The Association of Fashion and Textile Courses (FTC) exists to promote and develop UK fashion and textiles through academic debate, education and research.

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🎟️ Early bird tickets are on sale for the European Academy of Design Conference 2023 on Friday 20 October. Until next Saturday 15 July student admission is £35 and general admission is £45. More information is available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-…
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Great opportunity to work on a project connected to evaluating the value of archives and collections in fashion and textiles education. Please share lnkd.in/ejfsuYEu
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My 20yr old daughter endured a train journey today of men defiantly singing Delilah; making sheep noises; commenting on her appearance and joking about the disappearance of “fit” Nicola Bulley. It’s no wonder we’re silently raging every bloody day - year in, year out. #misogyny
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Future Fashion Factory’s @RaintonSue and Kevin Almond are introducing the Futurescan 5 conference at @nexusunileeds, kicking off what will be two day’s worth of exhibitions and keynotes, centred around the theme of conscious communities! Updates to follow! #futurescan5 #FTC
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An inspirational day at the @FTCorg #futurescan5 conference... Artesan communities, Guatemalan dress, bio-inspired textiles, rethinking charity shops, archives for learning and textile blends for a circular economy, & more! ... & I chaired a session... Well done all!
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Hidden histories from the archive shared by @nicholadburton #futurescan5 #lace #nottingham visionary education in post war Nottingham @NTUArtandDesign
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📣 Join Future Fashion Factory at Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, taking place 7th – 8th September at Nexus Building, University of Leeds! Only a few places left - register here: - ow.ly/Wcnw50Kk34c 📣 #ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #zerowaste #FTC
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What's On 16th July 2022 in Events calendar: In Focus: Althea McNish ⁦@WMGallery⁩ a hybrid/online in person symposium discussing the impact of Althea McNish & her textiles and design work. Fantastic line up of speakers wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/ev…
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CFP Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear symposium. 13-14 Oct 2022, @V_and_A London. Deadline for abstracts: 19th June. #ECRchat #Phdchat #academictwitter #fashioningmasculinities
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NEW on Wonkhe: REF 2021 demonstrated the power of arts and humanities research buff.ly/3MmMBya
Althea McNish:Colour Is Mine,2 April 2022. @WMGallery. Landmark retrospective of one of the UK’s most innovative black textile artists. Sponsors @LibertyLondon & @LibertyFabrics & research fund @SocAntiquaries, I am co-curator with @rowanbain Info:bit.ly/3Fy53zu
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We are delighted to welcome @SheriffNottm to launch our international conference @ifftixntu22 in @Nottm_Contemp next week.
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Joining our keynote line up is Jack Richardson brand leader @canterburyNZ in conversation with the dynamic @KatieGreenyer both from Pentland and they will reflect on the challenges and opportunities in brand strategy.
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Professor Tilak Dias from @NTUArtandDesign and global leader in advanced textiles research will share some of his projects with our audience and talk about the potential for electronic textiles in the future.
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We are delighted to introduce our conference to you 'fashion re-imagined' running from 5-8 April 22 @TrentUni @NTUArtandDesign ifftixntu22.co.uk
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We are delighted to introduce one of our keynote speakers Grace Wales Bonner @walesbonner, a celebrated fashion designer informed by theory, music, literature and history within the context of European and Afro Atlantic approaches @NTUArtandDesign
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Jane Middleton Smith and Tim Clark archivist and technical director @JohnSmedley will present a key note to share both the unique heritage of this 17thC knitwear business as well as the technical challenges of 21stC manufacturing @NTUArtandDesign
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Please join us for a talk about Nottingham lace workers on Wed 1 Dec 10:30 - 12:00 where we reflect on two hundred years of lace manufacturing in Nottingham and the experience of people employed and trained to work in the Nottingham lace industry. ntu.ac.uk/c/un751-at-ntu-cha…
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There's an exciting opportunity to help shape the textile design course @NorwichUniArts! nua.ac.uk/about-nua/work-at-…
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Excellent thread thank you Christopher Smith @rometostandrews Evidence, rebuttal and balance to the debate on arts education policy, deprioritisation and other threats. #ArtIsEssential #ProtectStudentChoice
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