We are recruiting for a post-doctoral researcher (or industry equivalent experience) to lead on a project with William Clark & Sons within the SME R&D Support Programme. William Clark & Sons is Ireland’s oldest surviving linen mill having established in 1736. They are the last commercial beetlers in the world; a historic mechanical process involving the […]
BFTT Researchers at the Waste-me-not Symposium
BFTT post-doctoral researcher Dr Laetitia Forst and PhD student Marie Stenton presented at the Waste-me-not Symposium, hosted by the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. The symposium explored whether waste can be permanently designed out of the fashion lifecycle. It focussed on three interconnected themes, i.e. Material Waste, Circular Strategies, and Social […]
Sustainable Consumption Conference – Post COP26
BFTT Director, Prof Jane Harris, and Deputy Director, Dr Kate Goldsworthy, presented at the Sustainable Consumption Conference – Post COP26. They discussed how BFTT is working with Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to develop an entire fashion, textiles and technology ecosystem throughout the UK. Other contributors included WRAP UK, Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the University of the […]