Scholastic

I have a wealth of experience as a tutor and lecturer; I am keen to encourage and facilitate the creativity of others through a strongly reflective approach.   

I have taught at numerous universities within the UK, in Australia, Japan and Norway, at predominantly undergraduate and postgraduate levels, but I have also worked in schools as artist in residence.  I have some experience of supporting Research Degrees. I am Emerita Reader, University for the Creative Arts.

My skills and experience are drawn upon on a consultancy level, I have been an advisor to the Wellcome Trust’s Sci-Arts program (textiles), invited to be an External Board Member on BA Validation panels and am an experienced External Examiner for UK educational program.  

I’ve  acted as advisor to UK programs, sitting on validation panels and as an External Examiner. Earlier on in my career 

I  founded the pioneering Textile Art Department at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton (1991-2006) and after a number of years teaching on the MA Textiles Practice prog at Goldsmith’s I held the post Reader in Textiles and Senior Lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts (2013-2023) where I worked across all levels of Higher Education delivery, management and strategy. 

  • 2023 - 24 Emerita Reader & visiting lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, University for the Creative Arts

    2017- 23 ​Reader in Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, University for the Creative Arts

    2019-22​ External Examiner, BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear, University for the Arts London

    2022 ​​Lecture, Fibre Arts International Conference, Pittsburgh Philadelphia, USA

    2021 ​​Lecture, Thread Symposium, Swansea, Wales

    2020 ​​Lecture, CONTEXTILE 2020 Portugal, Textile Talks Symposium, Guimarães, Portugal

    2020 ​​Lecture, Craft in 2020: looking back and looking forward - COLLECT London

    2018​​ PhD Examiner, Viva panel member Royal College of Art, London

    2017 ​Lecture, 'Fabric of Faith: Exploring textiles as practice-based research', University College London

    2017 ​Lecture, ‘The Matter of Material’ Symposium- Entangled Exhibition, Turner Contemporary, Margate

    2016​​ Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London

    2016​ Lecture and Workshop, ‘My Cloth’ - Yinka Shonibare’s ‘British Library’, Turner Contemporary, Margate

    2013-16 ​External Examiner, BA (Hons) Contemporary Arts Practice - Bath Spa University

    2015 ​​Visiting Lecturer, Swansea Metropolitan University

    2015​​ Visiting Lecturer, Norwich School of Art

    2010-2015​ Mentor, Crafts Council’s Hothouse Program

    2014​​ Lecture and Workshop, ‘Material Language’, Tate Modern and The Whitechapel Gallery, ​​Richard Tuttle’s Turbine Hall installation ‘I don’t know or the Weave of Textile Language’

    2014 ​​Masterclass, The Beaney Art Gallery & Museum, Canterbury

    2013 ​​Lecture, ‘Threads of Feeling’, Foundling Museum, London

    2013 ​External Examiner, BA (Hons) Textiles In Practice, Manchester Metropolitan University

    2007-2013​ Trustee, Crafts Council of Great Britain, London

    2009-2013 ​External Examiner, BA (Hons) Textile Practice (Textile Crafts and Art), University of Huddersfield

    2012​ External Advisor to BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice Validation, Manchester Metropolitan University

    2010-2011​ Co-Mentor, Reflect Lab, The Sage Gateshead

    2007-2011​ External Examiner, University of Hertfordshire

    2010​​ Masterclass, University of Ulster & Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

    2009 ​Advisor, to the Art Foundation Textile Art Prize ​

    2009 ​Lecture, ‘Textile Vocabularies - Innovation in Practice’ Conference, Heriot Watt University, Scotland

    2008​​ Lecture, Enfolded Meanings, National Gallery

    2006-2008 ​Program Coordinator MA Textiles, Goldsmiths, University of London

    1991 - 2006 Program Director BA Textile Art and MA Textiles, Winchester School of Art University of Southampton