What is it?

The hair any beauty industry incorporates beauty therapists, spas and salons, hairdressers and specialist hair technicians, manicurists, nail technicians and nail bars, tanning centres and solariums, slimming centres and slimming technologies and make-up artists. The UK's hair and beauty industry is extremely vibrant with a broad and evolving customer base. Higher levels of disposable income, particularly among young women, have led to increased spending on personal hair and beauty services and grooming products

Source: Business Link / Cobweb Information Ltd 2006

Facts and figures

source: habia

Employers in Sussex

Higher education qualifications suitable for the sector

• foundation degrees such as Beauty Therapy Sciences

At present there are no undergraduate or postgraduate degrees specifically for the sector but there are generic courses in Business and Management as follows:

• foundation degrees / HNCs / HNDs such as Business, Business with Finance, Business with Marketing, Business Management
• undergraduate degrees such as BA Business Administration, BA Business Studies
• postgraduate degrees such as MSc Business Process Management, MSc Human Resource Management, MA Marketing

Here we are focusing on higher education but there are many other qualifications and routes to study available including NVQs, Apprenticeships and BTEC awards. Talk to your local college or private training provider about what's available.

Where to study in Sussex

• University of Brighton
• University of Chichester
• University of Sussex
• University Centre Hastings
• Chichester College
• City College Brighton & Hove
• Hastings College of Arts & Technology
• Northbrook College Sussex

Courses differ from place to place... institutions normally develop and teach their own courses so the content and focus of each course can be very different. It pays to shop around!

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