Katherine Brotheridge

Katherine Brotheridge is an Associate Lecturer at Northumbria University's School of Design. Prior to academia, she held senior design roles in the fashion industry, including Senior Designer in Girlswear at Boden and freelance design work for brands like Tesco’s Cherokee and Florence and Fred. Her professional experience spans over a decade in apparel design and retail merchandising.

Brotheridge holds a BA (Hons) in Fashion from an unspecified institution (qualification date: May 1999) and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2015. Her teaching and research interests likely align with her professional background in fashion design and industry practices.

Awarded the FHEA distinction, her contributions to higher education pedagogy are recognized. While no specific research grants or lab affiliations are documented, her industry-academia bridge positions her to contribute to practical fashion education and sustainable design discourse.