Baker Dearing supported a 12 May event at Aston University Engineering Academy to celebrate 15 years since the idea for the UTC was conceived.
Leaders past and present of Aston University, which sponsors the UTC and is a firm supporter, played a large part in the visit. Baroness Baroness Brown, the former university Vice Chancellor who approved AUEA’s creation, was in attendance and current Vice Chancellor Professor Aleks Subic gave one of the first addresses of the day, discussing how the UTC was part of a “leading, growing vision” for the university.
The visit was also attended by top jewellery designers and makers, as well as representatives from The Goldsmiths’ Company who are supporting the cutting-edge Aston University Goldsmiths Institute. This included the company’s Prime Warden Richard Reid and former Prime Warden Judith Cobham-Lowe.
The Leopards, a group of influential jewellery professionals supporting young people into the industry, met jewellery designer-maker students and were among those attendees interviewed by the BBC about the institute, which is creating a pipeline of young talent into the sector.
Pictured top: Goldsmiths Institute students and staff with The Leopards Solange Azagury-Partridge (furthest left), Carol Woolton (to the rear of Azagury-Partridge), Susan Farmer (centre, second from rear), Theo Fennell (third from right), and Stephen Webster (furthest right).
