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STAAR 2024 applications are now open!, The RAF Museum Midlands is excited to announce that applications for STAAR 2024 are now open! STAAR is an immersive, fully-funded, hands-on residential camp, like no other. The curriculum is centred around hands-on learning which is delivered at the RAF Museum Midlands and on base at RAF Cosford. Learning is supported by RAF Museum Access and Learning team, industry experts from Northrop Grumman, TA Education professionals and RAF STEM personnel. Designed to engage and inspire young minds, the RAF Museum’s Summer Time Advanced Aerospace Residency (STAAR) programme offers participants a...
Ensuring the Future of Design and Technology Education: An Urgent Call to Action, We were recently fortunate to be involved in an article that featured the plight of design and technology education in The Observer. Following this was the official launch of a significant new report, “A Blueprint for Renewal of Design and Technology Education,” compiled with a range of colleagues over the last twelve months and released in close collaboration with the Design Council at Havas in King’s Cross. The report highlighted some alarming statistics: GCSE entries in design and technology have...
Boosting University Portfolios with Siemens Solid Edge® Certified User Accreditation, Earning a Siemens Solid Edge Certification is a great way for students to strengthen their university application portfolios. This accreditation, achieved through an online exam, verifies skills in using Solid Edge CAD software and sets students apart in the competitive university admissions process. Why Certify? A Solid Edge Certification provides an industry-recognised credential that demonstrates proficiency with Solid Edge software. Available at three levels—Associate, Professional, and Expert—these certifications show universities that a student is serious about their field and that they have gone the extra mile...
Just how safe are borax based fluxes used in soldering and brazing?, ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE for the use of BORAX BASED FLUXES in Schools and Colleges. Many of you will have picked up on the changes to the WeldabilitySIF COSHH Material Safety Data Sheet for their Borax based fluxes and for most of us via the 2016 SIFBronze flux data sheet. This rang alarm bells for many in schools as if we applied this on the basis of the work exposure hazard headlines, we would be thinking seriously whether young women or girls...
KS3 D&T Learning Planner and Assessing Without Levels – Teacher Guide, KS3 D&T Learning Planner and Assessing Without Levels – Teacher Guide and Resource BankFirst published 2015; updated 2016 This free guide and associated tools have been produced to support design and technology teachers in developing practice in school. It has been designed to enable you to use the provided KS3 learning programme or to part-populate your own. The resource comprises a Key Stage 3 plan for D&T learning, planning and auditing tools, and guidance on using the D&T Association Progression Framework and associated D&T Key...
Inspired by Industry: Community Clothing, Inspired by Industry: Community Clothing This context has been developed to give students the opportunity to explore sustainability, materials and manufacturing within the fashion and textiles industry, using Community Clothing as the industry partner. The focus is on the challenge of designing plastic-free trainers, but the context is intentionally open so schools can adapt or extend it to suit their curriculum priorities. While the brief centres on footwear, students may choose to focus on a specific element of a trainer, such as the sole, upper or fastening system, or...
Stepping Up NQT Survival Guide, As a newly qualified secondary teacher you will need to develop a wide range of skills and learn new techniques to get you through this crucial year and meet the unique requirements of teaching our subject. This guide has vital signposts from planning your time, knowing who to talk to and the practicalities of teaching D&T. It aims to share some hints, tips and strategies that may help NQTs improve their effectiveness as a D&T teacher. The guide was prepared by the D&T Association’s innovation group whose members all qualified within the...
Inspired by Industry: Belazu, Inspired by Industry: BelazuThis context has been developed to give students opportunities to explore food cultures, flavours and ingredients, using Belazu as an industry partner. While Belazu is an ingredients company, the context is deliberately open and can be approached in different ways, either through designing complete dishes or by focusing on the development of individual ingredients such as sauces, pastes or marinades. Students are encouraged to draw inspiration from British food traditions while also exploring and celebrating flavours from the Middle East and Mediterranean. The context lends itself to practical experimentation, taste...
Designing 131 Online PDF, Designing 131 Summer 2025 Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Designing is delivered to Design...
Projects on a Page: Early Key Stage 2 Pack of Nine Planners, New planner for 2023 Year 3-6 The Key Practitioners- focuses on a selection of recommended key individuals from across the design and technology specialisms. This is focused for KS2 but can be delivered at any time across those year groups. The planner gives your ideas for how you can incorporate key individuals into your planning and units of work as well as giving you an overview of each of the recommended individuals so as to help you select the most relevant...
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