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In conversation with Simon Langton Boys School

Designed for Life - Live at Simon Langton Boys School, Kent (Part 1), In this episode, we continue exploring the journey of school design and technology leaders and departments as we visit and talk with staff, students, and parents at the Simon Langton Boys Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent. 🎧 Listen here. Before anyone decides this is a story of overprivileged students enjoying an experience created by money and connections, please know this is not the case. This department has been carefully crafted from the...

Teachers in Residence Susana del Castillo PriestmanGoode

Seeing D&T come alive through the Teachers in Residence programme - Susana del Castillo at PriestmanGoode, Discovering the opportunity My name is Susana del Castillo, and I’m the subject leader for D&T at St Paul’s Way School in Tower Hamlets. While looking for opportunities and resources for my students through the Design & Technology Association, I came across the Teachers in Residence programme. The placement at PriestmanGoode immediately caught my attention, as I wanted to experience real industry practice in action and...

In conversation with Senior Lecturer in Primary Education Janine Pavlis

Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, Janine Pavlis, In this episode, we focus on primary education, specifically design and technology education in the primary phase. Our guest in this episode is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at St.Mary's University, Twickenham, Janine Pavlis. 🎧 Listen here. In recent years, we at the Design & Technology Association have seen significant growth in our primary membership categories, as schools (driven by Ofsted requirements) seek to broaden their curriculum offer to include design...

Mercurial Boot

Real-world design in action, The Nike Air Zoom Mercurial shows how design thinking, materials and user-focused research come together in real-world design. For design and technology teachers, it’s a clear way to connect classroom skills to professional practice. Tasked with creating the lightest, most responsive boot for Kylian Mbappé, the team started from scratch. A three-quarter-length Zoom Air unit supported fast movement and flexibility, while every design choice focused on the athlete’s needs, a real-life lesson in user-centred design....

Chloe - Technical Coordinator

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...

Felicity Milton

Felicity Milton, Felicity is the Global Senior Director of Team Sport TECH at adidas. She is a native 'intrapreneur' with a background in Mechanical Engineering (MEng – Durham University) and coming up to two decades of building, scaling, and failing new end-to-end business models - from sports technologies, 3D apparel and footwear creation, Start-Up incubators, to data driven, made to order customization platforms for ‘lot size one’ robotic manufacture. Design and Technology alongside sport has been the red thread running through her career...

Cambridge OCR CPD Opportunities for D&T Teachers

Cambridge OCR CPD Opportunities for D&T Teachers, Cambridge OCR has announced a comprehensive series of free and low-cost professional development events for 2025–26, designed to support teachers of GCSE and A-level design and technology. Whether you’re new to the qualifications or looking to deepen your understanding of assessment and the NEA, these online sessions provide valuable insights, resources and opportunities to engage directly with OCR subject specialists. Upcoming Events Ask the Moderator: GCSE Design and Technology...

Aramco STEM Racing Discovery World Finals 2025

Global celebration of design, engineering and innovation at the Aramco STEM Racing World Finals 2025, Teachers and students from across the globe came together in Singapore for the Aramco STEM Racing World Finals 2025, an inspiring week-long celebration of creativity, design and engineering. From the 26th September to the 3rd October, the event brought together some of the brightest young minds in science, technology and design, all united by their passion for innovation and teamwork. More than 80 teams...

Inspiring innovation – intellectual property in design

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 IP and

Ben Goakes

Ben Goakes, I am a Registered Design and Technology Association Health and Safety Consultant (RDTHSC), fully qualified and registered to conduct CPD and Compulsory Training Courses for Teachers and Heads of Departments, in accordance with BS4163:2021 standards. Whether it's Refresher and Compliance Training for a highly experienced staff member or working with a teacher who is just starting their DT career, I can assist. Early Career Teachers or those transferring from other disciplines may benefit from a run through of all your projects at KS3 and this can be...

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