# Frances Corner

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{{Short description|British fashion academic (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Frances Corner
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE|FRSA}}
| birth_name         = Frances Marie Agnew
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| death_date         = 
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| spouse             = {{married|Anthony Corner|1980}}
| children           = 1
| education          = [Central Saint Martins](/source/Central_Saint_Martins) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br>[Chelsea College of Arts](/source/Chelsea_College_of_Arts) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))<br>[University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) ([DPhil](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))
| website            = {{url|francescorner.com|Official website}}
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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 and design historian](/source/Art_history) and academic, specialising in [fashion](/source/fashion). She was the head of the [London College of Fashion](/source/London_College_of_Fashion) from 2005 to 2019, and a [pro vice-chancellor](/source/pro_vice-chancellor) of the [University of the Arts London](/source/University_of_the_Arts_London) from 2013 to 2019. She taught at the [University of Gloucestershire](/source/University_of_Gloucestershire) and [London Metropolitan University](/source/London_Metropolitan_University). Corner was [Warden](/source/Warden_(college)) of [Goldsmiths, University of London](/source/Goldsmiths%2C_University_of_London) from 2019.<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](/source/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|date=11 April 2019 |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{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>

==Education==
Corner received her BA at [Central Saint Martins](/source/Central_Saint_Martins) and her MA from the [Chelsea School of Art](/source/Chelsea_College_of_Arts). She went to [Oxford University](/source/University_of_Oxford) for her [DPhil](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/our-people/frances-corner/ | title=Our People {{!}} Prof Frances Corner OBE| work=Kellogg College|publisher=[Kellogg College](/source/Kellogg_College), University of Oxford }}</ref>

==Goldsmiths==
{{see|Goldsmiths, University of London#Financial difficulties and restructuring}}
Corner became [Warden](/source/Warden_(college)) of [Goldsmiths, University of London](/source/Goldsmiths%2C_University_of_London) in 2019. During Corner’s tenure, Goldsmiths faced financial pressures and pursued cost-cutting and restructuring proposals, including staff reductions. The cuts were opposed by the Goldsmiths University and College Union (UCU) and students.<ref name="novara_2021-11-26">{{cite web |author=Goldsmiths UCU Finance Working Group |title=We, Goldsmiths Staff, Are Striking for the Future of Our Universities |url=https://novaramedia.com/2021/11/26/we-goldsmiths-staff-are-striking-for-the-future-of-our-universities/ |website=Novara Media |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="guardian_fazackerley_2021-10-24">{{cite web |last1=Fazackerley |first1=Anna |title=New university job cuts fuel rising outrage on campuses |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/24/new-university-job-cuts-fuel-rising-outrage-on-campuses |website=The Guardian |date=24 October 2021 |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024072030/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/24/new-university-job-cuts-fuel-rising-outrage-on-campuses |archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="guardian_zoe_2024-04-11">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Zoe |title=The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/11/the-goldsmiths-crisis-how-cuts-and-culture-wars-sent-universities-into-a-death-spiral |website=The Guardian |date=11 April 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411092346/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/11/the-goldsmiths-crisis-how-cuts-and-culture-wars-sent-universities-into-a-death-spiral |archive-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> 

On 1 October 2025 it was announced that Professor Frances Corner had stepped down with immediate effect as Vice-Chancellor of Goldsmiths.<ref>[https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/vc-departs-goldsmiths/ University of Goldsmiths: 'Vice-Chancellor steps down']</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1980, the then Frances Marie Agnew married Anthony Peter Corner. Together, they have one son.<ref name="WW 2019" />

In the [2009 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/2009_Queen's_Birthday_Honours), Corner was appointed an [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) for services to the fashion industry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 59090 |date= 13 June 2009 |pages= 9-10 |supp= y }}</ref>

==Books==
* {{cite book |last1=Corner |first1=Frances |title=Why Fashion Matters |date=2014 |publisher=[Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson) |location=London |isbn=978-0500517376}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://francescorner.com/ Official website]

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Category:Academics of the London College of Fashion
Category:Academics of the University of Gloucestershire
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Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts
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Category:British art historians
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Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of London
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