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The UK Hub for Textile Teachers CPD

The Textiles Skills Academy brings together experienced education presenters and industry experts to deliver relevant seminars and practical workshops for Art and D&T textile teachers, to support their delivery of the curriculum.

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Textiles Workshops around the UK & Overseas

We offer a range of Textiles Skills Academy-led workshops for all abilities, as well as promoting other textiles related courses, workshops and events.

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3D Printed Fashion Future

10 May, 2019

3D Printed Clothing – Julia Daviy’s research and practice, giving a glimpse of a sustainable production and innovative Zero-waste fashion of the future.

The Future Fashion Loop

8 May, 2019

Our next generation of designers and engineers must be taught at an early age, to understand the full cycle of a product , including its end of life disposal. The future of product design must include the end use and disposal, not just the aesthetic, need and fit for purpose.

Future of Textiles: Skilling Tomorrow’s Economy

20 Apr, 2018

The Future of Work: Skilling Tomorrow’s Economy What should we be preparing our young people for? This was on the agenda for the recent Commonwealth Business Forum debates (April 2018) The ebb and flow of global economic tides is increasingly turning in favour of the...