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Aramco STEM Racing 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 from around the world...

Thrive FTs and IEAs

Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. Micro:bit Introduction - this unit introduces Micro:bits, taking a tour of their inputs and outputs, as well as exploring how to connect to your device (computer / ipad etc) and start prototyping with wearable technology. Crumble Introduction - this FT introduces the Crumble microcontroller including key features, programming and simple drag-and-drop coding to...

Sustainability Series Bamboo Bicycle Club

Sustainability Series - Bamboo Bicycle Club and Bradfield Design bring sustainability and creativity into the classroom, Teachers looking to inspire students with hands-on learning, sustainable design and innovation can take inspiration from the collaboration between Bamboo Bicycle Club and Bradfield Design. The project, called ‘Beyond Bradfield’, blends sustainability, design aesthetics and STEM principles in a workshop that takes design and technology learning far beyond traditional bicycle building. Led by Nick Mills, Head of Design at Bradfield College, alongside James Marr, founder of Bamboo Bicycle Club, the workshop gives students the chance...

Tony Ryan

Chief Executive Officer, Tony Ryan, Tony Ryan has been working in education for 32 years, spending 18 in senior management and 11 as headteacher in two very diverse secondary Academies. Tony has worked with a range of organisations both as a trust member and at board level and recently led a group of headteachers to bring a secondary free school bid from inception through approval, to planning for a £18 Million new build secondary school, due to open its doors to students in 2018. Tony entered teaching almost by accident, rediscovering...

In Conversation with Dr Alison Hardy

Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Dr Alison Hardy, In late February, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) released a research paper on the current plight of design and technology education in England, 'A spotlight on design and technology study in England'.The Design and Technology Association is proud to be one of the facilitating partners for this research alongside The IET, ERA Foundation, Foster and Partners Architects and the James Dyson Foundation. In truth, the paper does not tell us much that we did not already know or...

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 (J310) (Q&A)Free to attend -...

Can biology help us to design more sustainable textiles?

Can biology help us to design more sustainable textiles?, Dr Veronika Kapsali from University of the Arts London is conducting research on Bio-inspired textiles (BIT) is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project focused on looking to nature to teach us how to make better design decisions with the resources available to us. The BIT team are creating resources that translate and apply the knowledge found in nature to enable designers to create textiles that combat resource efficiency, longevity, and recovery. View the webinar here.

Secondary D&T workshop collection

Secondary D&T workshop collection, This is collection of workshops taken from our D&T Autumn School 2020 and is aimed at Secondary teachers. This E-Learning course features 8 workshops and accompanying resources from teachers and industry professionals with additional keynotes from inspirational speakers. Each workshop (approximately 40 minutes) allows you to work through at your own pace. Use the downloadable resources to aid your teaching and implement them in the classroom. Whether you are learning a new skill or would like to refresh an existing skill there is something for all teachers,...

Designed for Life - Reset Short Update

Designed for Life - Reset Short Update, We have been offline for a short while whilst we evaluate, reconsider where the podcast is heading and reset. This is the first of what will be a regular series of brief updates between the main podcasts. In these, we aim to tell you what we are up to at the Design & Technology Association, highlight any primary areas of work you might not be aware of, discuss what's going on with the subject, and occasionally...

Alison Hardy

Alison Hardy, Alison is an Associate Professor, writer, researcher, and podcaster. She currently works at Nottingham Trent University. She has edited Learning to Teach Design and Technology, Debates in Design and Technology Education and Redesigning D&T. Alison started her D&T teaching career in Gloucestershire and has been a head of D&T in Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. She also worked in further education where she was responsible for curriculum development and as an overseas lecturer at the University of West Bohemia in

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