Become A Great Textiles Teacher (BAGTT) Programme 2023-24
*APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR 2023-24* Textiles Skills Centre has been awarded a grant from All Saint Educational Trust for a second year, to run the 1 year programme supporting...
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What We Are Watching…
Rachel Addy has been checking out what we have been watching this month – here’s her reviews: On Netflix, Amazon, BBC and Disney Plus this month, there have been a number...
Student Textile Artist 2023 Competition Results!
THE RESULTS!!! *WINNERS ANNOUNCED* We are thrilled to announce the winners of our STUDENT TEXTILES ARTIST COMPETITION 2023. We were overwhelmed at the response, receiving over 350 entries this year!! The...
Textiles Action For a Sustainable Future: Making it Succeed in the Curriculum
Online Course Tackling Sustainability & Climate Change & How we can deliver this through a textiles lens This course uses presentations and materials collated for the Textiles Action For A Sustainable...
Art Textiles Workshop @ The National Trust Emmetts Garden
As the nights drawn in and the weather gets colder, the beauty and colours of Autumn and the incoming Winter are upon us. Where better to celebrate this season, than...
Student Textile Artist 2023 Competition!
The Textile Skills Centre, student competition is back and this year we have 2 sponsors, as well as the coveted Textiles Skills Centre Trophies! The competition is in 2 categories: KS4...
African Fashion @ The V&A
“Contemporary fashion creatives are shifting the geography of global fashion the vitality of the scene is irrepressible, its creativity limitless. Now, Africa fashion shares a glimpse of the glamour and...
Arts @ St. George’s
2022, marks Nicky Simpson’s second year working with the team at Arts St. George’s. Alongside St. George’s Hospital Charity, Arts St. George’s create opportunities for patients, families, staff and the...
Future Sustainable Fashion Solutions
“If you want to really learn textile and fashion skills and experience garment manufacturing in the UK, then come to Fashion Enter – this is now the ONLY place to...
Student Textile Artist 2022 - Winners Announced!
We are so pleased with the amount of entries and the amazingly high standard of work that we received for our first student competition with over 220 students entering!! It...
Feedback From The Classroom: Cross Curricular Free Resources
After attending a fantastic Textiles Skills Centre ‘Tea ‘n’ Chat’ lead by Nicky Simpson, on Cross-curricular links, I decided it was time to spread Textiles throughout my school! Nicky had explained...
Eco Printing in the Classroom
Mixing it up in a school Eco Project Rachel Addy, an AO, teaching at GMS Marlow, also a Textile Skills Centre associate member, has passed on her newly found creative...
St. George’s Arts Week 2021
Our very own Nicky Simpson, who volunteers for St Georges Hospital London Charity Arts team, held 2 days of ‘Botanical Bunting Making’ workshops in the gardens and courtyards of the...
Feedback From The Classroom 2021
Taken from a blog written by Textiles Teacher Haidee Foy (Maidstone Grammar School for Girls) who used the Textiles Skills Centre ‘Careers in Fashion & Textiles’ Free Resource with her...
Evolving Education Strategies
2020 saw many changes in how we work, learn, teach and socialise. Our constantly evolving needs, behaviours and environment have meant developing new ways of teaching and learning and new...
An Opportunity For Change
COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause disruption and uncertainty – how are we responding and what do we need to do to ensure a sustainable future for the Arts and Design...