Summary: This week Sophie and Laura talk more about their careers as academics and supporting future fashion graduates in the fashion education journey. Special mentions go to Birmingham City University, and The School of Fashion and Textiles, where they both lecture on the Fashion Business and Promotion course. Sophie and Laura address the ongoing stigma around fashion as a career, especially the jump from school to university, and the presumption that 'fashion' isn't deemed a viable career. They aim to break down those barriers, address those negative retail head lines and discuss the sheer opportunities for anyone wanting to be educated to transfer to the fashion industry. Their special guest is fellow academic Mike Hansell, their friend and ex-colleague who formed part of their 'bcu babs' crew. Mike joins them by telling his own tales of education, his love for the 'shacket', working for some of the UKs leading retailers and now for another University as a senior fashion lecturer.
