Bloomsbury Fashion Central - BFC blog August 2024
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Webinar

Increasing the Employability of Fashion Students

Watch: A new event in the Bloomsbury Lecture Series covering the A-Z of implementing digital fashion into your course


Join moderators Leslie Holden and Sean Chiles, The Digital Fashion Group founders, and a panel of experts as they discuss how digital skills can be best implemented into courses to prepare students for their future careers.

The Digital Fashion Group have worked with us on Bloomsbury Digital Fashion Masterclasses. They are a European-led collaboration between fashion academics and industry innovators. Working with industry leaders, they equip students, professionals, and brands with the relevant skills, mindset, and strategies for tomorrow’s workplace.

Panellists

  • Clare Tattersall, Founder of Digital Fashion Week
  • Beth Esponette, Cofounder, Chair of Board, and CPO of Unspun
  • Lee Lapthorne, Founder of On Off and Head of the College of Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles at Birmingham City University

Watch this webinar if you would like to:

  • Equip all faculty members with the necessary digital skills and knowledge to integrate digital fashion technologies into teaching effectively
  • Cultivate critical thinking and problem-solving skills within fashion education programs, enabling students to adapt to unforeseen technological advancements in the future, while focusing on the integration of digital tools and methodologies
  • Prepare students to navigate the challenges and opportunities of digitalization and how fashion education should address these challenges, incorporating it into the learning experience
  • Learn how fashion education institutions can collaborate with industry partners to ensure that their curriculum remains aligned with the evolving demands of the job market
  • Develop necessary soft skills and attributes that are required for fashion professionals to succeed in the digital age, and discover how these can be fostered within fashion education programs
  • Address the employability implications of digitalization and ways in which this will empower future fashion professionals
  • Discover the most effective ways in which institutions can measure efforts to prepare students for the digitalized fashion industry

Browse Digital Fashion Masterclasses and find out more about trials and purchasing.