纺织科学和技术研究的发展反映了技术纺织品学科的发展，同时仍然保持了重要传统纺织品的活力。建立TechniTex法拉第合作伙伴关系是一项重大成就，并吸引了重要的财务支持。技术纺织品涵盖了多种功能性产品，而关键领域是它们在医疗和保健产品中的应用。最近，在学校内建立了生物医学纺织品研究中心（BTRC）。它的研究计划包括处理纤维以改善医学和牙科应用中的生物相容性，以及构建用于细胞培养的基于纺织品的膜。
Research in textile science and technology has developed to reflect the expansion of the technical textiles discipline, while still maintaining activity in important traditional textiles. The establishment of the TechniTex Faraday Partnership represents a major achievement and has attracted significant financial support. Technical textiles encompass a wide variety of functional products, and a key area is their application in medical and health care products. Recently the Biomedical Textiles Research Centre (BTRC) was established within the School. Its research programmes include treatment of fibres for improved biocompatibility in medical and dental applications and the construction of textile-based membranes for cell culture.