Lydia Wooldridge is programme lead for UAL Foundation Diploma at Bristol School of Art. This diagnostic course equips students with an understanding of the creative process, helps students build their own toolkit of practical and theoretical skills, and enables them to develop a strong portfolio of work ahead of HE applications. She is also project lead for conTEXT, a student-led journal on contemporary practice.

Since 2016, Lydia has taught across a range of HE courses at Bristol School of Art, UWE and Falmouth University. She has worked with students on core modules (introductory modules - dissertation supervision) and collaborative projects examining critical questions in art and design.

Lydia studied Multi-Media Textile Design at Loughborough University, graduating with a BA Hons (1st) in 2013. After studying in Germany (Erasmus) and Bristol (MA in Modern Languages and Visual Culture), Lydia became increasingly interested in the relationship between theory and practice. In 2020, she completed her PhD (AHRC-funded). This interdisciplinary research project, ‘Material Encounters: Transcultural Textiles in Germany’ provides a new framework for examining transcultural encounters using textile processes.
CV available on request.