Supercharge Your future in fashion
Kickstart your dream career with the Fashion Retail Academy. Specialising in fashion retail, we offer a wide variety of courses from fashion management and buying to marketing and design. Our courses are designed with our industry partners to ensure that our students graduate with the skills and knowledge they need for a successful career in fashion.
Our courses range from 22 weeks to 3 years, offering an accelerated route into the fashion industry. Choose from specialist diploma courses, undergraduate degrees, online courses and apprenticeships.
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YEARS' EXPERIENCE
We have 19 years' experience providing the industry with successful, job-ready graduates.
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IN WORK OR STUDY
94% of our FE students were in employment or further studies within 12 months of completing their course.
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STUDENTS TAUGHT
Our alumni can be found working at nearly every fashion head office in the UK.
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BRAND PARTNERS
We work with over 250+ businesses from well known, high-street names to luxury brands.
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BESPOKE COURSES
We work directly with our brand partners to design courses that teach the skills industry needs.
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WORK PLACEMENTS
Our Level 4 and Undergraduate courses include a three-week work placement with a major brand every year.
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DEGREES
We teach accelerated 2-year undergraduate degrees, 3-year traditional degrees and a postgraduate course.
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EARN A DISTINCTION
82% of our Apprentices graduate from the Fashion Retail Academy with a Distinction.
THE UK’S ONLY INDUSTRY-LED FASHION COLLEGE
Founded by some of the UK’s largest retail giants, the Fashion Retail Academy exists to provide new opportunities for those looking to enter the fashion industry. We work with over 250 leading fashion and retail brands to deliver the highest quality of teaching and learning opportunities to our students through work placements, projects and mentorship schemes, and much more. Our extensive industry network allows students to work on live briefs and build important connections that will continue to benefit them throughout their career. We've developed all our courses to meet specific industry needs and match employer expectations, helping our graduates to secure the best job roles in the fashion industry.
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Choosing the Fashion Retail Academy was one of the best decisions I have ever made. The work placement opportunities were a highlight for me, as I gained invaluable knowledge that set me up for a career in retail. There is nothing I would change about my time at the FRA. I wish I could have stayed longer!
Amy
Level 4 Fast Track Buying & Merchandising
Choosing my course and the Fashion Retail Academy was the best decision I’ve ever made! The opportunities offered to the students are one of a kind, and the industry contacts I made along the way are the reason I have my job now.
Jessica
Level 4 Digital Marketing alumni and Online Production Assistant at Miss Selfridge
Before I left the Fashion Retail Academy, I did a work placement at French Connection's head office. I was offered a permanent position in their wholesale team as a sales executive, and I’m loving it. Without the FRA, I wouldn’t be where I am today!
Rachel
Level 3 Fashion Retail
Studying at the Fashion Retail Academy taught me how effective merchandising is crucial to companies’ success. The retail calculations and formulas on Excel and Oracle I was given have been invaluable. I use all the skills that I acquired at the FRA every day in my new job!
Delal
Level 4 Merchandising for Fashion
My time at the Fashion Retail Academy gave me a great deal of personal and professional growth. Resilience, subject knowledge and learning that I am more capable than I believed has helped me land my dream role!
Annabel
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising alumni and MAA at John Lewis
My time at the Fashion Retail Academy was amazing. My teachers moulded me into an independent, creative, free-thinking individual and gave me the confidence to go out into industry. I would do it all over again, it was the best time of my life!
Alex
Level 2 Fashion Retail
