On 28th November, a group of students from the Department of Apparel at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) visited the Sino-British College (SBC) during their field trip to Shanghai. The students were accompanied by five senior members of staff from MMU, including Caroline Herz, Faculty Curriculum Co-ordinator & Principal Lecturer in Fashion and Carly Wraeg-Cardew, Programme Leader International Fashion Promotion & Senior Lecturer.
The visiting students are all students in the final year programme in Fashion in the Hollings Faculty at MMU. The city of Shanghai is one of the highlights in their international studies and so was chosen as an ideal destination for their study trip.
The purpose of the one-week visit was for the students to experience the fashion and clothing industry from an international perspective with visits to suppliers and hub offices of global retailers while experiencing culture and looking at the fashion economy through different levels of the market.
The students and staff from MMU were met by the SBC Events Management team at a tea reception in the campus English Tearoom. Gordon Callan, Director of Teaching and Learning, extended his warm welcome to the visitors on behalf of the College. Following the brief introduction on the recent development of SBC given by Gordon, Tony Ryan, Head of Events Management also introduced his team and the Events Management programme currently being delivered at SBC.
Gordon Callan said: “We always welcome students and staff from our UK partner universities to visit the SBC campus, and I do believe that this kind of visit will be helpful to students in both countries, especially for developing cultural awareness while improving specialist skills in the subject that they are studying.”
