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Key details

Course area
Fashion and Textiles
Student types
16 - 18 coursesCourses for 19+ students
Course type
Full-time Further Education course
Course level
Level 2
Start date
Tuesday 1st September 2026
Location
Adams Building Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1NG
Course code
Parent course code:C000281 Child course code: Q001626
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Course introduction

This course is perfect if you see yourself working as a fashion designer, textiles designer or a role in fashion business.

You’ll learn a range of fashion and Textile design skills including:

  • Basic pattern cutting and constructing
  • Fashion design processes
  • Textile techniques and fabric manipulation

You’ll learn a range of fashion business skills including:

  • Promotion
  • Branding
  • Merchandising

Developing creative designs from varied research will enable you to show imagination, experimentation and understanding of the fashion and textiles industries. Alongside your fashion and textiles designs you will learn about fashion business and promotion. The course gives you the opportunity to explore all areas of fashion design, textiles and fashion business allowing you to progress on to the level 3 Fashion Design or Fashion Business courses at Nottingham College.

You can expect to be challenged creatively but at the same time well-supported by expert tutors. There will be lots of opportunities to visit exhibitions, both locally and nationally. You’ll also take part in a yearly fashion show and exhibition, live project briefs and competitions.

You will develop employability skills in presenting your work, communicating with others, working within teams, exhibiting your work and problem solving.

An industrial sewing machine with pink fabric under the foot.

You will be encouraged to participate in a 30-hour work placement while you are studying.

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Course information

1 year

BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Fashion

You’ll need 4 GCSEs at grades 9–3 (A*–D), including English Language and Maths – one of English Language or Maths must be grade 9–4 (A*–C). Functional Skills Level 1 can be used as equivalent to GCSE grade 3 (D) and Functional Skills Level 2 can be used as equivalent to GCSE grade 4 (C) or above.

Assessment is continuous and will consist of a portfolio of reports, presentations and creative projects plus a final major project at the end of the year.

Choose to follow with further study on a Level 2 Higher Fashion and Creative Study Skills course or Level 3 programme in fashion and textiles, fashion business or art and design, or other related creative subjects.

You could also explore employment and apprenticeship opportunities in fashion, design, dressmaking, tailoring or fashion buying/marketing.

Students aged 16-18 don't have to pay tuition fees.

If you are aged 19 or over you may still be eligible for funding. Check out our Financial Help pages to find out more!

If you are an EU/EEA or Swiss National, please visit our EU Settled Status scheme page for more information.

Careers related to this course

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Clothing, Fashion and Accessories Designers

Potential Earnings

£64,823.22

Average Earnings

£34,663.37

Source: Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

Pathways

Art, Performance and Design

People in these occupations create art and fine craftwork, produce and perform plays and motion pictures, and design graphics and other products.

Skills

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Mathematics

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
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