About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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You can update the information for this section in Pure (opens in a new tab).
Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
A list of any publications that list you as an author.
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Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
A list of your current and past PhD students.
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Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
- Teaching & Learning in the Creative Arts
- Innovation in Textile materials
- Trend watching & new Technologies
- Consumer behaviour
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability
- Ethical Fashion Business Practice
- Fashion Supply Chain Management
- Integrated Marketing Communications
You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
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You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
I have extensive business experience in the fashion apparel industry in Europe, Turkey and particularly the Asia Pacific region, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, China. I have been working in Fashion Management, Manufacturing and Marketing for a wide range of International Fashion Brands as well as my own clothing labels. Since 2008, I have been teaching in Higher Education Fashion Management, Branding & Marketing at the University for the Creative Arts (London), Istituto Marangoni (London) and University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art.
CAREER SUMMARY
After graduating with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Textile Design & Technology in 1985, I worked as a design manager in Taiwan for 2 years. I then moved to Hong Kong where I worked for 10 years within the Fashion business and manufacturing industry. My career has enabled me to travel extensively throughout Asia, Europe and America.
I returned to London in 1996 to establish my own clothing label and retail shops as well as creating a design and business consultancy for emerging UK clothing brands. In 2000 I moved to Brussels, Belgium to establish my international consultancy practice for project management in clothing related product innovation.
I returned to UK in 2008 to start teaching Fashion Management, Branding & Marketing at the University for the Creative Arts. I then taught at Instituto Marangoni in London and in 2014 started at Winchester School of Art.
I have done many different things alongside my professional career, I have managed a public house, made glass art and jewellery, practiced alternative healing techniques and flamenco dance. I have always made time for charitable work, mostly for Marie Curie and the MND association. I am a carer and consultant to several health and social care educational institutions and organisations.
I consider myself a futurist, I spend more of my time looking to what will happen next, rather than what has happened in the past. I am positive and passionate about new opportunities, trends and forecasting for the future.
PERSONAL VALUES
- Global cultures, diversity, inclusivity and equality.
- Integrated Communications – visual, written, verbal, digital and virtual.
- Quality, Value, Standards, Employability and Professionalism.
- Integrity, Ethics, and Sustainable Regeneration.
- Innovation and Enterprise for the global apparel industry.
- New creative challenges and new inspirational learning spaces.
- Lifelong Learning
SPECIALIST INTERESTS
- Oriental Culture, Textiles & Costume
- Health and Social Care Charity work
- Dignity in Dying campaigning
- Science Fiction
- My favourite things: Sunflowers, horses, seaside, art, crafts
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
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Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.