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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer University of the Arts London has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and University of the Arts London awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from University of the Arts London.
The UAL Level 3 Diploma and Extended Diploma in Fashion Business and Retail have been designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to progress to further study and training in a range of fashion business and retail disciplines.
These are the units University of the Arts London registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with University of the Arts London. It does the teaching and the mapping. University of the Arts London sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Collaborative Fashion Retail Project Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the specific requirements and expectations of participating in a collaborative project within the fashion retail industry.
- Use appropriate research methods to inform the development of ideas for a fashion retail project.
- Apply relevant skills, knowledge, and understanding to successfully complete a collaborative fashion retail project.
- Evaluate your own contribution to the collaborative fashion retail project, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
- Evaluate the contributions of other team members to the collaborative fashion retail project, providing constructive feedback.
Communication for Fashion Business and Retail Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Use oral, written, visual, and digital presentation techniques and methods to communicate effectively in a fashion business and retail context.
- Communicate meaning to an identified audience, tailoring the message and delivery to suit their needs and preferences.
Critical and Contextual Awareness Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand historical perspectives that have influenced the evolution of fashion retail.
- Understand contemporary perspectives that are currently shaping the fashion retail industry.
- Understand the cultural contexts that influence fashion retail trends and consumer behaviour.
- Understand the ethical considerations relevant to the fashion retail industry, such as fair labour practices and responsible sourcing.
- Understand the environmental contexts and sustainability issues within which the fashion retail industry is positioned.
Fashion Buying and Merchandising Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various contexts within which buying and merchandising operate in the fashion retail sector.
- Interpret relevant data and apply numeracy skills to solve practical buying and merchandising problems.
- Plan, create, and present a range of fashion products in response to a specific buying and merchandising problem or scenario.
Fashion Management and Marketing Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the operational structures, organisation, and functions that support fashion retail businesses, including supply chain management, logistics, and inventory control.
- Apply management and marketing principles to solve an identified fashion retail problem, such as declining sales or low customer satisfaction.
- Evaluate and present management and marketing decisions, justifying choices and considering potential impacts.
Fashion Production and Supply Chain Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various contexts within which fashion production operates, including ethical and sustainability considerations.
- Identify and describe different garment production processes and the technologies used in each stage.
- Evaluate potential solutions to a given garment production and technology problem, considering factors such as cost, efficiency, and quality.
Principles of Fashion Business and Retail Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various contexts within which fashion retail is situated, including historical, social, economic, and cultural influences.
- Understand the different roles, responsibilities, and methods employed in the fashion business and retail sector.
- Understand the personal and professional characteristics required for a successful career in fashion business and retail, including skills, attributes, and behaviours.
Visual Merchandising for Fashion Retail Real unit · University of the Arts London
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of visual merchandising in attracting customers, enhancing brand image, and driving sales within a fashion retail environment.
- Create a visual display for an identified retail environment, considering factors such as target audience, product placement, and store layout.
- Evaluate solutions to a visual merchandising problem, considering factors such as effectiveness, feasibility, and cost.
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Visual Merchandising Manager
This work can lead to brand experience leadership, wider retail management, or roles shaping how a business connects with its customers.
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The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by University of the Arts London rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Collaborative Fashion Retail ProjectCommunication for Fashion Business and RetailCritical and Contextual AwarenessFashion Buying and MerchandisingFashion Management and MarketingFashion Production and Supply ChainPrinciples of Fashion Business and RetailVisual Merchandising for Fashion Retail
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Fashion Management and Marketing” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Collaborative Fashion Retail Project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Collaborative Fashion Retail Project, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to understand collabourative projects within fashion retail. They will use research methods to inform project ideas, apply relevant skills and knowledge to complete the project, and evaluate their own and others' contributions to its success.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for UAL Level 3 Diploma in Fashion Business & Retail
8 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by University of the Arts London.
- Collaborative Fashion Retail Project
- Communication for Fashion Business and Retail
- Critical and Contextual Awareness
- Fashion Buying and Merchandising
- Fashion Management and Marketing
- Fashion Production and Supply Chain
and 2 more in the full unit list below.
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