Fashion and Textiles staff
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Nahida Mahmood
Senior Technical Administrator
Nahida loves that there are so many techniques and processes to play within embroidery, where for her it can be just as exciting an outcome from using just a needle and thread to using the latest technology of a big industrial, digital, multi-needle machine and lots in between. Nahida works with domestic/freehand machines,...
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Louise Martin
Foundation Year Course Director
Louise’s Masters in textile design established the foundation for her design journey. From this platform, Louise started to build a career as an interior designer, regional design manager, stylist, and as a lecturer in fashion and textiles. Louise now has over 10 years' teaching experience as a lecturer. As a designer...
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Natalie Martin
Lecturer in Foundation Fashion and Textiles
After graduating with BA (Hons) Fashion Design from BCU Natalie has worked with brands such as Joseph Turvey and Hades Knitwear as a freelance designer, production assistant and illustrator as well as working on show production for presentations at London Fashion Week Mens. Working hands-on with small, luxury brands has enabled...
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Asha Marwaha
Senior Fashion Technician
Asha works as a Senior Technician for Fashion, where she can mostly be found in the Fashion workshop supporting students and demonstrating various garment construction techniques, using a wide range of industrial machinery including lockstitch, overlocker, buttonhole, walking foot and postbed leather. With over 20 years of...
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Kavita Najran
Evening Technician
Kavita graduated in Printed Textiles in 2011 at Winchester School of Arts, University of Southampton. After a year of interning, she then embarked on her teaching career and graduated in 2014 at BCU, in Education Studies in Design Technology. Kavita has been working at BCU for two years, as an evening technician, where her...
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Kayleigh Parkes
Course Leader - BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion
Kayleigh has a Master's degree from London College of Fashion in Fashion Futures, where her final major project explored accessibility of sustainable products from the perspective of low socio economic demographic, with a focus on improving education and systematic change. She began her career working with leading womenswear...
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Alison Rapsey
Senior Lecturer in BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion
Alison has over 17 years of teaching experience joining Birmingham City University as a lecturer in Fashion Retail Management in 2006. Alison began her work in the fashion industry by working for Arcadia, across Dorothy Perkins and Burton stores in management roles and went on to the role of Ladieswear Manager in a newly...
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Caroline Raybould
Senior Lecturer on Fashion Business and Promotion BCU Growth Garden Lead
Caroline has been teaching since 2013, teaching across all three years of BA Fashion Business and Promotion programme. Curriculum teaching led by research in sustainable design, business models and systems. Her extra-curricular activities at BCU include instigating natural dye Growth Garden, and Fashioning Futures lecture and...
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Sian Riley
Lecturer in Fashion Design and Level 4 Co-ordinator
Sian studied her Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear from the London College of Fashion, before completing her Master’s degree in Fashion Design and a PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education at Birmingham City University. Prior to her work in education, Sian worked in the fashion industry for a large number...
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Joseph Turvey
Course Director and Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fashion Design
Joseph Turvey is a British fashion designer known for his eponymous menswear brand. His work has been presented through renowned platforms such as Fashion East, London Fashion Week, Capsule Paris, and Shanghai Fashion Week. Turvey's journey in fashion began with formal training at London College of Fashion, where he honed his...