Clare Langford

• School Outreach Coordinator for the School of Fashion and Textiles working with University Student Engagement and Recruitment, and Wider Participation teams to design and deliver outreach activities through programmes such as BCU Accelerate and Into University.
• BCU National Saturday Club session lead.

• Textile design
• Woven textiles and material construction
• Student employability
• Outreach

• 2013 Teaching Fellow Advance H.E
• 2000 PGCEPD, University of Central England Birmingham
• 1999 First Class Honours BA Textile Design, University of Central England, Birmingham

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Materiom Commons community member
• BCU MAT_er.Lab team exploring possibilities of sustainable development in materials.
• ELIA BCU member institution
• STEAMhouse Materials club member

• Cross-specialism undergraduate teaching (Embroidery, print, weave, knit and biomaterials) across levels 4,5 & 6 of the Textile Design course
• Module lead for L6 final year projects
• L6 Final year coordinator
• Schools outreach and National Saturday Club teaching (13-18yr olds)

Areas of interest include:

• Material design and transformation
• Material waste streams
• Pedagogy - particularly shared learning, non-hierarchical learning approaches, and ideation.

Publications

• ‘If you can’t beat them join them’: using social media to engage the millennial learner Advance H.E Teaching and Learning conference, Teaching in the Spotlight: Innovation for Teaching Excellence 2019. Published 09/07/19. 
• Teaching intelligence: using social media to engage students, Times Higher Education. Published 29/09/19 

Conference presentations

• ‘If you can’t beat them join them’: using social media to engage the millennial learner, Advance H.E Teaching and Learning conference presentation, Teaching in the Spotlight: Innovation for Teaching Excellence, 2019.

• Student Academic Mentor Partnership (StAMP) project, BCU Teaching and Learning Futures, conference presentation 2019.

• ‘Hand-Held Learning’, BCU Teaching and Learning Futures, conference presentation 2018.

Funding

• Erasmus+ Mobility overseas training grant - KEA Copenhagen School of Design & Technology Material Lab, 2020.

Clare works with industry through her lecturing role, leading and teaching on live projects, organising alumni industry speaker events, professional practice talks and masterclasses, and leading L6 final year industry award events.

This has included working with companies such as Jennifer Clair Couture, Stylus, Colour Hive, WGSN, Hand & Lock, Amtico, Tektura, Brintons, Dulux, Epson, Craftspace, Jute Republic, Teixits Vicens, Stylus, Mary Katrantzou, Camira Fabrics, WGSN, Jay Blades, Kirsty McDougall, Michael Angove.