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In conversation with Dean Kamen & Chris Hatherall

Dean Kamen & Chris Hatherall, This is a big episode for Designed for Life, as we proudly reach number 100! We are delighted to have Dean Kamen, an American engineer, inventor, and businessman, on the show. Dean is known for his inventions of the Segway, iBOT, and Slingshot (a water purification system) and for founding what he proudly calls his greatest invention, FIRST.🎧 Listen now. In this episode, we investigate the mindset of a serial inventor to discuss what drives a high-school student to set up a business that yields $60,000 before he...

In Conversation with Rose Russell and Edna Reilly

Ursuline Academy, Ilford, Rose Russell and Edna Reilly, On International Women in Engineering Day, Designed for Life takes a moment to celebrate the work of two women who have made an amazing positive difference to girls' exposure to STEM opportunities within their school. Listen to the podcast hereRose Russell has been an outstanding Technician/Instructor/ STEM Coordinator at the Ursuline Academy, Ilford (an all girl’s catholic school) for 29 years in both the art and design and design and technology departments. Trained in fashion, Rose is neither an engineer nor a scientist, but

In Conversation with Nick Grey

Founder and Managing Director of Grey Technologies, Nick Grey, In this episode, we are delighted to be in conversation with Nick Grey, founder and Managing Director of Grey Technologies, better known to most of us as GTech. Listen here GTech manufactures cordless tools, with the range running from vacuum cleaners through to garden tools and equipment. In this podcast we follow Nick's journey from his earliest years and what sounds like a few idyllic years when his father's work brought Nick and his six siblings to Ireland, through a problematic secondary education and then a...

Amazing Workshop Equipment

Exclusive Member Discount: X% Off Widget Basher, Amazing Workshop Equipment, Amazing workshop Equipment has been supplying schools for 200 years. They started out selling consumables such as chalk for teachers to use on blackboards and wood of varying kinds to make furniture. They have moved with the times and are now the first school supplier to sell actual robotic jumping widget bashers of varying sizes to D&T Departments. Our Offer to UK D&T Association Members D&T Association members can now enjoy an exclusive X% discount on the Widget Basher from Amazing Workshop...

Amazing Workshops

Exclusive Member Discount: X% Off Laser beams, Amazing Workshops, Amazing workshops has been supplying schools for 200 years. They started out selling consumables such as chalk for teachers to use on black boards and wood of varying kinds to make furniture. They have moved with the times and are now the first school supplier to sell actual laser beams of varying lengths to D&T Departments. Our Offer to UK D&T Association Members D&T Association members can now enjoy an exclusive X% discount on the Laser Beams from Amazing Workshops – the perfect tool to support...

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 a love...

Bill Williams

Chair of Trustees, Bill Williams, Bill is an experienced CEO in manufacturing and engineering sectors. He was formerly a member of the Board of Group Lotus plc, the CEO of the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence in London and is presently the Group CEO of Alloy Fabweld, a UK group of manufacturing and innovation companies. During his career he has worked in the automotive and motorsport (including Formula 1 and MotoGP) in addition to pharmaceutical and food manufacturing sectors. He holds an MBA from Cranfield, is an Honorary Fellow of University College London...

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D&T Awards 2018

The awards winners are: CATEGORY 1 - Muhammad Shamshad Azad, winner of Technology Supplies Innovation and Creativity in Design and Technology Award CATEGORY 2 - Lisa Larham, winner of Inspirational Teaching of Design and Technology Award in Primary School CATEGORY 3 - Michael Williams, winner of Hertfordshire University Award for Inspirational Teaching of Design and Technology in Secondary School CATEGORY 4 - Rebecca Warner, winner of The James Dyson Foundation Award for Excellence in Engineering Education CATEGORY 5 - Richard Nash, winner of The Institution of Engineering and Technology...

D&T Awards 2019

The award winners are: CATEGORY 1: Dave Bausor, winner of Technology Supplies Award for Innovation and creativity in design and technology CATEGORY 2: Rehiat Kabir, winner of Inspirational teaching of design and technology – Primary CATEGORY 3: Jason Chapman, winner of The HME Logistics Award for Inspirational teaching of design and technology – Secondary CATEGORY 4: Gwen Andrews, winner of The James Dyson Foundation award for excellence in engineering education CATEGORY 5: Andrew Duffey, winner of The Institution of Engineering and Technology Award for creative...

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