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OUR STAFF TO GUIDE, INSPIRE AND CHAMPION YOU

Full of specialist knowledge, insight and experience, many of our teachers still work, research or consult within the fashion industry, so their expertise has a relevant, contemporary edge. We also have a programme of inspiring guest lecturers who bring invaluable perspectives from every aspect of the fashion world.

Staff Profiles and Contacts


Dr Phoebe Apeagyei

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Technology)

Mary Aspinall

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Dr Susan Atkin

Senior Lecturer (Deputy Division Head - Fashion Design)

Dr Douglas Atkinson

Reader in Fashion Technologies

Tina Ball

Senior Lecturer (Pattern Technology)

Professor Liz Barnes

Professor/Head of Manchester Fashion Institute

Yvonne Bell

Assistant Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

George Beswick

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Rachel Booth

Technical Services Manager

Dr Kathryn Brownbridge

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)

Dr Priscilla Chan

Senior Lecturer (International Fashion Business)

Sam Chandrasekara

Senior Lecturer - Fashion Business

Georgina Chappell

Lecturer Fashion History and Culture

Cathy Chase

Senior Lecturer (Programme Leader - Fashion Buying & Merchandising)

Sarah Collins

Senior Lecturer | Deputy Division Head (Fashion Design)

Laura Costin

Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader BA (Hons) Fashion Communication

Pollyanna Cotton

Lecturer (Knit Design)

Becky De Lacy

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design & Technology)

Willow Dill-Russell

Technical Officer

Gavin Douglas

Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader - BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Technology

Cat Doyle

Tutor in Fashion Design

Alec Dudson

Lecturer (Fashion Communication)

Sarah Easom

Senior Lecturer (BA Fashion)

Dr Farag Edghiem

Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing Communications

Anze Ermenc

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Image) | Programme Leader BA (Hons) Fashion Art Direction

Victoria Eskdale

Lecturer

Elena Etheridge

Senior Lecturer in Fashion

Nathalie Evans

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Kevin Fagan

Tutor in Fashion Business

Rebecca Faragher

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Gayle Fenny

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)

Darren Gamble

Technical Team Leader, Technical Mechanics, Manchester Fashion Institute and Make More store

Sonia Genders

Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)

Jayne Gill

Technical Team Leader, Stitch & Textiles

Alicia Gledhill

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Katie Greenwood

Lecturer (Fashion Design)

Aisling Griffin

Lecturer: Luxury Brand Strategy

Professor Fiona Hackney

Professor of Fashion

Nick Hall

Senior Lecturer: Fashion Business

Mike Hansell

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Dr Gaby Harris

Lecturer (Fashion Cultures)

Noelle Hatley

Deputy Division Head: Fashion Business. Senior Lecturer Fashion Business & Sustainability.

Dr Hilde Heim

Senior Lecturer (Deputy Division Head - Fashion Communication)

Julie Hodson

Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the Fashion Business Courses (Fashion Business & Management, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Marketing)

Dr Wiam Id Boumsoud

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Dr Jo Jenkinson

Reader and Deputy Head (Fashion)

Gemma Johnstone

Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader BA(Hons) Fashion Promotion.

Dr Celina Jones

Reader in Fashion and Textile Technologies

Dr Tahera Kalsoom

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

April Kalu

Lecturer Fashion Marketing

Dr Elizabeth Kealy-Morris

Senior Lecturer in Dress and Belonging

Richard Kelly

Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)

Robin Kerr

Senior Lecturer (BA Fashion)

Christian Kuhwald

Senior Lecturer (Creative Pattern Cutting)

Lynne Kyte

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Collin Lawton

Senior Lecturer (Manufacturing Technology)

Karen Lea-Swain

Lecturer in Fashion Business

Dr Paddy Lonergan

Senior Lecturer in Brands & Consumer Culture

Jamal Majid

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Eve Malam

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Anna Mangas

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Victoria Markham

Senior Lecturer Fashion Business/ Exchange Manager MFI

Helen Mather

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Dr Helen McCormick

Faculty Director of Education, Arts and Humanities

Fiona McGuire

Assistant Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Clare Mcturk

Principal Lecturer & Sustainability Lead

Jayne Mechan

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Technology)

Matthew Miller

Lecturer (Fashion Design)

Anita Mitchell

Principal Lecturer / Section Head - Fashion Design

Rebecca Neary

Lecturer (Fashion Design & Technology)

Barbara Nigro

Lecturer in Fashion Communication

Dr Sharon Nunoo

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Ijeoma Onwumere

Lecturer (Marketing Analytics)

Daniel Orwin

Lecturer (Fashion Film)

Vincent Patterson

Lecturer Graphic Communication. Digital and Design Curriculum Lead.

Pauline Penny

Tutor in Fashion Business

Dr Patsy Perry

Reader in Fashion Marketing

Dr Lucie Pocinkova

Lecturer (Fashion Business)

Professor Susan Postlethwaite

Professor of Fashion Technologies

Susan Prestbury

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Helen Price

Tutor (Fashion Design)

Lesley Raven

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)

Jackie Rayner

Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business & New Technologies

James Roscoe

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Kate Ryabchykova

Lecturer (CAD Fashion)

Dr Tasneem Sabir

Senior Lecturer in Textiles Technology

Ruth Sanderson

Senior Lecturer - Branding DNA & Design Theory

Dr Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem

Principal Investigator, AHRC Digital Fashion Network Project

Kat Scott

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)

Barbara Shepherd

Reader in Fashion Business

Rachel Shepherd

Lecturer fashion design - digital specialism. Faculty Placement Co-ordinator.

Liz Silvester

Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)

Marie Slater

Technical Team Leader, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Maria Sykes

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Kat Thiel

Senior Research Associate

Adrian Thornton

Senior Lecturer Creative Pattern Cutting (Fashion Design & Technology)

Mandy Tolley

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Lisa Trencher

Senior Lecturer, Fashion Business & Employability Lead for Manchester Fashion Institute

Ben Tustin

Tutor in CAD Graphics

Professor David Tyler

Emeritus Professor

Sian Vance

Lecturer in Fashion Communication

Dr Prabhuraj Venkatraman

Senior Lecturer - Technical Textiles and Sustainable Fashion and Doctoral College Department Lead

Vicki Vyse

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Buying & Merchandising)

Dr Zhe Wang

Lecturer in Fashion Art Direction

Geoff Watkin

Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic

Dr Benjamin Wild

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Narratives) | Division Head for Fashion Communication

Julie Williams

Academic Support

Veronika Wilson

Technical Officer, Stitch & Textiles

Laura Wonfor

Senior Lecturer (Marketing)

Ella Wong

Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation

Carly Wraeg

Senior Lecturer (Marketing)

Dr Paula Wren

Senior Lecturer (Fashion Technology)

Aaron Zidichouski

KTP Associate