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Kevin Rumary, Kevin is a registered Design and Technology Health and Safety Consultant, experienced senior leader and Engineering subject expert. With a Doctorate and Master’s degrees in education, he is an expert in the field of technical and vocational education. He has extensive experience leading Design and Technology departments in middle and secondary provisions in the North and South of the country. He has also been the DT National Subject Lead across a large MAT consisting of 32 secondary schools and six primary schools, providing advice, training and guidance to departments. With a passion for research, Kevin has extended...
Get Your Free Context Pack to Bring Real-World Design Challenges into the Classroom, KI and The Furniture Makers Company – Minimising Parts Take your students beyond the classroom with our free "Inspired by Industry" contexts. Designed to help secondary students connect their learning to real-world industry challenges, this context focuses on KI and The Furniture Makers' Company and the critical concept of minimising parts in design. Download your FREE KI and The Furniture Makers' Company context pack today, which includes: KI Furniture Makers Company Context – A practical, real-world example from the industry...
New Resource: Build the Change, The Design & Technology Association, in collaboration with Barefoot Computing, is excited to announce the launch of ‘Build the Change’ - an inspiring resource for teachers to use in the classroom. The free resource is aimed at students aged 7-11 and sets the challenge to design and create inclusive and sustainable 3D building models for local communities. It blends hands-on creativity with digital skills using Scratch programming to encourage environmental awareness and computational thinking in the classroom. Key Features of Build the Change: Curriculum Links: D&T and Computing....
James Patrick, Over twenty five years experience in DT education working in a wide range of schools and roles, inc. Head of Faculty for Design Technology and Art. Registered Design Technology Health and Safety Consultant (D&TA) providing machine/equipment training and H&S audits of DT departments. All my training sessions adhere to BS 4163:2021+A1:2022 and are structured to meet your specific requirements. I hold Professional Indemnity Insurance, Public Liability Insurance, and I am enhanced DBS checked and registered with the Update Service. Copies of certificates and feedback from my training courses are available on...
Founder WCRS, Founder Engine, Founder the Ideas Foundation, Robin Wight CBE, Podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen now. Robin Wight was a co-founder of the advertising agency Wight, Collins, Rutherford, Scott (WCRS) in 1979 and was President of its parent company Engine until 2019. WCRS and Robin were responsible for some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of the 80s and 90s including campaigns for Orange telecommunications "The future is bright, the future is Orange," the 118 118 adverts that people either loved...
Entrepreneur, business founder, angel investor and social philanthropist, Larry Sullivan , Larry Sullivan is a serial entrepreneur, business founder, angel investor and social philanthropist. In this podcast, we track Larry's journey from humble beginnings growing up in Essex to a sudden awakening to academia in sixth form, leading him to be the first in his family to attend university. Listen here Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Amazon MusicA chance conversation led him to travel to America during his summer break with BUNAC an experience that he feels...
How to get started with 'Inspired by Industry', Watch our video below to find out about our ‘Inspired by Industry’ KS3 Contexts and how to get started with this suite of free learning materials in the design and technology classroom. ‘Inspired by Industry’ is a set of design contexts to address the ever-changing needs of the design and technology curriculum. Supporting students with an approach familiar at Key Stage 4, students have a level of autonomy, tackling a real-world design context provided by an industry partner of the Design & Technology Association. The contexts are authentic...
Remote Teaching Tools, We have gathered a collection of resources for primary and secondary teachers to use for remote learning. Please use and share this page with your colleagues. It will be updated regularly but please feel free to send us your suggestions of resources which you have found useful or even projects you are happy to share, and we will include them. Email info@designtechnology.org.uk with your suggestions. Thank you. Design and Technology Association Resource shop We have lots of primary and secondary resources in our shop, many are free or discounted...
Textiles Mid KS3 Year 8 Mainly Designing - Solar solutions, Mid KS3 Year 8 - Mainly Designing - Solar solutionsThis focuses on designing for the needs of the user in different cultural contexts, combining traditional and new technologies. It includes 2D drawing and 3D modelling using printed solar panels and available resources with examples modifying pattern pieces to improve the product for end user.This updated set of Key Resources for Product Design has been fully refreshed and new titles added, providing teachers of Years 7, 8 and 9 with a basic set of units they can use...
Textiles Early KS3 Y7 Mainly Making - Understanding Fibres and Fabrics, Textiles Early KS3 Year 7 - Mainly Making – Understanding Fibres and FabricsThis unit covers the origins and features of natural and human-made fibres, methods of fabric construction including adding colour and surface decoration. Students will learn to safely operate a sewing machine to produce different stitch patterns and know at least one company who use exclusive textile prints.This updated set of Key Resources for Product Design has been fully refreshed and new titles added, providing teachers of Years 7, 8 and 9 with a basic set of...
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