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Dr Nazlı Alimen

Lecturer in Fashion Business and Promotion

Dr. Nazlı Alimen is a Lecturer in Fashion Business and Promotion. She obtained her Ph.D. from London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her PhD research was an interdisciplinary project: focusing on three faith-inspired communities and their male and female members in Turkey, Nazlı examined everyday Islam as it...

Laura Arrowsmith

Fashion Business and Promotion

Laura graduated with a first-class degree from Birmingham City University on the former BA (Hons) Fashion Retail Management course. Laura began her career in the buying industry, later transitioning to Fashion Marketing for one of the biggest fashion retailors in the UK. With experience in managing photoshoots internationally...

Barry Batson

MA Luxury Brand Management and MA Fashion Management Course Director

With over forty years’ experience in the industry, Barry is the current Course Director for MA Luxury Brand Management and MA Fashion Management. Barry’s previous academic role was with Southampton Solent University as Senior Lecturer for their Fashion Management with Marketing & Fashion Buying courses. Prior to this Barry...

Sharon Bell

Lecturer in Textile Design

Sharon currently teaches on the L6 Textile Retail Management Pathway and with Constructed Textiles students on L5. Sharon graduated specialising in knitwear and achieved a first class honours degree in Textile design. She was a winner of the RSA student awards winning the Worshipful Company of Weavers Award. Her...

Dr Anne Boultwood

Reader in the Psychology of Fashion

Anne Boultwood is Reader in the Psychology of Fashion for the School of Fashion and Textiles . She supervises a number of students in related areas, and also established and leads the Fashion and Textiles Research Group . Her primary research focus is the role of fashion and clothing in the construction and maintenance of...

Sarah Burton

Lecturer in Textile Design

Sarah graduated in 2009 with a first class honours degree in Textile Design. Her knitwear collection attracted attention at Graduate Fashion Week winning the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award and making the shortlist for the River Island Gold Award. She went on to study an MA in Fashion Knitwear Design where she...

Louise Chapman

Senior Lecturer and Course Leader on BA Hons Costume Design and Practice

As pathway leader on the design for performance pathway with over 15 years’ experience as a costumier, Louise is a passionate and informed communicator on my subject. With the knowledge and industry experience to inspire and enhance student learning, she has developed the Design for Performance pathway with current...

Annette Clarke

Lecturer in BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion

Graduating from De Montfort University with BA(Hons) Fashion & Textiles, the early phase of Annette's career was as a Designer for Christian Dior Lingerie, Paris. Moving into fashion buying she developed extensive buying experience at a senior executive level, managing multi-channel product strategy and product development...

Professor Colin Gale

Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Fashion and Textiles

Professor Colin Gale is currently Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Fashion and Textiles. From an initial career start in Fine Art he has traversed virtually all of the art, design and media disciplines. He has research interests in high technology, business, cultural studies and has specialist expertise relating to design...

Sheila Griffiths

Programme Director: Fashion Undergraduate Programmes Senior Lecturer

Sheila is a senior lecturer and programme director for the suite of Undergraduate Fashion Programmes. She has extensive experience as a Pattern Cutter working within the fashion industry, across all product areas prior to and whilst progressing into teaching some 20years ago, where alongside her teaching of pattern cutting and...