CIRCKIT FOR UNIVERSITIES
INDUSTRY-LEARNING FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Real-world sustainability in the classroom
Students are entering a fashion industry shaped by tech, regulation pressures and circular transformation. CircKit helps universities bring those realities into teaching through hands-on academic workspaces tailored to your course and modules.
Equip your students with practical experience of the tools, workflows and strategies shaping fashion.
Annabel delivers an LCA deep dive at De Montfort University
A practical technology layer for your curriculum
Many programmes still teach sustainability through theory, static case studies or spreadsheets. CircKit bridges that gap, giving students a practical working environment with structured datasets, realistic product scenarios and clear cause-and-effect across design, impact and compliance decisions.
Moving assessment from knowledge recall to real understanding and application, educators can evaluate research, decision-making, critical thinking, and theory to real outcomes.
Why this matters now
Industry expectations are changing quickly. Software-supported workflows, lifecycle thinking, eco-design requirements, legislation and commercial circular strategies are all reshaping the skills employers expect.
Universities are under pressure to keep pace by giving students not just the theory, but exposure to the tools, language and systems emerging across the sector.
Stuart Lawson MA RCA, SFHEA, FRSA
Deputy Head | School of Design Innovation | Associate Professor, Design
“Adopting CircKit has been a natural step in embedding the Design Council’s Skills for Planet within our Schools curricula at De Montfort University. It allows us to bring Life Cycle Assessment into the heart of teaching, giving students a practical way to understand and act on sustainability. ”
THE POWER OF CIRCKIT FOR STUDENTS
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Data-Led Insights
Give students a practical way to work with data across product design, materials and supply chains, in one place. They can test product scenarios, explore impact, commercial opportunities and evidence research to measurable product outcomes.
Want to explore how CircKit can be embedded into your curriculum? Book a short call and we can discuss your goals, priorities and licence needs.
