17 years ago I would never have imagined that LISOF would grow into such a dynamic and progressive institution.
I believe that our ability to engage in real conversations about what makes for great clothing and to then translate these conversations into a learning experience that delivers on those challenges is what sets us apart, creatively and educationally.
We are always looking for the next big opportunity to move ourselves and the industry forward.’
Shana Rosenthal
Managing Director & Knowledge Director: LISOF
`The complexity of the fashion knowledge project presents intriguing challenges for the
institution and its curriculum developers.
As the fashion industry locally and abroad becomes increasingly sophisticated, and the world of fashion work becomes increasingly diverse and complex, the challenges to present a teaching and learning experience that does justice to these opportunities and complexities increases year-on-year.
LISOF’s commitment to interrogating these challenges and reframing the curriculum experience on an ongoing basis generates a superior fashion graduate. For any student of fashion, this represents real currency in the very real world of fashion work!’
Mike Thoms
Head of Institution: LISOF
‘After 17 years of teaching at LISOF, my personal belief that excellence is produced out of the dedication and hard work of lecturers and students alike remains steadfast.
Education and training that has a clear vocational application, like fashion, involves very little magic.The real magic rests in the curriculum experience, in the dedication of the educators, and in the commitment of the students to their own professional development.
Success is available to anyone that wants it badly enough and is prepared to do the hard work.’
Ingrid McHendrie
Senior Technical Lecturer & Senior Manager: LISOF
‘The day to day challenges involved in delivering a quality teaching and learning experience are significant. Teaching and learning is a complex exchange that I have committed myself to for more 25 years; 16 of those years spent at LISOF.
Quality rests in the minutia as much as it does in the bigger picture. Developing teaching and learning practices and systems to manage and monitor quality in order to ensure the best possible level of graduate competency for each individual student represents a lifetime’s work … literally!’
Patrick Brill
Quality Assurance Co-Chair, Course Supervisor & Senior Technical Lecturer: LISOF
‘Working for LISOF and dealing with the students and lecturers on a day-to-day basis has truly enriched my life in unexpected ways. LISOF’s relentless striving for academic excellence, realised by consistent and detailed evaluative work that continuously interrogates the quality of what we do is unsurpassed by any other provider I have been involved in.
Before I joined LISOF five years ago I was head-of-department at another fashion school and often pondered on how LISOF managed to achieve such a high standard. Now, as a seasoned insider, I know.
Dedication, passion and rigorous self-evaluation is the key to success, which is exactly as it should be – both for LISOF and for any student of fashion.’
Pierre du Pisani
Manager – Hatfield Campus