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{{Short description|British fashion academic}}
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'''Frances Marie Corner''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|FRSA}} ({{nee}} '''Agnew'''; born 25 February 1959) is a British [[Art history|art and design historian]] and academic, specialising in [[fashion]]. Since 2019, she has been [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of [[Goldsmiths, University of London]]. On 23 November 2020, staff announced a vote of no confidence in Prof. Corner,<ref name=RPN>{{Cite news|url=https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-agencies-other-2020-11-hundreds-of-academics-back-no-confidence-vote-at-goldsmiths/|title=Hundreds of academics back no-confidence vote at Goldsmiths|work=Research Professional News|date=23 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> the no-confidence motion being backed by 87% of those who voted. In June 2022, her use of expenses at Goldsmiths was brought into question when it was revealed that she had spent nearly £20k of College money on taxis over 2 years.<ref name="TheTab">{{cite news |title=Goldsmiths warden claimed nearly £20k from the uni for taxi money over a two year period |url=https://thetab.com/uk/london/2022/06/15/goldsmiths-warden-claimed-nearly-20k-for-taxi-money-over-a-two-year-period-46386 |access-date=22 June 2022 |agency=The Tab |date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
'''Frances Marie Corner''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|FRSA}} ({{nee}} '''Agnew'''; born 25 February 1959) is a British [[Art history|art and design historian]] and academic, specialising in [[fashion]]. Since 2019, she has been [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of [[Goldsmiths, University of London]]. On 23 November 2020, staff announced a vote of [[Motion of no confidence|no confidence]] in Prof. Corner, the no-confidence motion being backed by 87% of those who voted. In June 2022, her use of expenses at the school was brought into question when it was revealed that she had spent nearly £20k of College money on taxis over 2 years.


She was previously head of the [[London College of Fashion]] from 2005 to 2019, and a [[pro vice-chancellor]] of [[University of the Arts London]] from 2013 to 2019. She taught at the [[University of Gloucestershire]] and [[London Metropolitan University]], before joining the London College of Fashion.<ref name="WW 2019">{{cite web |title=Corner, Prof. Frances Marie |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-250965 |website=[[Who's Who 2019]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=12 August 2019 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U250965 |date=1 December 2018|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Frances Corner OBE announced as next Warden |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/next-warden/ |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=12 August 2019}}<br />- {{cite web |title=Frances Corner is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2018 |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/frances-corner |website=The Business of Fashion |date=2018 |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
She was previously head of the [[London College of Fashion]] from 2005 to 2019, and a [[pro vice-chancellor]] of [[University of the Arts London]] from 2013 to 2019. She taught at the [[University of Gloucestershire]] and [[London Metropolitan University]], before joining the London College of Fashion.<ref name="WW 2019">{{cite web |title=Corner, Prof. Frances Marie |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-250965 |website=[[Who's Who 2019]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=12 August 2019 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U250965 |date=1 December 2018|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Frances Corner OBE announced as next Warden |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/next-warden/ |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=12 August 2019}}<br />- {{cite web |title=Frances Corner is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2018 |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/frances-corner |website=The Business of Fashion |date=2018 |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:01, 15 August 2023

Frances Marie Corner, OBE, FRSA (née Agnew; born 25 February 1959) is a British art and design historian and academic, specialising in fashion. Since 2019, she has been Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London. On 23 November 2020, staff announced a vote of no confidence in Prof. Corner, the no-confidence motion being backed by 87% of those who voted. In June 2022, her use of expenses at the school was brought into question when it was revealed that she had spent nearly £20k of College money on taxis over 2 years.

She was previously head of the London College of Fashion from 2005 to 2019, and a pro vice-chancellor of University of the Arts London from 2013 to 2019. She taught at the University of Gloucestershire and London Metropolitan University, before joining the London College of Fashion.[1][2]

Education

Corner received her BA at Central Saint Martins and her MA from the Chelsea School of Art. She went to Oxford University for her DPhil.[3]

Tenure

Since 2019, she has been Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London. On 23 November 2020, staff announced a vote of no confidence in Prof. Corner,[4] the no-confidence motion being backed by 87% of those who voted. In June 2022, her use of expenses at Goldsmiths was brought into question when it was revealed that she had spent nearly £20k of College money on taxis over 2 years.[5]

In 2017, Goldsmiths' Media and Communications department was named the second best in the UK and eighth worldwide,[6] although by 2020 this department's ranking had fallen to 18th in the UK.[7]

Personal life

In 1980, the then Frances Marie Agnew married Anthony Peter Corner. Together, they have one son.[1]

In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours, Corner was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the fashion industry.[8]

Books

  • Corner, Frances (2014). Why fashion matters. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500517376.

References

  1. ^ a b "Corner, Prof. Frances Marie". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U250965. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Professor Frances Corner OBE announced as next Warden". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
    - "Frances Corner is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2018". The Business of Fashion. 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Frances Corner".
  4. ^ "Hundreds of academics back no-confidence vote at Goldsmiths". Research Professional News. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Goldsmiths warden claimed nearly £20k from the uni for taxi money over a two year period". The Tab. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Communication & Media Studies". Topuniversities.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2020". Thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk.
  8. ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. pp. 9–10.

External links

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