The Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology Collaborative R&D Partnership

合作研发（R&D）伙伴关系项目将与时尚纺织品及相关技术（FTT）行业合作，为业务增长、技术和消费者变化开发以研究为主导的解决方案。这将包括与占该行业绝大多数（80%以上）的小公司密切合作，包括时装设计、设计师制作、制造、零售以及由时装和纺织品行业提供的相关服务，例如活动、室内设计、出版、表演艺术、媒体和其他创意服务，以及纺织在制造、医疗和产品设计中的广泛应用。这项研究将由以伦敦艺术大学为首的几所大学合作完成，这些大学专门研究时装和纺织品设计、商业、制造和营销，包括位于伦敦、利兹、拉夫堡和剑桥的可持续时装和循环设计、可持续繁荣、材料和纺织品制造的专业研究中心。研发项目将围绕东伦敦时装和纺织品集群，以及泰晤士门户和利亚谷/M11（伦敦-剑桥）相连的生产增长走廊，在那里，FTT工作空间和制造业扩张的机会是显而易见的。研发工作计划将包括短期及长期的研究计划，以及为中小型企业提供支援，以找出和发展解决方案，以满足其业务、产品和市场的增长，以及相关的技能需求；与大型时尚品牌合作，通过创新设计、制造和废物处理，开发更具可持续性的产品；研究消费者在材料/时尚品牌和零售方面的体验和需求，包括高街零售、商店设计和在线市场的未来发展方向；为新产品开发测试新的和现有的合成材料和天然材料；探索更可持续的英国纤维/化学工艺市场和英国区域纺织品生产的机会。研发计划将与金融服务公司和行业协会共同设计，以确定伴随金融服务行业面临的经济和技术挑战的相关技能和培训需求，并通过大学合作伙伴和其他培训提供者（例如金融服务学院）和企业支持组织，设计新的和新颖的培训和持续专业发展计划。

The Collaborative Research & Development (R&D) Partnership project will work with the Fashion Textiles and related Technology (FTT) industry in order develop research-led solutions to business growth, technological and consumer change. This will include working closely with small firms who make up the vast majority (80+%) of the sector, in fashion design, designer-making, manufacturing, retail and in related services that are fed by the fashion & textiles sector, e.g. events, interiors, publishing, performing arts, media and other creative services, as well as a wide range of textiles applications in manufacturing, medical and product design.The research will be delivered by a partnership between several universities led by the University of the Arts London, who together specialise in fashion and textiles design, business, manufacture and marketing, including specialist research centres in sustainable fashion and circular design, sustainable prosperity, materials and textiles manufacturing, in London, Leeds, Loughborough and Cambridge. The R&D project will be based around the East London Fashion & Textiles cluster and the connected production growth corridors of the Thames Gateway and Lea Valley/M11 (London-Cambridge) where opportunities for FTT workspace and manufacturing expansion are evident.The R&D work programme will include short and longer term research projects and enterprise support with small firms/SMEs to identify and develop solutions to the growth of their business, products and markets and related skills needs; work with larger fashion brands to develop more sustainable products through innovative design, manufacture and waste processing; research consumer experience and needs in material/fashion brands and retailing, including the future place of high street retail, store design and online markets; test new and existing synthetic and natural materials for new product development; and explore markets for more sustainable UK fibres/chemical processes and opportunities for regional UK textile production. The R&D programme, which will be co-designed with FTT companies and industry associations, will also identify the related skill and training needs which accompany the economic and technological challenges facing the FTT industry, and design through the university partners and other training providers (e.g. FE Colleges) and enterprise support organisations, new and novel training and Continuing Professional Development programmes.