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What One Teacher Learned at Dyson

What One Teacher Learned at Dyson, The Design & Technology Association, in collaboration with the James Dyson Foundation, hosted a national CPD event at the Dyson campus in Malmesbury offering teachers from across the UK an opportunity to step inside one of the UK’s most innovative engineering environments. The fully funded CPD day brought together D&T teachers for a deep dive into hands-on activities that explored gamification, engineering tasks, Micro:bit programming, and mechanical construction. For Claire, a D&T teacher from a small independent school in Norfolk, the event was an exciting...

Moving on

Moving on, If your school has invested heavily in planning materials which you feel have weaknesses from a D&T point of view, it is important to think practically about what can be done to bring them up to scratch. It may be helpful to do some or all of the following: First, look for the positives – identify those aspects of D&T projects and activities that you are happy with and that support good practice. For example, the D&T might be clearly identifiable as a subject in its own right, which can...

In Conversation with Debbie Inman

Talent partner at Bulletproof , Debbie Inman, This is the second of three in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to return to school empowered with this experience and with a knowledge base that enables them to answer that question "Miss/Sir, what's it like to work in..." Listen here This...

In Conversation with Stephanie Tomlinson

Assistant Head of Technology at Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Stephanie Tomlinson, This is the third and final episode in our short mini-series on Teachers in Residence, the initiative within the Design and Technology Association that places teachers in business and industry placements, within which they gain a detailed perspective of the company, learn more about the sector that the business works within, thus allowing them to return to school empowered with this experience and with a knowledge base that enables them to answer that question "Miss/Sir, what's it like to work in..." This episode sees...

Garrett Spellman

Technology Subject Teacher, Garrett Spellman, Garrett is Head of Department of Technology subject at the Convent of Mercy Secondary School in county Roscommon, Ireland. Garrett has a Bachelor's Degree (BEng) in Civil Engineering and qualifications in Technology Education. He has taught internationally under the UK Curriculum, IGCSE, and the International Bachelorette (IB) in Design & Technology. Garrett has delivered educational and subject specific content for the Association, associations in Ireland and in UAE schools. Watch Garrett's D&T department tour here

Ally Price

Head of D&T , Ally Price, Ally Price is Head of Design & Technology at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls in Kent. As a qualified SENCO with a Masters in Education, Ally works to engage students of all abilities in pursuing higher education pathways and careers in STEM related subjects. She has undertaken work on the D&T subject advisory panel for Oak National Academy and is also part of the D&T evaluation group for the Prince’s Teaching Institute. Watch Ally's D&T department tour here ...

Bill Williams

Chair of Trustees, Bill Williams, Bill is an experienced CEO and Executive Leadership coach who has successfully led organisations in the engineering, manufacturing and services sectors. He is an Executive Leadership coach to top performing CEO’s and Executive Leaders globally. He holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, is an Honorary Fellow at UCL and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). Bill is passionate about apprenticeships and promoting design and technology in education.

Chris Hatherall

Chris Hatherall, Having originally trained as a Teacher of Design & Technology Chris is the Principal at University Technical College Warrington. A specialist science and engineering college for 14–19-year-olds. The UTC is one of the highest performing in the country for students progressing onto higher and degree apprenticeships. He is also a non-executive Director of a Group Training Association which provides technical apprentice training for over 100 businesses across the country.

Sandwich Snacks

Sandwich Snacks, Sandwich SnacksAge 7-9 yearsFully updated 2020 With this resource children experience basic food preparation techniques and ways of combining ingredients to create simple food products for a particular purpose. It may be adapted by using an alternative context for the children’s designing and making assignment for example: snacks or pizza toppings. As well as helping children to make choices in designing and making a sandwich for a particular purpose, and an awareness of which foods are healthy, there is an emphasis on improving literacy skills amongst children with mild...

Gary Frize-Williams

Gary Frize-Williams, Having taken my A levels in technical subjects, I studied for 4 years (5 days a week 09.00 to 17.00!) the teaching of Design Technology, and gained my Honours degree from London University. I have been a teacher for all of my career and worked in five schools around the UK and one in Germany. I soon became Head of Department and I’ve been Head of Faulty for half of my career. I have always taught students from Y7 to Y13 and never been just an administrator. I...

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