Research Centres
Our research strengths in Nottingham School of Art & Design are concentrated in two Research Centres: the Fashion and Textile Research Centre and the Research Centre for the Creative Industries.
Within these interdisciplinary centres sit a range of specialist research groups and labs, supporting focused and collaborative research, innovation and knowledge exchange.
Together, they create a dynamic research environment that tackles regional and global challenges, drives innovation and advances creative practice.
Fashion and Textile Research Centre
The Fashion and Textile Research Centre explores past, present and future fashion systems through creative, critical and collaborative research, driving innovation across disciplines and industry.
Fashion and Textile Groups and Labs
Within the Fashion and Textile Research Centre, our specialist research groups focus on key areas shaping the future of fashion and textiles.
Our groups bring together world-leading expertise and facilities to explore new ideas, address societal and industry challenges and develop impactful solutions.
Research Centre for the Creative Industries
The Research Centre for the Creative Industries unites creative disciplines to address global challenges through collaboration, innovation, and cutting-edge facilities.
Research Centre for the Creative Industries Groups and Labs
Within the Research Centre for the Creative Industries, our specialist research groups and labs focus on key areas shaping the future of creative practice and innovation.
Our groups and labs bring together interdisciplinary expertise and cutting-edge facilities to develop new ideas, create innovative practices, explore new technologies and drive economic growth in the creative industries.
Strategic Research Themes
Research and innovation in Nottingham School of Art and Design strongly aligns with and significantly contributes to the University’ three Strategic Research Themes.
Digital, Technology and Creative
NTU’s Digital, Technology and Creative research theme, combines advanced digital technologies expertise with creative insights and expression, pushing boundaries, transforming businesses, driving public engagement, and shaping the future of creativity and culture.
Health Innovation
With a focus on healthy living and improving patient outcomes, our health innovation research is shaping the future of smart medical textiles, robotics and devices, as well as driving forward innovations in microbiology, cell therapy, imaging, and social prescribing.
Safety and Sustainability
Combining expertise from a broad range of disciplines, our world-leading safety and sustainability research is focused on safeguarding lives and protecting the future of our planet, ensuring a safer, greener future for all.
Our Research Community
Richard Bibb
Associate Dean for Research
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Amy Twigger Holroyd
Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Yang Wei
Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Amanda Briggs-Goode
Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Glyn Lawson
Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Richard Arm
Senior Research Fellow
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Guy Bingham
Associate Dean for Practice
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Lars Erik Holmquist
Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Research Highlights
From personal stories and creative journeys to innovations that address real world challenges, our research highlights showcase the breadth and impact of work taking place across the Nottingham School of Art & Design.
Meet the people behind the research, explore the ideas driving change, and see how our work is shaping the future of the creative industries.
Real lives, fake organs: shaping medical technologies
Research Fellow Richard Arm, from NTU's School of Art & Design, is helping to shape the future of medical technologies by creating life-like, 3D-printed human organs from real patient scans. These organ replicas help surgeons and trainees to perform, repeat and perfect complex surgeries without the need for human cadavers.
Clothes that save lives: developing advanced wearable technology
Professor Yang Wei is researching ways that wearable technology can improve people's lives, helping them to live longer and happier. Find out how he's making a difference.
Redressing Fashion: transforming the fashion industry
Amy Twigger Holroyd is reimagining the fashion system, exploring alternative ways of thinking through her project, Fashion Fictions.
Re:search Re:imagined
By daring to think differently, we’re disrupting the research landscape and finding the answers to the questions that really matter. Discover some of our ground-breaking research.
PhD opportunities
Find out how to undertake a PhD with us, including supervision, training and funding routes.
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Research and impact
Explore how NTU research delivers real-world impact through centres, themes and partnerships.
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Research at NTU
We are working around five key research themes that respond to a range of challenges in business, industry, the professions and society.
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Research achievements and awards
Nottingham Trent University is a multi-award-winning institution, having secured five 'University of the Year' titles in the past six years, and twice receiving the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for research excellence.
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Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 86% of NTU's research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The overall quality of each Unit of Assessment NTU submitted to REF in 2021 also saw an improvement from the previous REF in 2014.