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The School of Textiles and Design features in a new publication ‘The Story of Parliament: celebrating 750 years of Parliament in Britain’.
Everything we do here has always been industrially focussed, but it’s a global industry now.
Recently launched at Westminster Abbey, the book is a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics. The School of Textiles and Design features as the oldest textile school in the UK and the second oldest in the world and as an institution which honours it heritage while leading innovation.
Writing in the new publication, Head of School Professor Fiona Waldron said that the School had been set up by the textile industry as a teaching institution for the UK. “Everything we do here has always been industrially focussed, but it’s a global industry now. As such our research is very applied and it’s useful for companies and the economy.”
Enhancing profitability, changing lives
So, while some students design for the influential world of high fashion, others are developing practical textiles for the medical industry, the automotive industry, electronics and other sectors.
“Our output is innovative and varied; some of our students are looking at finishes on textiles for medical applications, such as scents that can be used for the alleviation of the side effects of some advancement of cancer treatments. Such research not only contributes to the development of the global textiles industry, it can also enhance profitability and the economy, and ultimately change lives.