Tag Archive: WSA

Dec 18

Round table discussions at the Plustex project workshop, WSA

Below are the main discussion points for our round table, held at Winchester School of Art on the 28th November 2013. The workshop convened representatives from other University of Southampton subjects, including Politics and Geography, external policymakers, entrepreneurs and local authority champions for the Arts. The discussion brought about some unexpected and interesting directions on the direction …

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Jun 21

Clustering and Internationalisation of SMEs

John Hopkins, Head of  Department, Fashion and Textiles, represented the WSA team at the Hungarian thematic exchange meeting ” Supporting clustering and internationalisation of SMEs”.   The visit included a study visit to the STYL Garment Factory in Szombathely, here are some images of their workshops and equipment.      

May 24

The WSA Plustex team and Public Policy@Southampton

The Plustex  project team at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, are very pleased to announce  a new collaboration with the Public Policy@Southampton unit, which will continue to the end of the project in December 2014. The Unit is an external facing, public engagement team which has been established by the University to increase the reach and impact …

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May 16

Plustex at In the Loop 3.5, Shetland, UK

Working on disseminating the activities Plustex project, we are pleased to announce we have been selected to present a paper at the In the Loop 3.5 Conference,  Shetland Isles, 31 July 2nd August 2013. From knitting samples to public policy: a case study in interconnectivity.  The paper explores the Making Connections conference theme by revealing the how …

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