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New recruitment platform ‘My Furniture Career’ launched, Blueprint 1000 member The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, has launched its new early careers website – My Furniture Career, www.myfurniturecareer.org.uk – offering businesses a specialist solution to recruitment requirements. The website, which launched in October, has been developed with 'Get My First Job' and 'The Talent People' – experts in in the early careers sphere. My Furniture Career is aimed at young people (15-24 years...
Materials Masterclass, Materials Masterclass with Zoe Laughlin View Masterclass here When covering materials science in D&T where else would you go but to Zoe Laughlin? In this Masterclass Zoe, in her own unique presentation style, takes students through some of her favourite core materials looking at their properties, any potential volatilities and demonstrating practical uses for these materials. This is not pretending to be a comprehensive run through all the materials that students will need knowledge of for the GCSE or A Level qualification, more an amusing
Assistant Head of Technology at Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Stephanie Tomlinson, This is the third and final episode in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to return to school empowered with this experience and with a knowledge base that enables...
Artificial Intelligence, You will surely have heard of Artificial Intelligence by now. Many people think of it as something really high-tech, futuristic and not really relevant to them. The likelihood is, by the time you are reading this, you have already encountered several forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your day already, from your phone unlocking as it recognises your face and Alexa replying to you with today’s weather forecast. Artificial Intelligence is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is used...
Are you Teaching Food in Primary D&T, Are you Teaching Food in Primary D&T?Age 3-11 years This resource contains two fully illustrated PowerPoint presentations (teacher and pupil versions) and a practical food progression chart covering teaching practical food skills. The presentations can be used as an audio visual resource or printed out to form work cards for the individual stages of food preparation. The teachers’ version explains the skills and provides teaching tips for those working with children aged 7-11 years
Inspiring innovation – intellectual property in design, Inspiring innovation – intellectual property in design This resource has been developed with the Intellectual Property Office to help teachers and students to understand the implications of IP in product design. It consist of five PowerPoint classroom teaching presentations and associated materials that schools can use and adapt, in which the students develop their ideas and realise the importance of securing the intellectual property, and two videos outlining...
Richard Shouls, Richard has been a Registered Design and Technology Health and Safety Consultant for the last ten years operating from his base at New College Design and Technology training centre in Leicester. Although his centre is dedicated to D&T Training, Richard also visits schools nationwide to offer his training courses. Richard now runs rs-dt-training where you can find and book all of the courses that he offers.
Designer and entrepreneur, Harp Design, Hayley Roy, This podcast with Hayley Roy is brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen now Hayley Roy is the founder and owner of Harp Design https://www.harpdesign.co.uk an interior design company working across residential and commercial sectors. Hayley left school at sixteen and decided to travel and see the world while working as a hostess on private yachts, including almost three years...
Food Late KS3 Y9 Design and Make Event Food, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Design and MakeEvent Food – 6 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Investigating the breadth and variety of food served at festivals and events. Students determine what needs to be considered when considering food provision, including preparing suitable dishes and considering environmental issues. Key learning: Determining what the consumer wants and needs from food at a festival/ event Working out costs...
Bringing empathy into design thinking: how to spark meaningful learning in your classroom, Design and technology is about more than solving problems, it’s about solving problems for people. At the heart of great design lies empathy: understanding users, noticing challenges, and creating solutions that make everyday life easier, safer, or simply more enjoyable. This way of thinking can completely transform how students approach their work. Our very own accessible controller ‘Inspired by Industry’ context developed with Scalextric4Schools, design driven by empathy shows students how to solve real...
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