Design for life

Master the skills of fashion and interior design from home with the Regent Academy of Fine Arts. Receive full support from their tutors as you complete either of the courses at your own pace

Fashion course

Learn the skills to design and make the clothes you want. First step to working in the fashion trade. 22-part practical course learned at home, with help from a personal tutor. Work at your own speed - most students can finish a course by working three hours per week for six months. You will receive Regent Academy Diploma and be eligible for City and Guilds Certificate. The Regent Academy is the only home-study course to offer this. You will receive: free advisory service for up to three years; course manual and assignment wallet; course pattern; Vogue and Butterick A to Z of fabrics; Fiskars Avanti shears; analogical measuring tape; video and audio cassette tapes.

Cost of course: pounds 125

Interior design

Learn the skills which will enable you to create the home you want. First step to a career in interior design. 25-part course takes you through planning each room in the house, and you will receive help from a tutor. Work at your own speed - most students can finish a course by working three hours per week for six months. Receive Regent Academy Diploma, and be eligible for a City and Guilds Certificate. The Regent Academy is the only home-study course to offer this and now has students in 80 countries. You will receive: free advisory service for up to three years; course manual and assignment wallet; colour wheel; watercolour set; video, Designs on Your Home book, and an audio cassette tape.

Cost of course: pounds 155

Exclusive to Independent readers: a free day-class on Colour at the Regent Academy to every reader booking on either course. Please quote the Independent.