Frances Corner OBE

Transformational Leader / Board Chair & Advisor / Former Vice-Chancellor of Goldsmiths, University of London / Former Head of London College of Fashion

  • “Longevity of vision is what we need.”

    Visiting Paris Fashion Week for the first time for a couple of years gave me a chance to reflect on where I think the industry is. It’s made me consider fashion from…

  • The only way out is through

    This thought has been milling around in my mind for some time now. What resonates with me is how it illustrates the way we make change, how we continue to address climate change, and how that in turn impacts inequality…

  • On the level: what Civic Engagement must now do for London

    This post first appeared on the HEPI blog on Friday 15 October 2021. London is in the firing line these days. At the Conservative Party Conference in October, the Prime Minister stated the Government will use the levelling up agenda…

  • Genuinely novel: 10 years of the Goldsmiths Prize

    The Goldsmiths Prize is now in its tenth year, and on the occasion of the awards ceremony last week, I was prompted to reflect on the Prize itself, and what it represents.  The Goldsmiths Prize champions true creativity and genuinely…

  • Frances Corner – TEDx Talk Video

    As promised, my TEDx talk that I performed as part of TEDx Whitehall ‘Don’t tell me fashion is frivolous’ is now online.For my talk, I…

  • Towards a more creative society

    Creativity is at the heart of all we do at Goldsmiths: in the students who come to learn here and the ways we teach them;…

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