London College of Fashion

[Liinna]

It's their choice then
One of uncles went their years ago, and he told me it was better to include than not include.

 

[goldenalina]

I'm going into my final year in October at LCF- currently doing the Product Design Development - Accessories pathway...in regards to other courses I cant be specific, in regards to the London College of Fashion as an institute- I can tell you 'a lot'.
Just be prepared to wonder why you pay so much for tuition and get so little from it. You will learn- but that would be mostly through self taught methods you'll just 'pick up' as a result of a lack of proper teaching and guidance. LCF do like to boast about being 'the' place to go if you want to get into the industry, but its a hefty price to pay for what is essentially a piece of paper with a stamp! I can't say that I learnt 'nothing'- the reason I may sound slightly negative is the fact that it was an uphill struggle- there are so many problems that you come up against with the uni which they should have 'down-pat' now as they've been doing it for so long!All in all its not ALL bad but I won't be singing their praises if anyone asks, my advice is also to keep your options open- if there are other (they may be lesser known), institutes research them too! They seem to have a lot more time for their students in my experience.
If anyone wants to know anything else I'll be as informative as I can!

 

[snowinmoscow]

I'm going into my final year in October at LCF- currently doing the Product Design Development - Accessories pathway...in regards to other courses I cant be specific, in regards to the London College of Fashion as an institute- I can tell you 'a lot'.
Just be prepared to wonder why you pay so much for tuition and get so little from it. You will learn- but that would be mostly through self taught methods you'll just 'pick up' as a result of a lack of proper teaching and guidance. LCF do like to boast about being 'the' place to go if you want to get into the industry, but its a hefty price to pay for what is essentially a piece of paper with a stamp! I can't say that I learnt 'nothing'- the reason I may sound slightly negative is the fact that it was an uphill struggle- there are so many problems that you come up against with the uni which they should have 'down-pat' now as they've been doing it for so long!All in all its not ALL bad but I won't be singing their praises if anyone asks, my advice is also to keep your options open- if there are other (they may be lesser known), institutes research them too! They seem to have a lot more time for their students in my experience.
If anyone wants to know anything else I'll be as informative as I can!

Still sounds ALOT better than uni in Australia.. hahaha

 

[Katie123]

they say the price of the tuition will be the same as what you paid for first year BA. say, if i pay £10,000 in my first year, it will be the same for my second and third year. but whether that is for sure i will have to see when i get to my second year.

i find my BA is pretty boring. im bored of learning just one thing. there arent even class choices or rotating schedules or major/minor. i feel like i am not learning as much i paid more than £10,000 for at all! focusing on just one thing and expected to do that monday to friday is making my hate what i am learning. i dont know if this is the general uk school system of just the art school system but i find it totally sucks. now i wonder why i even come to study in uk in the first place.
i really wish my course includes some classes i can attend so i can direct my focus on other things instead of just one thing and that way i can learn better because i am constantly recycling a learning process instead of having a static learning process which will soon grow stale. which it already has for a long time now.

i completely agree with you, MUXU. i was just speaking to some girls the other day and i think about 5 or 6 students have already left, and we're only on the 3rd term of the 1st year. for various reasons but mostly because the workload is so little and the course didn't fulfill their expectations. i completely agree about the workload and what you said about class choices/rotating schedules is so true! i mean, i've gone to my journalism pathway but what if i'm interested in a specific area? we're told we have electives starting on week 3 of this term, but we only have 4 weeks on the term, so that would mean we only have two weeks of electives!

i must say, i am fully aware that i'm paying for a piece of paper saying i was a university of the arts student. i've worked harder in my previous uni that had no amazing reputation, but it wouldn't get me that many jobs. it's sad, but true in my opinion

 

[goldenalina]

Still sounds ALOT better than uni in Australia.. hahaha

I wouldn't know about Aussie uni's to be honest- but I wouldn't give up that sunshine for this rain!

 

[Giorgia*]

PostGraduate Certificate course in Fashion&Lifestyle Journalism

Hi!
In july I'll be graduating from University of Florence, Italy, with a degree in Communication and linguistics.
I want to apply for the PG course in Fashion and Lifestyle Journalism.
Does anyone knows anything about it?
Is it a valid course?

 

[johle]

anyone knows LCF MA in Artefact? Is it good or bad?

 

[filleanglaise]

Has any one taken the art foundation course? how was the interview and is it hard to get in to?

i want to go to LCF but i need to take this course before i can take the womenswear course

 

[Liinna]

May be asking in the wrong thread, but what other non-design schools are there in London?

I know that AIU offers fashion marketing, but I haven't heard anything about that school?

