{"id":1209,"date":"2015-10-12T13:19:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T12:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:43:57","slug":"mondaymaterials-episode-10-rachel-parker-strak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/mondaymaterials-episode-10-rachel-parker-strak\/","title":{"rendered":"#MondayMaterials Episode 10 – Rachel Parker-Strak"},"content":{"rendered":"

So today the #MondayMaterials<\/a> series hits double figures. What better place to do that than with Rachel Parker-Strak, a lecturer and part time PhD student in the Design, Fashion, and Business<\/a> \"Rachel1blog\"<\/a>area of the School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I first met Rachel while attending one of the School\u2019s Discover Days<\/a>. These sessions offer A-level students the opportunity to come to the University<\/a> and experience taster sessions of the courses and units they would study if they came to join us here in Manchester.<\/p>\n

Rachel ran one of the sessions I attended \u2013 getting potential students to create mood boards and come up with their own fashion product ideas. The way she interacted with the students made me\u00a0think she\u2019d be a great subject for the blog, so I was pretty pleased when she agreed to be interviewed:<\/p>\n

Hi Rachel. Thanks for chatting with us. Can you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Okay, so I\u2019m researching into fashion product development. This includes looking at\u00a0pretty much all the areas that are connected to the development of product in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n

It sounds quite basic but there are quite a lot of people, areas, techniques, and strategies that are involved in the whole process.<\/p>\n

Great, thank you. Could you tell us how your research could benefit the general public?<\/strong><\/h2>\n