Roger Wardman CCol FSDC

Roger joined the Scottish College of Textiles as a lecturer in colour science in 1974 and after the College merged with Heriot-Watt University became Head of the School of Textiles & Design of the University between 2003 – 2009.

He was a Trustee of the Society of Dyers & Colourists between 2009-12 and was Chairman of the Society’s Education, Qualifications and Accreditation Board as well as the Publications Commitee for many years. In 2006 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Society for outstanding contributions to colour education and colour science. In 2007 he was awarded the Research Medal of the Worshipful Company of Dyers of the City of London.

Between 2003 – 06 he was the President of AUTEX, the Association of Universities for Textiles, a consortium of European university textile departments that collaborate on research and teaching in textiles. In 2012 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award in textiles by AUTEX.

In addition to publishing research papers on colour science he has co-authored two textbooks: “The Chemistry of Colour Application” (2000) and “The Chemistry of Textile Fibres” (2nd ed. 2015) and is the sole author of “An Introduction to Textile Coloration: Principles and Practice” (a Wiley publication for the SDC, 2018). In 2022 Roger was awarded an Honorary Membership of the SDC by the SDC President.