meet those needs. We therefore hope to make employment for our graduates more likely.
