Leeds art or Kingston?

Is this Leeds Art University? My daughter did a 1 year Art & Desigb foundation year there last year, specialising in Fashion. Leeds is a great city to be a student and Will be cheaper than Kingston too

Yes it’s Leeds arts and that’s great to hear. It seems like a great school aswell as great socially, thank you so much for responding

I’ve been offered an unconditional place at both universities. Leeds for fashion design and Kingston switched me to fashion promotion and communication. Kingston has always been my dream but now I love the look of Leeds. I love Kingston because it’s one of the top unis and I know I will get great teaching and work placements, but it’s not the same course I applied for and I don’t know how much I would like the people. Leeds I never considered until now, and it seems great, the accommodation is amazing, they loved my work and I think I would love the people and they would be more like me. Any feedback or reviews of both schools would be really appreciated thank you

Hi @Lar12345
Congratulations on your offer!
I am currently in my 2nd year at Kingston studying fashion promotion and communication so I am happy to answer any questions you may have about the course and uni.
From personal experience I love living and study here, it has given me so many opportunities and it is a lovely area to explore with so much going on that has really helped me to grow creatively.
Fashion comms is very different to the design course, some of the key differences being that design focuses on the making of the garments, whereas fashion comms you are not taught how to make garments but more so how to promote them through a range of things like marketing, photography, graphic design, styling, event planning and more.
In my first year the modules looked like the following:
Fashion Context: This was all about PR and marketing, analysing brands and using marketing and business strategies, creating brand reports and new communication plans.
Professional Practice: A really creative module where we would have workshops in styling, photography, graphic design, image making etc. The project we worked on was creating a zine, so journalism was definitely something you could specialise in for this project.
CHS (Critical historical studies): In this module we learnt about the different histories and concepts in the fashion industry. Analysing images and text. The assignments for this are essays.
Fashion Promotion and Communication: This was really a mix of everything, putting all we had learnt into practice to work on projects that we could really be asked to do in industry. Such as proposing collaborations and creating campaigns, making sure we could back up our proposals with strong research.
I will leave a few links to other post I have done that will give you some more information:
My Deciding Factors For Choosing Kingston University - The Student Room
How Kingston Prepares you for Industry - The Student Room
A Week in the Life as a Fashion Comms Student (Kingston University) - The Student Room

Just wondering what your concerns are about why you may not like the people? I am from in between Manchester and Liverpool and so I feel like I had a similar concern but there is such a range of students here at Kingston that I found lots of people I get along with and it is good to meet people from different backgrounds.
If you have not already I would really recommend going to an open day or offer holder day for both universities as you can get an idea of what it might be like to live and study there as well as getting a chance to speak to current lectures and students. There is more info on the Kingston website Open Days and events | Kingston University London
I hope this helps and any questions don't hesitate to ask
-Grace (Kingston Rep)

I’ve been offered an unconditional place at both universities. Leeds for fashion design and Kingston switched me to fashion promotion and communication. Kingston has always been my dream but now I love the look of Leeds. I love Kingston because it’s one of the top unis and I know I will get great teaching and work placements, but it’s not the same course I applied for and I don’t know how much I would like the people. Leeds I never considered until now, and it seems great, the accommodation is amazing, they loved my work and I think I would love the people and they would be more like me. Any feedback or reviews of both schools would be really appreciated thank you

Thank you so much for this, this is so helpful. I really appreciate it. I’ve decided I’m definitely going to Kingston thank you so much

Hey everyone!
I’ve been debating between studying fashion at Leeds Art and Kingston, and I’m curious to know what others think about these two schools. Both have great reputations, but they seem to have different vibes.
If anyone has studied at either school or knows more about their fashion programs, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Also, if you’re looking for some fresh insights on current fashion trends, I found this website with some cool resources: 👉 https://retseaz.com/
Thanks in advance for your help!

Hey everyone!
I’ve been debating between studying fashion at Leeds Art and Kingston, and I’m curious to know what others think about these two schools. Both have great reputations, but they seem to have different vibes.
If anyone has studied at either school or knows more about their fashion programs, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Also, if you’re looking for some fresh insights on current fashion trends, I found this website with some cool resources: 👉 https://retseaz.com/
Thanks in advance for your help!