This report details the findings from a pilot study of the the implementation of a client-based, real-world project into a fashion programme of study.
It offers recommendations, based on the data gathered from interviews with the
students and tutors, that may be of use for other disciplines’ integration of real-world projects into their curriculum.
Download the report:
Keeping it real: Using client-based real-world projects in a fashion programme of study (PDF, 500Kb)

Background:
A project completed in 2012 at Southern Institute of Technology, to provide insight into the implementation of using client-based, real-world projects into a fashion programme of study.
By giving students the extra challenge of working with a real client, it is hoped students will enter the workforce better prepared for employment.
Report prepared by Paulette Caulton.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Good Practice Publication Grants scheme (GPPG)