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The changing face of textiles

The changing face of textiles, I know many fellow textiles specialists are concerned about how textile fits in to the new GCSE fearing a reduction in creativity and the loss of the unique nature of textiles as a material area. I completely agree it’s important to retain everything that is special about textiles, but I also support the broader focus that the new single GCSE offers. Rather than restricting creativity, the new GCSE has the potential to allow us to focus both on the traditional elements of textiles, as well as offering us new opportunities should...

In Conversation with Brian Oppenheim

HMI lead inspector for D&T, Brian Oppenheim, Podcast brought to you by the Design and Technology Association in partnership with the Edge Foundation. Listen now! Brian Oppenheim one of Her Majesties lead inspectors, a former teacher and head of design and technology and currently an experienced lead inspector with responsibility for the subject. In this conversation, we cover Brian's experience at school and what brought him to train to teach design and technology with the Inner London Education Authority. Brian talks us through his experiences as a head...

STEM Careers resources Goldsmith

STEM Careers resources Goldsmith, Age 11-14 years This resource provides a design task that focuses on individual work to highlight career opportunities within jewellery design and making. The aim is to raise awareness of career opportunities for designer makers with an opportunity for students to explore a typical career path through experience of a particular designing activity. The resource and designing activity is build around a case study of a typical designer maker with an interesting background and career path. A PowerPoint presentation shows her work together with an analysis of the positives and...

Reimagining D&T

Reimagining D&T, See our actions to date and our proposals moving forward to ensure the survival of Design and Technology in schools via this PowerPoint. Design and technology in schools is in a state of national neglect. In 2003 we had 430,000 GCSE entries and over 20,000 at A Level. Now 78,000 and just over 10,000. In 2009 we had 14,800 trained and qualified teachers, this number is now estimated at 6,500. The subject has lacked leadership and direction. Meanwhile, design alone contributed £97 Billion to GDP last...

Clare Lightowler

Clare Lightowler, Clare is a Registered Design and Technology Health & Safety Consultant and experienced middle leader with a Master’s in Teaching and Learning and the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL). Since 2010, she has led multiple departments and taught Design & Technology, Engineering, Textiles and Food. With a decade of experience as an Interior Architect, working on high-value projects she brings a wealth of transferable skills in communication, collaboration and adhering to legislative frameworks. Passionate about STEM education, Clare delivers STEM days to students aged 9-18...

Nick Rose

Nick Rose, I have worked in Design and Technology for 33 years as a teacher, advisory teacher, CAD trainer and consultant. I am passionate about the subject now and going forward. I understand the challenges facing the subject in the new curriculum and my experience at senior leader level in schools helps me advise schools on dealing with these changes. As an advisory teacher I was involved in all aspects of progressing the subject and in particular raising the standards of teaching, linking with industry and incorporating new technologies into the...

Baysgarth School: An engineering journey (Part 2)

Baysgarth School: An engineering journey (Part 2), This is the second part of a two-part series of podcasts, and the first of its kind recorded live in a school. We are excited to be able to bring you what we plan will be a series of spotlight sessions focused on D&T departments nationally. If you have stumbled across this episode without listening to Part One of the mini-series, I politely suggest you go back, as sequencing is quite essential. You can hear part two here on Spotify or Apple or Amazon.Baysgarth School is a Co-educational...

Key events and individuals (designers, engineers and chefs in primary D&T)

Key events and individuals (designers, engineers and chefs in primary D&T), DT: What will you be? Session Content: A talk that will enable you to inspire young people to shape their own futures and change the world. Drawing on real life examples from disciplines such as engineering, architecture, food technology, textile design and computer coding, we meet some of the best thinkers and designers from the past and present. Learning Outcomes: We will also investigate what personal qualities these innovators share, how they use...

Tools to help teachers.

Tools to help teachers., Convert your Individual membership to Departmental membership It is important to convert your membership to Departmental Partnership membership. Our secondary Departmental partnership has become the membership option of choice, really offering your school tremendous value, member support and really invaluable engagement for your whole team. This option is of high value to Design and Technology teachers within a department at a cost of £198. We have found that schools are often willing to pay for Departmental partnership membership for their whole department, out of school budgets and so individual members...

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