 

[BetteT]

Check out this thread ... for other schools in London: London & UK Schools ... for Fashion

 

[High Fashion]

I think it's pretty stupid complaining about whether or not LCF really has classes you have to attend and that you are not provided with enough work.. Independent learning is actually a pretty big part of many uni's way to teach, you should be able to learn on your own, because when you are finished and ready to work, you will probably find that there are'nt alot of people teaching you what to do all the time and it's important to be able to work independently. If you really are interested in the uni's subjects you should go beyond what their teach you in class or assignments given, that's the way specialists are developed and how they become really good at what they do, they have found a passion!

Some people think they can fly on a pink sky through the whole course, believing they're not actually learning that much but think they will be highly placed in the fashion world afterwards. Wake up! You have to work HARD, and that also includes independent learning! No uni can provide you with that kind of pink sky, I'm sorry!

There is a reason why LCF has such a good reputation world wide, and that's not due to poor learning facilities. Katie123: Have you ever though that the reason why 5-6 students already have left is because fashion related subject might not be their passion and pathway in life and that they were'nt comitted to do as much work outside school, rather than the "poor" quality of the courses?

 

[bafchloe]

I just applied for this course.. did you apply in the end? have you had an interview? What are your thoughts on the course? Look fwd to hearing from you...

actually i'm applying for sept 2010 because in argentina we finish school on december instead of june/july (?) so i have to start a bit later. did you have the interview yet? what was it like?

 

[Katie123]

Katie123: Have you ever though that the reason why 5-6 students already have left is because fashion related subject might not be their passion and pathway in life and that they were'nt comitted to do as much work outside school, rather than the "poor" quality of the courses?

I know for a fact that at least 2 of the students that are leaving are because of not enough workload. I do agree that independent studying is crucial but when you only have 4 lectures a term and one of the teachers has only attended 50% of them so far (only letting the students know he's not coming when everyone is already sitting in the classroom), you can't help but feel unmotivated. and i think it's pretty rude to say it's 'pretty stupid' to complain about LCF when you're not in my course and you're not completely aware of what's happening. me complaining about the work load does not mean i don't do work on my own time or am not willing to learn things on my own. but as an international student paying 11k a year, having 5 months off for holidays in total (christmas-easter-summer) and only 3 classes a week feels like a bit of a waste of money sometimes.

 

[sj08]

I know for a fact that at least 2 of the students that are leaving are because of not enough workload. I do agree that independent studying is crucial but when you only have 4 lectures a term and one of the teachers has only attended 50% of them so far (only letting the students know he's not coming when everyone is already sitting in the classroom), you can't help but feel unmotivated. and i think it's pretty rude to say it's 'pretty stupid' to complain about LCF when you're not in my course and you're not completely aware of what's happening. me complaining about the work load does not mean i don't do work on my own time or am not willing to learn things on my own. but as an international student paying 11k a year, having 5 months off for holidays in total (christmas-easter-summer) and only 3 classes a week feels like a bit of a waste of money sometimes.

Other than those issues is your program at least interesting? Do you still think it is worth it?

 

[Katie123]

I suppose...I think it depends on the person. Being an international student, I've paid a lot and came all the way here, I see it as a big investment. So i'm just going to finish what I started.

Apart from all my complaints, LCF has very very good facilities (the libraries of the UAL are amazing) and in the end of the day, it's very well respected in the industry. And I don't know the way other universities teach, maybe they don't have enough workload either? I'm just not willing to give up on it just yet.

We have some very good lecturers from time to time. What I found a bit odd was having such an amazing lecturer like Iain R Webb (Elle UK's ex editor-in-chief) as a lecturer in term one of the first year. It actually got me quite excited about what lecturer we'd have in say, our 3rd year if the first term one was so amazing, but so far he's been the only incredible one. LCF also has very good guest lecturers and talks open to all UAL students and Brenda Polan, the head of the course, is very well connected and respected in the industry.(Colin McDowell popped by for a chat after a normal lecture once, and everyone was like )

 

[Ievut]

Is here anyone who has finished fashion management course? Because it's very important for me to know about job possibilities. Is it easy to get a job after you graduate or is it extremely hard to find a well-paid job?

 

[Katie123]

all i know is that a year in the industry is mandatory, so i guess that helps??

 

[vita]

Heybafchloe, i havent had my interview yet.. its scheduled for 26th may.. havent a clue what i am meant to expect.. theyve just said there willbe a a language test, and group interview..the whole things should take 3 hours...

If anyone has had a interview for the media and communication access course ... it would be great if you could share your experience..

 

[fait]

hello,

just wondering if there is anyone else who applied for a transfer directly into the second year of the BA in fashion management course and will be at the interview day on the 22 of June? And if not, is there anyone currently in year one of that course who might be my future classmates?

 

[agnès38]

I'm currently doing a BTEC in Communication in France and I want to apply to LCF after that. I was wondering : can I apply directly to an BA(Hons) ? Or do I have to prepare a foundation degree first ? Thanks for your help, I'm not used with the UK applications.