Studying fashion in Australia
THE Centre for Fashion and Creative Industries at Kangan Institute Centre for Fashion and Creative Industries offers innovative and relevant high-quality training which provides graduates with the skill sets to succeed in today’s creative and fast moving fashion retail industry.
Kangan Institute’s new national Textile and Fashion Hub further promotes and supports graduates and businesses by accessing digital technologies and specialist training thereby ensuring their continued success.
Its Employment Centre is specifically dedicated to assist Kangan students find meaningful and sustainable employment.
Besides Kangan Institute, Box Hill Institute also offers Bachelor of Fashion and Bachelor of Fashion Merchandising.
RMIT University offers Bachelor of Fashion (Design Technology) and Bachelor of Fashion (Merchandise Management), among others.
They also offer Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) for those who wish to venture into business in the fashion industry.
Those who are more adventurous can take up Fashion as well as Photography and Illustration Design as part of their double major at Curtin University.
TAFE South Australia offers Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising for students who wish to obtain quality and practical education and enter the workforce upon graduation.
This qualification is intended for design and product development roles in the fashion industry, as well as roles associated with managing fashion business as part of an enterprise.
The challenges facing this fashion industry now is e-commerce.
With retail purchases made together with online sales comes another supply chain downstream, that is logistic and its payment solution partnership with GHL in Malaysia – this is where real education comes in.
If the millennial generation between the ages of 18 and 29 are not equipped and prepared to meet these new challenges, they will be left behind.
While e-commerce continues to soar in emerging markets, students need to be aware of the skills that are in demand in this industry for their future career.
Various global e-commerce studies indicate that further growth in online transactions worldwide this year is expected.
The rise in Internet access and the use of smartphones in emerging markets are main drivers for e-commerce growth in developing markets.
Students have to catch up on changes happening around the world and select the right pathway to prepare themselves for their future.
Digital marketing and IT courses for instance, are offered in Australian institutions that focus on teaching hands-on, practical skills in classes as students prepare themselves to enter the workforce.
Programmes such as IT, Communication (Digital and Social Media), Computer Systems, Software Development, Technology, Logistics and Supply Chain Management are
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