London College of Fashion ..have you heard of it?

[brimfull]

also called
University of the Arts London.

I have never heard of it.

Is it crapola?

[southeastastra]

lol hope not, my neice is there atm

[ZippiBabes]

yes and no

[brimfull]

oops sorry

I know nothing southeastra

what's she doing?

[suzycreamcheese]

yes of course!..
no, what's that??..

[gloriana]

My sis went to Ldn Coll of Fashion and studied Fashion Marketing. Her degree seemed totally bona fide (judging by what she studied, coursework, software applications etc).

[MissingMyHeels]

I think it depends on what course you are wanting to do. It certainly doesn't have a bad reputation however for fashion design courses etc Central St Martins is considered the place to go.

[brimfull]

I mean to ask what sort of reputation has it got?

[southeastastra]

lol it's ok, prosthestics (sp)! and make up.

[brimfull]

that's what dd is intersted in

cosmetic science

dh thinks it sounds a bit of a mickey mouse course

[rantinghousewife]

I thought it had quite a good reputation.

[southeastastra]

there is a market out there, how old is your dd?

[fizzbuzz]

I had an interview to go there years ago. I think it's meant to be very good.

Not sure St Martin's is any better than anywhere else TBH (I had an interview there as well, and thought it was awful)It has a lot of contacts who publicise it IMO. More about "Who you know" than "What you know"

[brimfull]

16 starting A levels in sept

[southeastastra]

neice started the course in september, she absolutely loves it.

[brimfull]

was it hard to get in?

[southeastastra]

i think it is, my neice is very independent and knows what she wants though.

[southeastastra]

encourage her to apply ggirl

[sushistar]

Yeah, I've heard of it. I think it's ok.

[brimfull]

We had the prospectus through this morning.

Will have a look with her.

[Crunchie]

yes I went there, bloody good for all sorts of fashion courses / make up etc one of the top ones IMHO

Shame I bombed out really!!

I hated it

But that was becuase I am a rubbish student and hated writing a 10 page essay on why scissors are a good design or some such boollix

[MarsLady]

My sister is one of the lecturers/tutors there. It's a great place.

[brimfull]

sounds like a good place then

does anyone know how long the cosmetic science course has been running?

[MarsLady]

I can ask my sister but she's out tonight and I'm just about to go out so might not have an answer for you until tomorrow or Monday. Sorry!

[pixiella]

london college of fashion is one of the top fashion universities in the world.

BUT when you go there it doesn't seem that impressive....it's mainly just the contacts and opportunities you gain when you go there and the prestige that goes with saying 'oh yes i did fashion management at LCF and as soon as a graduated Chanel snapped me up for...blah blah blah'

[brimfull]

mars -thanks

trouble is she wants to get into the management /marketing side of the cosmetic industry so not the fashion side of things.

I know she's also thinking of doing a degree in a businessy type thing then applying to do a management training scheme with cosmetic co.

decisions decisions ?

she has a while yet though