Committee 2009
Dr Frances Corner FRSA
Dr Frances Corner is Head of College at London College of Fashion, the UK´s only college to specialise in fashion education, research and consultancy. The College has 4,500 students from FE to Research studying all aspects of fashion related activities. A college with an international reputation for the quality of its courses, consultancy and research, it is the global provider of fashion related education. With an international reputation for fashion education, the College offers a unique portfolio of courses from fashion design and technology, management and marketing to communication, promotion and image creation. Prior to this Frances was the Head of the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University and has worked in senior management of Higher Education Institutions for over ten years.
Frances has a D.Phil from Oxford University that researched the effects of the changes that are accompanying the massification of Higher Education on the subject of Fine Art, a subject which she has published on, alongside issues facing Higher Education and the creative industries. Frances is Chair for CHEAD (Conference for Higher Education in Art and Design) and has been instrumental in leading on a number of research projects undertaken by CHEAD including research into the employability of art and design graduates and widening participation. Frances has played an active role in advising stakeholders, including the UK Department of Culture Media and Sport, on the future of the fashion industry and the role that Higher Education can play in the development and support of the creative industries. Frances is an active conference presenter on a range of issues facing the creative and cultural industries, the future of art and design Higher Education and leadership of 21st Higher Education arts based institutions.