Northampton University

19th February 2015

Fair environmental boundaries for leather

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2015 Getting to the meat of it Leather never lives in isolation.  Most often we think forward to the shoemakers and craftsmen making articles of leather or even more likely to the famous brands that market those products at price levels that make us cringe when we think of the margins […]

28th November 2014

Continuous learning

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014 The Importance of Education In the rush of the modern world we all argue about the importance of education but often do not actually value it enough. It is not the qualification which matters so much as the understanding that goes with it. Time and again we hear that companies […]

8th September 2014

More Trade Fairs – relentless

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Transit to Lineapelle If you are going to Lineapelle this week the visit the University of Northampton in Hall 9 Stand P5.  If you are a lost alumni it is time to check in.  If you think you might be eligible for an honorary degree this is getting close to […]

18th July 2014

Restarting the Museum of Leathercraft

POSTED ON JULY 18, 2014 The Museum of Leathercraft All of the Honorary Leather Graduates at this week’s ceremonies studied last century and some come from the days when leather teaching in the UK had three Campuses. Leeds University, Leathersellers in London and Northampton. It was in the 70s when they all got combined into […]

30th April 2014

Water and tanning, Alumni awards, the Wider University dimension.

POSTED ON APRIL 30, 2014 Three items below Condolences to the Family of Akram Zaman It is with sadness we were informed of the passing away of Leather Technology alumnus Akram Zaman on Saturday 19 April 2014. The University of Northampton and the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies (ICLT) would like to recognise not only […]

13th March 2014

Relocation of the University of Northampton

POSTED ON MARCH 13, 2014 A University City The move to the new campus by the University appears to be moving steadily on and is now looking like it really is a reality. The Leather Industry Advisory Committee, which is a curiously useful body linking industry with the University went for a look at the […]

17th February 2014

Africa then and now

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Out of Africa I do not know how many times over about the last thirty years I have stood in the balcony of a room at the Addis Hilton to look of the town. The sounds and the smells are just the same but two big differences stand out.  Nearly […]

2nd September 2013

Autumn Trade Fairs

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 Sunday in Shanghai It’s Sunday and I’m in Shanghai. It used to be that whenever you went to a leather show you would start meeting people you knew at the departure gate, or later when lounges became common in the airline lounge. But times have changed. Our industry has restructured […]

16th August 2013

Degree Ceremony and the new MSc

POSTED ON AUGUST 16, 2013 Degrees Apart In our business the essential skill for a tanner lies in managing what happens inside the factory. It is not just making great leather but being able to make the great same leather day in and day out.  The cost of errors – unhappy customers with empty factories, […]

8th July 2013

Alumni are important and Innovation in the leather industry

POSTED ON JULY 8, 2013 Two items below The Value of Alumni When I was working on helping the Pakistan Government update their strategy for the leather industry a few years ago I had the opportunity to visit large numbers of tanneries and shoe factories. What was astonishing was that in factory after factory I […]