Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Creative Practice: Fashion, Textiles, and Millinery

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When & Where

15 September 2025 - 5 June 2026 ( 300 hours, 30 weeks )
Waterloo Centre

Quick Facts

Availability Yes
Course Code W25FASG01B
Suitable For 18 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

The Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Creative Practice: Fashion course at Morley College London is a flexible full and part-time programme offering a fashion and multidisciplinary creative education. It equips students with creative, personal, and professional skills personal, and professional development through individual and collaborative projects.

Over this one-year full-time or two years part-time course of level 4 study, students gain and develop a solid grounding in fashion, focusing additionally on wider skills of analysis, reflection, research, and digital competencies. Collaborative projects introduce the dynamic nature of the creative industries and build essential capabilities for multidisciplinary work.

Throughout the course, students are encouraged to explore, innovate, and apply their fashion and wider creativity skills to real-world challenges, shaping their ambitions in a supportive, individual and multidisciplinary environment.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

By the program’s conclusion, students are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to progress to level 5 studies.

Class format and activities

You will learn actively through studio and workshop-based teaching using our specialist fashion and textiles facilities, fully equipped with industrial standard tools and machinery. Additional access to a digital studio is provided, including desktop computers, 3D printers and scanners, and specialist digital pattern cutting equipment.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have achieved a level 3 qualification with 64 UCAS points in a relevant creative subject, GCSEs, grade 4/C in English (or an equivalent qualification). For non-native English speakers, an IELTS 5.5 is required. We offer places based on your portfolio. All students should be computer literate, with a working knowledge of programs like Microsoft Office. We invite all applicants to a taster day to experience practice sessions and present their portfolio in a personal interview.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, including those who do not have formal qualifications, are mature students, have relevant work experience and have qualifications different from those typically required. If this applies to you, you will need to show you have the aptitude and potential to succeed on the course. We will assess this during an interview, following Morley's Accreditation of Prior Learning Policy and Procedure and Student Transfer Plan.

What you need to know before you enrol

This course will be delivered in person by attendance at college and online via live webinars and e-learning. All students will need to attend college between 2 to 3 days a week full-time and 1 and 1.5 days a week part-time and access live webinars and e-learning where required. Students are expected to undertake independent study and complete assignments and coursework outside of college time. The College has a range of specialist resources to support the delivery of the programme. You will have access to art and design studios fully equipped for fashion, textiles, photography and digital projects. Our Fashion department also provides access to our signature Biomaterials lab to encourage sustainable material exploration and development. Students will be assessed through graded projects and coursework, assignments, and reflective journals.

What you need

If you are interested in applying for the CertHE Creative Practice: Fashion, then please apply using the link on this webpage. The qualification is awarded by Ravensbourne University London. You can apply for student finance at https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login. This course can be studied in full-time or part-time modes. You will need access to a laptop or desktop computer to carry out independent study and complete assignments. You may also be required to subscribe to relevant software as needed for your studies. Textbooks and other equipment and materials will also be required. This will include a full sewing and pattern cutting kit, drawing supplies, sketchbooks, pattern paper, and fabric, which you will need to bring with you to class. Your tutors will advise you on exact requirements during induction. Access to a sewing machine at home for self-directed study is also required. There is mandatory lab fee of £150 per year, payable in the first week of class. The fee supports access to inventory from our Materials Store for use in lessons and independent projects.

What you can do next

On completion students can progress into our Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Creative Practice: Fashion (level 5) or our BA (Hons) Creative Practice: Fashion (levels 5 and 6).