Collaborative Challenge
This 20-credit unit helps to develop professional networks and working practices, in order to become successful and agile in the cultural and creative industries.
It is student led and requires students to be motivated and proactive drawing on teamwork, design thinking, problem solving, project planning and negotiation. It is also a professional platform and offers engagement within industry working and practices in the realm of Sustainability, Diversity and Social Responsibility.
The Collaborative Challenge is a revalidated unit following the success of the LCF Collaborative Unit at London College of Fashion.
The Collaborative Unit 2014-20 was a unique, first of its kind opportunity for London College of Fashion postgraduate students to collaborate across disciplines and work with industry partners. It was set up in 2014 in response to demand from the fashion industry and students themselves, wanting to connect with industry partners.
Case study podcasts 2022
A collection of conversations that highlight the benefits of working collaboratively. Featuring LCF staff, industry, academic partners and students.
Case study podcasts 2020/21
Case study podcasts 2019/20
Collaborative Challenge courses
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Psychology themed student illustration. © Finnian Kidd
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion
The MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion is the first and only postgraduate course in the world that provides the critical insight into human behaviour needed to understand and improve the human aspects of the fashion business. It emphasises the application of psychology to positively enhance the industry’s impact on its workforce, consumers and the environment.
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Yongyi Yin | MA Costume Design for Performance | London College of Fashion | UAL Graduate Showcase
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Costume Design for Performance
This costume design course develops confident and experimental practitioners who push the boundaries of traditions and explore innovations in costume for live, film and digital performance.
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Student work by Yanni Fan | MA Fashion Artefact | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Artefact
This unique masters in fashion product design has an international reputation as a pioneering incubator for the creative designers and practitioners of the future.
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Student work by Charlotte Allen | MA Fashion Cultures and Histories
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Cultures and Histories
MA Fashion Cultures and Histories explores cultures of fashion, style and dress through critical fashion history and theory. The course equips students with high-level writing, research and analytical skills, preparing them to become informed critics and communicators, generating new knowledge about fashion in its multiple contexts, and shaping the ways it is understood.
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MA Fashion Curation final project, Xinyi Li 2018-19
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Curation and Cultural Programming
This postgraduate fashion curation course explores both theoretical and practical aspects of curating contemporary fashion and historical dress.
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MA Fashion Design Management event. © University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Design Management
This rigorous specialist design management course helps to equip the next generation of creative managers for a dynamic career in fashion design and innovation management.
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Olivia Rubens - MA Womenswear graduate 2020. 'ITS 2020'
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
MA Fashion Design Technology Womenswear is a DISRUPTIVE, knowingly transgressive and deliberately subversive course that arms students with a unique set of skills to inform new definitions and notions of fashion practice. MA Womenswear is a diverse anti-fragile ecosystem; a community of critical thinkers, extreme creatives, researchers, and practitioners. We are responsible, accountable and resilient.
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MA Fashion Design Technology Menswear, photography by Francisco Rosas Rangel
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
As an internationally recognised masters, this menswear course challenges the conventions of fashion design, producing some of the industry's most progressive designers and labels.
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Student work by Runqi He | MA Fashion Film and Digital Production | Graduate Showcase | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion, Film and Digital Production
This course provides a unique opportunity to bridge the gap of specialist subject knowledge in fashion in combination with digital media practice. Utilising experimental media techniques and technologies, you will produce a range of innovative moving image outcomes. We are looking for natural storytellers who want to break new ground through the visual representation of fashion narratives. You will exit the course with a new portfolio to support your progression to industry or further research.
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MA Fashion Futures Student, Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska, 2019
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Futures
MA Fashion Futures places sustainability at the heart of fashion practice to help shape the next generation of sustainable brands and fashion pioneers.
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MA Fashion Journalism. Project titled, 'Around Us magazine No1' by student, Ke Zhang.
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Journalism
This fashion journalism masters course equips students with the skills to become an articulate and aware fashion writer in the current media landscape.
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MA Fashion Photography. Still from I, Unfolded by Phoebe Guo.
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Fashion Photography
The course situates fashion photography within a range of social, cultural and theoretical models of practice and dissemination.
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Student work by Nian Liu | MA Footwear | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Footwear
This specialist footwear masters level course gets students to challenge the concept of footwear design and push conventional notions of shoe design.
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MA Fashion Global Retail Management © University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Global Fashion Retailing
This dynamic global fashion retailing course is for students aspiring to enter a career in omnichannel fashion retailing, to shape current and future international fashion retailing strategy and operations.
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A collage of student facilities and materials for the MA Innovative Fashion Production course. © University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Innovative Fashion Production
The fashion industry is a fast-changing landscape that is dominated by the urgent need to reform production practices to be more agile, cleaner and smarter. MA Innovative Fashion Production offer a real opportunity for you to play a key part in society's move to more sustainable practice, which involves more than material resources. The course embraces innovative ways of thinking about the entire product lifecycle and how fundamental production is to the positive innovation currently shaping the fashion industry of the future.
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Student work by Qiannan Shi | MA Pattern and Garment Technology | London College of Fashion | University of Arts London
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Pattern and Garment Technology
This postgraduate pattern-cutting degree will develop your skills in innovative pattern-cutting and garment technology to prepare you for a successful career in the commercial fashion industry.
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Fashion Means Business 19 by Fashion Innovation Agency at Spitalfields Market
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
MA Strategic Fashion Marketing
This specialist fashion marketing and management course has a global reputation in launching successful fashion management and marketing careers
Collaborative Challenge news
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Credit: Freestyle Photography UK Collaborating with Chertsey Museum: bringing a slice of fashion history to life
We spoke with students from Pattern and Garment Technology and Fashion Curation disciplines on their experiences working with Chertsey Museum for the Collaborative Challenge.
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Circle Collective 2020