Other scholars and practitioners

Dauvit Alexander

Senior Lecturer

Dauvit was born in Scotland in the last days of heavy industry – shipbuilding, steelworks, coal-mining – industries which were in a state of terminal decline as he looked for a career path. A chance invite from a family friend introduced him to the world of fine jewellery making at the age of 14 and he has worked as a bench...
Zoë Hillyard

Senior Lecturer and Course Leader

Zoë Hillyard is a Senior Lecture and Course Director for BA(Hons) Textile Design at Birmingham City University. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and has over 20 years of lecturing experience in both national and international contexts. Zoe is also an established textile artist craft practitioner...
Bridie Lander

School Academic Lead for Jewellery, Senior Lecturer

Bridie is an experienced jewellery designer/maker and lecturer. She spent several years as an artist and academic in Australia where latterly she was Coordinator of the Jewellery and Object Studio at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. Some of her work was recently included in a group exhibition,...
Clare Langford

Lecturer in Textile Design

Clare Langford is a Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Textile Design course and Outreach Coordinator at BCU. She has taught in higher education for over 24 years, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and holds a PGCert in Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. She has a background as a designer maker...
Nataliya Rozhin

Doctoral researcher

Nataliya Rozhin is a designer and PhD student focussing on design-led research and experimental fashion. She studied at the leading national school of fashion design, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, graduating with distinction and winning national and international awards for her collections. Nataliya has...
Rebecca Steiner

Senior Lecturer

Rebecca Steiner is an award-winning goldsmith whose work has been exhibited across the UK and Europe. Her research interests include crafts education, professional development for practitioners and the wider benefits of crafts practice in relation to personal autonomy, agency and wellbeing. She holds a Masters Degree in...