Bethan actively engages in knowledge exchange, fostering impactful collaborations across industry, education, and the wider business community. She partners with agencies, independent professionals, international higher education institutions, business networks, and retail brands to co-create innovative solutions and share expertise.
Her work bridges academic insight and real-world application, enabling the exchange of ideas that shape practice, inform strategy, and drive innovation in fashion retail and marketing. Bethan welcomes enquiries about consultancy, collaborative research, speaking engagements, and bespoke knowledge exchange initiatives.
Through these partnerships, she contributes to the development of more responsible, future-facing and industry-informed approaches to fashion business.
Pioneering knowledge exchange partnerships
Pioneered and crafted +20 knowledge exchange partnerships with positive impact including Checkland Kindleysides, Diesel, Dalziel & Pow, John Smedley, Longchamp, Holition, Urban Outfitters, Jigsaw, The Future Collective x Hammerson, The Retail Summit
Leading industry speaker series events
Initiates and organises industry engagement events at London College of Fashion, UAL and previously Meet the Industry at University of East London
Galvanising industry placements
Placed and managed +200 undergraduate fashion design and marketing students in a year long industry placement at University of East London
Forging international study exchange
RMIT x LCF teaching and research exchange, organised international study exchanges to LIM and FIT New York, Bocconi and Politecnico Milano Milan, IFM Paris, pioneering co-teaching and amplifying experiences
Developing and driving retail visits
Instigated +50 retail visits to enhance the student experience, bring the learning to life and generate networks
Instigating innovative interactions
Experimenting with Hackathons, and Bootcamps to generate immersive and interactive learning experiences between students and industry
Collaborative Challenge collaborator
Part of team who conceived, developed and executed the Collaborative Challenge, involving +450 students across 3 schools on +80 projects
Creating HE collaborations
Delivering lectures and keynotes to international students and businesses, including IMA Istanbul workshops with SME’s and retail businesses, LIM New York keynote on the Future of Retail to MPS students and faculty, crafting research projects with global HE partners
Thought-leadership at industry events
Panellist, speaker and moderator at industry events including Holition x UX Sprint on Sensory Technology, the Future of the Physical Store at leading retailer’s staff development days, Retail Reset Webinar on Retail Futures Post Pandemic for the Future Collective, Design for Better, The Future Collective 3-day event part of London Design Festival
