Angharad McLaren

Role

Angharad teaches across all levels of the BA (Hons) Textile Design course, specialising in woven textiles – hand, machine and CAD, with a strong interest in woven textiles for sportswear, medical and protective applications, and cross / multi-disciplinary practice. Since 2019 she has been undergraduate final year co-module leader, plus the final year specialist weave and personal tutor.

Academic duties within this role include:

• Teaching specialist weave and general design content across studio, workshop, CAD, lecture and seminar activities.
• Supporting students through personal and academic tutorials.
• Managing competitions and opportunities with external organisations.
• Coordinating external visiting lecturers and workshops, and organising student research trips.
• Assessment across year levels.
• Graduate Showcase activities internally and externally, e.g. New Designers.
• MA, MPhil & PhD supervision/ co-supervision and assessment.

Angharad was also Research Fellow in Clothing Longevity (2014/15): part of a multi-disciplinary team working on a DEFRA-funded project, in collaboration with industry partners, exploring the development and implementation of sustainable strategies to support design for clothing longevity in the fashion and textiles industry. Following this role, she also coordinated the Sustainable Clothing Research Group (2015-18 with Professor Tim Cooper) and was a member of Sustainable Consumption Research Group; presently a member of the FTRC Sustainable Transitions research group led by Professor Amanda Briggs-Goode.

Career overview

2011 – 2014 Associate Research Staff working on Innovation Portal Technology Feasibility Studies for external industry clients, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), Dundee University

2012 – 2014 Visiting Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles, Glasgow School of Art

2010 – 2012 Textile Design Lecturer: woven textiles, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), Dundee University

2011 – 2012 Design & Craft Lecturer: Professional Practice & Employability, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), Dundee University

Eight years experience as a self-employed design professional working on a variety of design, research and community engagement projects for clients such as: Zero Waste Scotland, Commonwealth Games Cultural programme, Rothesay Townscape Heritage Initiative, Craft Town Scotland, Shetland Museum, CCI Shetland, Mother of Pearl fashion, kraft architecture, NESTA and Wieden and Kennedy London.

Prior to this Angharad worked as a weave and textile designer at textile mills in the UK, Italy and India.

Sponsors and collaborators

• DEFRA / WRAP