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

Academic responsibilities

Honorary Professor for Fashion

Qualifications

  • BA Fashion
  • MA Fashion
  • PGCE