opportunities at fei

THE FUNDING FOR THE FEI PROJECT HAS NOW COME TO AN END SO THE PROJECT IS NO LONGER STAFFED AND WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITIES LISTED BELOW. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT GARMENT WORKERS PLEASE GO TO THE SUPPORT US SECTION OF THE LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL WEBSITE. 

In this section:

• Submitting your work to the website
• Internships
• Volunteering
• Fundraising
  
• Steering group - tutors and students
  

SUBMIT YOUR WORK: We feature a selection of students' work on our website that addresses ethical issues. If you would like us to feature your work please send us an email with your contact details, information about the piece and an image. Please go to the images section to see the work currently being displayed.

INTERNS: We are currently looking for interns from July 2010 - August 2011. Internships are for a minimum of 1 month and maximum of 3 months and can be for 1 - 2 days a week. Our internships are an exciting opportunity for students or graduates to gain an in-depth understanding of the global garment industry and how to approach socially responsible sourcing within it. The position is based in our office in Bristol. 

For more information on what the internship involves and how to apply please see the FEI intern opportunities pdf. Deadline for applications 14th July 2010. 

VOLUNTEERS: There are a number of voluntary roles available with FEI that can be carried out both remotely and also from the Bristol office.  The roles available will depend on your skills and experience and what you would like to learn / develop skills and experience in.  Some of the current specific tasks available to a volunteer are:

designing a project poster and leaflet for display in fashion colleges to inform students and tutors about the project; writing and researching for the website; editing film footage of interviews; developing a database of project contacts; organising FEI participation in events such as London Fashion Week; helping to organise a tour of colleges for a visiting garment worker representatives.

Please send us a copy of your CV and a covering letter outlining the type of voluntary work you would like to carry out for FEI.  For further information or to discuss this through, please call or email Liz_at_fashioninganethicalindustry.org (replace _at_ with@) or call 01179441700

FUNDRAISE FOR FEI

Are you interested in doing some fundraising for the project? We are always looking for extra money so we can support more students and tutors who have an interest in ethical fashion. For more information follow this link

STEERING GROUP

We are currently looking for tutors and students of fashion related courses based in Scotland to join our NEW steering group to feed in to the development of a Scottish Ethical Fashion Education Network. This DFID funded project will begin in September 2011 and last for one year.  The group will meet 3 times over the year to guide the project in the appropriate direction and evaluate the project. The meetings provide tutors and students with the valuable opportunity to network with people from other universities who have an interest in ethical issues within the fashion industry.

If you are a tutor interested in being involved please email hannah_At_fashioninganethicalindustry.org (replace_AT_with@)

We encourage each Scottish university or college to have a student representative at steering group meetings. If you are a student and are interested in becoming a student representative, or are a tutor and could identify a suitable student, then please do contact us.