Fashion and Textiles aims to develop the creative process for designers in conjunction with valuable marketing and business skills; the course is aimed at ambitious designers, designer-makers or textile artists who wish to develop opportunities within the profession and who may wish to set up on their own or with others in small teams; candidates are introduced to research skills and methods, product development, design methods and management, marketing and business skills; the emphasis is on learning how to present ideas, and where and how to place them in the market; candidates are encouraged to trial a product in the market, through first hand experience, or through working with studios and agents for designers, shops, craft markets or with galleries or public spaces.