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Awards 2025

The 25th Design & Technology Association Excellence Awards Nominations are now open! , These prestigious awards serve as a platform to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work undertaken by individuals who have made significant contributions within D&T. In a constantly evolving landscape, D&T plays a crucial role in fostering creativity, problem-solving, and practical skills. The Excellence Awards aim to shine a spotlight on those individuals who have gone above and beyond, whether that is through ground-breaking projects, educational initiatives, or transformative leadership. Pupils and colleagues are nominated for their outstanding work or exceptional...

Product Design Early KS3 Year 7 - Technology in Society – Eco Design

Product Design Early KS3 Year 7 - Technology in Society – Eco Design, Product Design Early KS3 Year 7 - Technology in Society – Eco DesignThis helps students to understand what eco design is, how it affects product design, and ways to reduce the effect of design on the environment. It comes with a set of eco-impact cards and has video links to different approaches to reusing and recycling products. There is the option to design and prototype a new product reusing waste items.This updated set of Key Resources for Product Design has been fully refreshed...

Masterclass with Jude Pullen - Prototyping

Masterclass with Jude Pullen - Prototyping , This inspiring masterclass has been developed in collaboration with Jude Pullen and the Design & Technology Association. This E-Learning 'Prototyping' masterclass will take D&T teachers through the process of prototyping and model making with Jude Pullen. With a range of approaches and thought-pieces, the masterclass explores the role of prototyping in D&T and industry, exploring useful materials and processes and diving into some challenges you can do with your students . You will pick up tips and tricks along the way to allow you...

Product Design Late KS3 Y9 Technology in Society - Evolution and the future

Product Design Late KS3 Y9 Technology in Society - Evolution and the future, Product Design Late KS3 Year 9 - Technology in Society – Evolution and the futureStudents learn how to evaluate products and how and why they have changed over time, developing an understanding about the relationship between evolution and design. It also looks at biomimicry and how it is affecting design. Includes video links and challenging questions for students.This updated set of Key Resources for Product Design has been fully refreshed and new titles added, providing teachers of Years 7,...

Get Designing - Generating real design ideas

Get Designing - Generating real design ideas, First published 2012 This activity is about getting students to really understand design challenges and the design process and, where possible, work like real designers. The project should take place over three lessons and covers: Design Understanding: Developing real knowledge of the design challenge through investigation. Design Practice: Using play to develop design skills that specifically respond to the design challenge. Peer Review: Putting all the ideas on the table, depersonalising them and letting go of intellectual property rights. Design Activity: Developing a...

Plight of Design and Technology Education

Plight of Design and Technology Education, We were fortunate to be involved in a recent article concerning the plight of design and technology education featured in The Observer. Since the release of the Observer article, the story has garnered a lot of attention and found its way into other press outlets, including Dezeen. The UK's Design Council has announced an upskilling target to prepare one million designers for the green transition, starting with a call to reverse the "critical decline" in design and technology education. The plan was launched in conjunction with...

Les Porter

Les Porter, Les was teacher-trained at Shoreditch Teacher Training College and started his teaching career in 1966 as a CDT teacher at Heathside School in Weybridge. After a number of appointments in Surrey, in 1974 he was appointed as Head of the D&T faculty at Sandhurst School in Berkshire. Over the next 25 years he taught in a number of schools in Surrey and Berkshire. During his time with Berkshire he was seconded as part of the LEA advisory team and also undertook an MA in D&T Education. In 1991 he left main-stream teaching to join...

Implementing computer aided design (C.A.D) in primary D&T

Implementing computer aided design (C.A.D) in primary D&T, This course will help teachers and D&T leaders improve their knowledge of C.A.D. and how it can be successfully applied in the primary D&T curriculum as part of the key stage 2 requirements of the English national curriculum programmes of study. With how-to videos, suggestions for software and resources to use in class, we show the impact C.A.D. can have in your class. Course objectives: Understand how to introduce C.A.D. in design and technology. Be aware of a variety of...

Transform Your KS3 D&T Curriculum - Full day August

Transform Your KS3 D&T Curriculum - Full day August, This course has been reduced by £10 until July 31st 2025. Normal price member £199, Normal price non member £270Full day, face to face course in Banbury This full-day course is aimed not only at producing an exciting, relevant and realistic KS3 curriculum, but linking it seamlessly to your delivery at KS4 and in turn creating a five-year D&T curriculum for your school. It is intended to help you implement an effective curriculum structure that focuses on the needs and aspirations of the students, creating a...

Modelmaking, Prototyping and Conceptual Models Training Bundle

Modelmaking, Prototyping and Conceptual Models Training Bundle, We have created a training bundle of two E-Learning courses, aimed at KS3 and KS4 but significant for other age groups. The training bundle includes an inspiring masterclass developed in collaboration with Jude Pullen and the Design & Technology Association on Prototyping and Conceptual Models and another E-Learning course focused around modelmaking and prototyping, giving you a comprehensive suite of materials to develop your, and your students’ skills and understanding of this vital part of the design and make process. With the help...

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