Aimee McLachlan is a subject leader - specialising in fashion design, textiles design, costume design and fashion promotion.
Education and Experience:
- Short course ‘Exploring Illustration’ Central Saint Martins. UAL
- PGCE (Post Grad) qualification at Central Saint Martins UAL
- CLTAD qualification at Central Saint Martins UAL
- Southampton University. Degree (Hons) in Fashion design and pattern cutting.
- Loughborough University. (BTEC) National Diploma in Fashion Design, pattern cutting and illustration.
University for the Creative Arts (Farnham): Subject Leader - specialising in Fashion design, textiles design, costume design and fashion promotion. Designing and delivery of course curriculum. To enrich research and analytical techniques, idea development, exploration and experimentation of materials, fashion prediction analysis. Teaching a range of instructional techniques to maximise individual learning within a group environment. Management of learning with group & one-to-one tutorials. Writing of lesson plans, Organising student internships at Vauxhall Fashion Scouts, Fashion Designer Davina Hawthorne, Chapman dressing agency and British Fashion Council. Employment and management of relevant delivery, allocation of teaching hours and managing sessional staff. Course and Unit Handbooks and Unit Evaluation. Assessment, I.S and I.V process. Interviews, Planning and preparing briefs, Assessment and I.V procedures of course work, planning and preparing briefs. Recruitment of students including Open days, interviewing and pastoral care. Participating with Peer observation (PSR). To engage in the wider participation of students experience within a HE environment, organising collaborative workshops with relevant HE courses- Photography and textiles.
Kingston University: Sessional staff design module tutor managing 25 first years through 2D design projects supporting research, design development, and interpretation to 3D fashion outcomes also pastoral, support, assessment and feedback.
Central Saint Martins: Artscom short course Subject leader for the fashion rotation teaching International students research techniques, idea development, material exploration, construction of outcome and styling for fashion photograph.

- Contact
- +44 (0) 1252 892 770
- amclachlan@uca.ac.uk