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An Opportunity For Change

Aug 27, 2020

Textiles Skills Academy has been changing the way it trains secondary textile teachers, developing online Training Rooms.

Textile Teachers To The Rescue

May 12, 2020

Textiles Teachers efforts to support NHS staff with PPE and it’s signal to the Government to pay more respect to our subject and industry.

Fashion ‘Fit’ For The Future

Feb 20, 2020

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, in the way we live and what is happening around us.”- Coco Chanel

3D Printed Fashion Future

May 10, 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

May 8, 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.

Skilling Tomorrow’s Economy

Apr 20, 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)

Arts & Crafts in the new world…

Feb 24, 2017

What are the implications on the arts in the world of mass customisation and 3D printing.

‘Inspiring Learning’

Sep 2, 2016

Inspiring Learning Event June 2016 – Diana Choulerton (OFSTED) presentation: Securing great design and technology for all: A food and textiles perspective

Sew What? – Bringing Textiles Lessons into the 21st Century

May 21, 2016

First published May 16th 2016, Teachwire.net “Once upon a time there was a room in a school where girls were taught how to sew and it was called needlework…” Back then, those young people were taught how to take a 2D shape and transform it into a 3D product which...