British fashion house David Nieper has launched a new fashion scholarship challenging over 200 second-year fashion students at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to design and promote fashion for women over 50. As part of the scholarship, NTU students across three courses, including Fashion Design, Knitwear Design and Fashion Communication and Promotion will compete in a week-long intensive fashion challenge focusing on classic British style. Competition finalists will spend a day behind the scenes at David Nieper, to tour the factory and present their designs to a panel of judges, including David Nieper’s own customers and staff. The winning student from each degree course will be awarded £1,000, with the overall winner receiving an additional £2,000 – bringing the total to £5,000 of prize money to be awarded. In addition, scholarship finalists will be given a budget of £500 to put on a fashion show at NTU in November 2014, where the competition winners will be revealed. The winning students will also be invited to carry out work experience at David Nieper, to gain hands-on experience from the highly experienced staff.

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