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Reports, We have actively contributed to the ongoing curriculum review with a series of detailed reports and collaborative efforts. These include a joint paper with the Design Council, NSEAD, and fifteen other organisations, alongside our own response informed by over 200 teacher submissions. There is widespread agreement that the existing curriculum requires substantial reform. The focus on STEM education and addressing the skills gap to support the industrial strategy offers hope for positioning D&T as a vital subject within schools. You can see all of our reports and co-authored reports here:...
Brad Harris, “Brad is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer who has acquired a wealth of engineering knowledge, skills and understanding over more than 40 years of educational, training, research and industrial experience across the system, product, asset and project lifecycles in the automotive, defence, maritime, aerospace, oil & gas and utilities sectors. For the majority of the last ten years Brad has worked as an independent consultant, including four and a half years of assignments on the programme that is creating one of the most complex products on earth. His clients included a...
Inspired by Industry Bulletproof, Inspired by Industry: Bulletproof This context allows students to explore the impact and improvement of packaging, focusing on sustainability and secondary uses. While prototypes will mainly involve card and paper, students can experiment with alternative materials like mycelium, fabric, timber, or polymers, reinforcing the 6R’s of sustainability. The project encourages design creativity, with potential collaboration with local companies aiming to reduce or repurpose packaging. Outcomes include prototypes demonstrating innovative secondary uses, such as plantable packaging or multifunctional designs. Teachers may limit materials for manageability and encourage group collaboration to present ideas...
Ursuline Academy, Ilford, Rose Russell and Edna Reilly, On International Women in Engineering Day, Designed for Life takes a moment to celebrate the work of two women who have made an amazing positive difference to girls' exposure to STEM opportunities within their school. Listen to the podcast hereRose Russell has been an outstanding Technician/Instructor/ STEM Coordinator at the Ursuline Academy, Ilford (an all girl’s catholic school) for 29 years in both the art and design and design and technology departments. Trained in fashion, Rose is neither an engineer nor a scientist, but in...
Lee Hull, During my 25 years teaching experience, I have accumulated extensive knowledge and experience in different aspects of Design and Technology. Since graduating with a degree in Design and Technology in 1986,I have not only taught students multiple interrelated subjects at different levels, but I have also managed departments, liaised with the different examination authorities, and trained and mentored other teachers in formal and informal roles. All of this while continually adapting my teaching methods and techniques. I began my teaching career in 1986, where I taught AS-level Graphics....
Inside the Project: Inspiring the next generation to #ChooseD&T, Inspiring the next generation to #ChooseD&T #ChooseD&T is a campaign by student Evelyn Flaskett, designed to spark curiosity in design and technology among 13–14-year-olds. Developed as part of a university project, it uses bold, imaginative visuals, like brain-inspired graphics and bus posters, to show how design shapes the world around us and to encourage more students to choose D&T at GCSE. Listen to Evelyn talk about her project: https://youtu.be/DqJTooz0JD8 The thinking behind the campaign Created during the Portfolio...
Neil Epps, I have been a Registered Design and Technology Health & Safety trainer, since my retirement from teaching, for eight years. I taught for thirty nine years in a number of state schools, being head of department in two schools and latterly member of the senior management and leadership teams.
Mark Elwell, Introducing Mark Elwell, BA (Hons) with Qts, RDTHSC. Founder and senior consultant at Designed By ME, Mark has worked since 1995 in Design and Technology education and since 2011 as a Health and Safety Consultant. Qualifying from Brunel University with a degree in Design and Technology with Education, Mark has worked tirelessly as a teacher and leader at a series of 11-19 schools both in the public and independent sector. Starting out as a teacher Mark quickly moved his way up from subject leader to head of...
David Morgan, Retired Design and Technology teacher with thirty eight years experience of teaching the subject. Ten years as head of department and twenty four as head of faculty. In addition to the full range of health and safety training, I can offer training in a range of silversmithing and jewellery techniques for use in schools.
Richard Watson, Extensive experience of designing and specifying design and technology workshop areas. Previous role as d & t adviser for Hertfordshire and acted as an Ofsted Inspector. Provision of Health & Safety training courses having been Chairman of the British Standards Committee responsible for drafting BS 4163.
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