Professor Elinor Renfrew

About

I graduated from MA Fashion at St Martin's School of Art in 1981 and taught as a visiting lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

I was Course Leader at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication where I received the Governors' Award for Excellence.

I became Associate Professorship before Head of Department for Fashion and have retired as an Honorary Professor this year.

• BFC - Colleges Council Steering Committee 2004-present
• FTC - Steering Committee 2018 - present
• Textile Institute - Council 2019 - present
• External Examiner BA Fashion - CSM, University of Lincoln, UWE
• MA Fashion St Martins School of Art 1979 - 1981 PGCE Greenwich University 1997 -1998
• Preston Polytechnic BA Fashion 4-year Sandwich course 1975-1979
• Awarded SIAD membership 1979
• Honorary Professor 2020
• Senate -Design School member, Kingston University 2016-2020
• Associate Professor Kingston School of Art 2013 - 2020
• Head of Department - BA Fashion /MA Fashion 2015-2020
• Course Director BA Fashion 2004 - 2015
• Validated MA Fashion course 2008
• Validated BA Fashion 4-year Sandwich year out 2018
• BA Fashion International degree for Study Abroad /Erasmus
• No 2 Business of Fashion Global School Rankings 2016
• No 1 Fashion course - Guardian League Tables 2019
• KU Talent Employability Award for Innovation in the Curriculum 2013
• Governor Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication
• Course Leader BA Fashion 2year / 3-year courses 2002-2004
• Governors' Award for Excellence Faculty Guest Speaker Programme
• Validated 2-year BA Fashion Fast track course
• Validated BA Fashion -Womenswear/Menswear Textiles/Promotion c
• Established and co-ordinated international Placement Programme
• External Examiner CSM, UWE, WCA, ECA, UCA, HWU, Falmouth University, University of Lincoln
• Validation /Periodic Review panels - LCF, UCA, UWE, De Montfort University of Gloucester, University of Lincoln
• Presented at IFFTI conference Beijing 2016
• Presented at the International Fashion Design Seminar HKPU 2016
• Chaired Fashion panel at Showing Off Design Museum 2015
• Presented Showing Off at the GLAD Conference Birmingham 2016
• Juries - Instituto Marangoni , Paris , Accademia Costume & Moda, Rome and HKPU Hong Kong
• Author ' Developing a Fashion Collection ' 3rd edition Bloomsbury 2021