Continuing Professional Development
CPD courses
Short courses to support professional development in design industries.

We offer a range of CPD short courses, through our Textiles Training Group, to meet the needs of those working in the textiles, fashion and nonwoven industries.
Our professional development courses cover a broad range of subject areas including:
- textile technology
- buying
- sourcing
- retailing
- merchandising
- manufacturing
We can offer a mixture of options from 1-day short courses to 5-day training programmes. As well as our annual programme of courses, we can also provide bespoke in-house training, please contact us to discuss options in more detail.
What our delegates say
"The course is brilliant and the knowledge of the presenters is also. Thank you for a brilliant informative course."
Quality Engineer
"I have benefited immensely from the course, feel much better equipped now to do my job with more confidence."
Garment Technologist
"Worked with fabrics for 30 years and never learned these basics – very interesting and informative."
Head of Design
Upcoming courses
Introduction to Nonwovens
Wednesday 12 April 2023 - Thursday 13 April 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
More on Introduction to NonwovensSustainability – textiles & fashion
Wednesday 19 April 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
More on Sustainability – textiles & fashionGarment pattern cutting
Wednesday 19 April 2023 - Thursday 20 April 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
More on Garment pattern cuttingFive days of textiles
Monday 24 April 2023 - Friday 28 April 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
More on Five days of textilesIntroduction to knitwear
Thursday 22 June 2023 - Friday 23 June 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
More on Introduction to knitwear