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Founder of the design studio Pipsqueak and IP development specialist, Nick Ford, In this episode, we talk with Nick Ford, founder of the design studio Pipsqueak and IP development specialist. Nick talks us through his school education, which took place at a time when neurodiversity was not so easily recognised or accounted for. Several very diverse jobs followed as Nick sought to find his way in the world of work from a mechanics role that wasn't quite what he thought it would be to a cleaner in an engine machine shop and a motorcycle courier. 🎧...
Technical Coordinator, Chloe , Watch Chloe's video here Chloe works for the Engineering Technology Group training operatives and apprentices on existing machinery and on new machinery following installations. She spends a lot of time travelling to different sites to coordinate programming and operator training courses and enjoys the variety of work that his offers and the satisfaction of seeing successful end products. Her family included a draftsperson and an engineer, and she gained good grades in her A Level Product Design which gave a good insight into engineering and helped her decide to do an...
Tool Room Supervisor, Craig , Watch Craig's video here Craig was a manual tool room milling apprentice at the Midland Group Training Services and is now a qualified tool maker and oversees tool making in the workshop at aircraft parts manufacturer JJ Churchill. His main role is to organise the tool room and make sure everything gets done on time and to a good standard. He likes the variety of work and finds it satisfying producing a quality product with a function and a purpose, working in a small team of engineers. One day he plans...
SketchUp for Schools, This on-demand webinar explores how SketchUp for Schools can be used to support 3D design and modelling in Design and Technology. Led by members of the education team, the session provides an overview of how the platform has been developed specifically for classroom use, including how it integrates with Google and Microsoft education platforms so teachers and students can access the software using existing school accounts and devices. Examples of student work are shared throughout, showing how learners use 3D modelling to explore real design challenges, from scaled architectural models to projects that...
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for Samsung Electronics UK, Jessie Soohyun Park, The countdown is on – the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition closes on 1st February 2026! This podcast takes on a different format as we talk to Jessie Soohyun Park, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for Samsung Electronics UK, about the Solve for Tomorrow initiative, why a multi-national company such as Samsung believes this work is so important, and how design and technology education naturally fits the knowledge base, skillsets and design curiosity required for the competition. 🎧 Listen here....
Writing a Scheme of Learning in D&T: Putting Pedagogy First, Study in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association e-learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school. This E-Learning course ‘Writing a Scheme of Learning in D&T: Putting Pedagogy First’. The course aims to give specialist and non-specialist teachers of Design and Technology the confidence to write and develop student-centred schemes of learning Course objectives: • Provide a meaningful learning experience for students, based on knowledge and skills required...
Thomas Walland, Thomas is a Design and Technology teacher based in St Albans with well over a decade of experience. He has experience teaching and leading departments across a range of settings and key stages, with a strong focus on practical workshop-based learning and high-quality outcomes for pupils. As a practicing teacher, Thomas ensures that all training and consultancy work is grounded in the realities of the classroom. His approach links health and safety directly to teaching practice, helping departments develop safe and effective ways of working within their workshops. Thomas works with...
Joanne Taylor, Design and Technology Education has the power to positively impact young people and prepare them for the fast changing world in which we live. Driven by a passion to educate combined with a unique breadth of experience I have inspired individual staff, led action in my team and planned in detail for any and all issues on the day. I have a proven track record of working across whole school issues. I have a Design and Technology Education Degree with QTS, attained in 1999 when opportunities followed to excel in...
Does this mean the Association is focusing less on national support?, Absolutely not. National advocacy, curriculum support, CPD, and expert guidance remain central to our mission. Regional pilots strengthen this work by grounding it in local realities.
Night lights (links to Literacy) YR3, 7-9 years First published 2010 In this unit of work children design a battery-powered night light which incorporates a fully working circuit plus a choice of switch. The children create a night light based upon their own design, incorporating both their practical skills and creative flair, whilst demonstrating and challenging their technological ability, linked to the science theme of electricity. The project links with literacy work focusing on instructional texts, and also available for download are a Creative Curriculum planning poster and an article on...
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