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UK: New campaign to promote fashion and textile careers
Young people are far more likely to want to working in the fashion and textile industry if they know more about the types of careers available, according to a new survey – with a new campaign now planned to educate students about various job roles.
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9 Oct 2009
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RE: UK: New campaign to promote fashion and textile careers
As the CEO of Mudpie Design one of the largest creative fashion businesses in the UK I would like to see young people actively encouraged to join the creative sector. However I would like to see many more routes to entry than the traditional Graduate option. There is a lot to be said for employing a bright 18 year old and training them. Day release is not needed and renumeration should be very low, really just able to cover travel expenses. After all young people pay to go to university. If I were in a position to create a policy on this topic I would propose £80 per week for a 4 day week allowing the young person to take a part time job to help with living costs. I believe that no external college courses are needed but the employer should be able to demonstrate a program of learning which would be a mixture of every day tasks typical of someone starting at the bottom to training which would lead towards the eventual ability to do a full time permanent creative role and a degree level qualification. With rising unemployment it seems to me that this common sense approach is worth consideration.
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9 Oct 2009
by jasmine
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RE: UK: New campaign to promote fashion and textile careers
There is another option. In Sri Lanka there are number of fashion academies. All of them are fully aligned with EU in terms of university linkages and focus. Expat faculty and support of Colombo British Council too. Low cost of living. Hot and sunny too. Don't know whether this forum allows me to post their web links. Academy of Design www.aod.lk and LIFT www.lift.lk are in forefront.
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13 Oct 2009
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Abe
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