Dr Kate Goldsworthy and Professor Dilys William participated in the Climate Emergency Network Roundtable – in response to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. Kate is BFTT’s Deputy Director and Co-Investigator of Challenge 5 – Circular Materials, while Dilys is Co-Investigator of Challenge 3 – ReModelling Fashion: design practices and business models for sustainability. Other panel members included Professor […]
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BFTT Researchers at the Beyond Conference 2021
Our Director, Prof Jane Harris chaired a panel at this year’s Beyond Conference to discuss tools that are required to support the next generation of designers and fashion entrepreneurs as they navigate new markets in the fashion metaverse. Additionally, our Deputy Director, Dr Kate Goldsworthy presented case studies of SMEs who are using recycled or […]
Job Opportunities: SME R&D Manager and Coordinator
We are recruiting for two new positions to work across the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology and the UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute. The SME R&D Manager will have a leading role with the FTTI, and will also deliver and build upon the established BFTT SME R&D Programme with an award portfolio of c. […]
Managing Transition in the UK Fashion Sector
Sandy Black, who is Professor of Fashion & Textile Design & Technology in the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London, wrote a blog for the latest research initative on climate change promoted by the Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). The PEC is part of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme led by the […]