Fashion online
Meet Zainab: a first year Fashion Buying and Merchandising student
Fashion 20th July 2022
We sat down to chat with Zainab, a first year student on the BSc Fashion Buying and Merchandising course at Manchester.
My Industrial Placement experience: Amy Hardy at Boohoo.com
Fashion 3rd March 2021
Amy Hardy, final year Fashion Marketing student tells us all about her experience working at Boohoo during her placement. From landing the internship, to working with different departments and her experience working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before I got my internship I became aware of internships in my first year of university and knew it […]
2020 Fashion business and technology graduate showcase launches online!
Student experience 4th August 2020
It is with great pride that we provide a celebratory platform which showcases our graduates incredible work and also provides a directory for key industry personnel.
Mini-lecture series for postgraduate fashion study
Welcome to Materials 15th June 2020
Different academics from our PG Fashion programmes host a series of mini-lectures that provide a concise overview of the key aspects that underpin the content of masters study.
PASS-ing with flying colours: Rachel Cox
Materials World 1st June 2020
Discover how Fashion Buying and Merchandising graduate Rachel Cox benefitted from the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) initiative.
The Buzz podcast: Fast fashion
Materials World 31st January 2020
The new Faculty of Science and Engineering podcast The Buzz kicks off with an episode exploring the darker side of modern fashion: fast fashion. Listen here.
The sting in the tail of Manchester’s fashion ascent
Materials World 11th October 2019
Dr Patsy Perry and Dr Amy Benstead of the Department of Materials discuss the real cost of Manchester’s successes in the world of fast fashion.
#MondayMaterials Episode 31 – Dr Claudia Henninger (Part II)
Meet the Department 26th September 2017
We are pleased to bring you a brand new #MondayMaterials. You may remember our chat with Dr Claudia Henninger last summer. She agreed to sit down with us again and tell us what she’s working on now: Hi Claudia – it’s great to catch up again! It’s been more than a year since we chatted, […]
#MondayMaterials Episode 15 – Sobia Khan
Meet the Department 18th January 2016
So I’m looking at all these different types of strategies that retailers are using for product presentation, but I’m looking at it more specifically within a mobile context. More consumers are going shopping using their mobile phones, so we think that, you know, technology needs to improve on that front.
#MondayMaterials Episode 8 – Dr Delia Vazquez
Meet the Department 14th September 2015
It’s #MondayMaterials time again, and today we’re chatting with Dr Delia Vazquez. If you’re particularly eagle-eyed and have the memory of an elephant, you might remember Delia’s name from one of our very earliest episodes. She is the PhD supervisor of Sophie Miell, our second interviewee. What made Delia’s interview all the more exciting for […]