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At the Academy, students gain skills how to excel in their craft and industry insights essential for launching a career in luxury fashion. With a growing global network of industry connections, JCA prepares learners for the realities of freelance and entrepreneurial life—our aim is to equip our students with the tools to navigate both opportunities and challenges with confidence.
JCA will position itself as a hub for the regions’ learning, business and civic communities. Through its scholarship and wider networks, the JCA will be regarded as pivotal to the regions’ Knowledge & Cultural Economy. It will pride itself on playing host to showcase events, exhibitions, conferences, and prestigious awards. It will house business surgeries, open consultations and business support fayres. Putting it simply, JCA will turn its campus into a ‘Knowledge Village’.
Selected talks and industry events are open to established and emerging leaders in fashion, as well as our students. They aim to support partnerships and collaboration across professional associations, employer and sector agencies, trade bodies, and creative start ups.A programme of professional workshops and short courses will explore the intersection of fashion, sustainability, style and personal branding, with collaborators and speakers presenting a variety of examples that highlight new trends and latest industry insights.
The fashion industry is an ecosystem. Designers and brand owners operate in a rich community that includes retailers, textile specialists, PR’s, magazine editors and figures from the world of art and music, along with many others.
When you become part of our creative network, we encourage you to benefit from our programme of events and talks, and continue to build your own audience. JCA academics, technicians, mentors and the visiting professionals help ensure that you are exposed to industry practice and learn to build your confidence and community from the beginning of your studies.
