We are so happy to see 8 fashion + textile skills escalated on the Australian National Priorities List, enabling support for VET training and apprenticeships to support Australian fashion jobs of the future. Congratulations to @AusFashCouncil leadership: https://t.co/BhUhP6D9II
@NBarton@BenFranklinNats@powerhouse@Dom_Perrottet UTS fashion (& UTS design research more generally) is precisely concerned with sustainability, circularity and decarbonisation, so at least on that count you can be assured that more fast fashion is not the plan.
eg. see @sustfashcoe
So thrilled about this incredible new partnership between @UTSEngage and @powerhouse - longtime friends and now official partners. https://t.co/W47odVMqhz
There have long been reports of human rights abuses in the #Uyghur Autonomous Region, where significant portions of the world's cotton is grown, and its important that there is now official reporting from @UNHumanRights#ethicalfashion
"In my experience at UTS, our low SES students succeed at levels equal and sometimes exceeding the broader undergraduate cohort." – Prof. @VerityFirth on why the ATAR doesn't determine your success at university. https://t.co/dHQpCe13XY @smh#highed#equity
Theoretically all natural fabrics and even agricultural waste could be regenerated into viscose rayon. but we need a lot more textiles researchers working on this to get it right. @luciannetonti@sustfashcoe@trissanen@lisahlake
https://t.co/4QOSJx6kfL #sustainablefashion