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Designing 132 Online PDF

Designing 132 Online PDF, Designing 132 | Winter 2025 Designing magazine showcases excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, alongside commercial and industrial practice. Each issue highlights how design thinking, making and creativity connect education, industry and society. This Winter 2025 issue explores how Design & Technology equips young people with the skills, mindsets and values needed for a rapidly changing world. From sustainable materials and circular design to graduate journeys, enterprise, policy influence and...

Young V&A workshops and exhibitions

Workshops and free Aardman exhibition visits at Young V&A, Bookings are now open for Young V&A’s summer term programme, offering teachers in design & technology, art & design, enrichment and SEN provision practical, curriculum-linked learning experiences designed to build creativity, confidence and real-world understanding. KS3 RISO printed zines workshop Running in May, June and July 2026 on selected Thursdays, 10:30 – 12:00, this new hands-on workshop introduces students to the world of zines as powerful tools for self-expression and communication. KS3 classes...

Curriculum Review – Call for Evidence

Curriculum Review – Call for Evidence, The Design & Technology Association has been working closely with the Design Council, NSEAD and other influencing partners to shape a set of requests for the new Labour government. Now, the Curriculum and Assessment Review Body, led by Professor Becky Francis, is calling for evidence to help shape the future of education. As your professional Association, we will be submitting a response and heavily contributing to responses made by other partners on your behalf. If you wish...

In Conversation with Dids Macdonald OBE and Anne Sampson

Chief Executive of ACID, Dids MacDonald OBE, Podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen now. We talk with Dids Macdonald OBE Co-founder and Chief Executive of ACID (Anti-copying in Design). At the time of recording, Dids was also Master of The Furniture Makers Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furniture industry. We were joined in the conversation by Anne Sampson, who was the outgoing Educational...

Progress 8 Response

Progress 8 Response, D&T Association response headlines The Design & Technology Association has submitted our response to the Department for Education's recent consultation on reforms to Key Stage 4 performance measures. One of the key decisions affecting design and technology was the placement of D&T within the revised slots of the proposed model. This model moves away from the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subject slots, instead adopting a structure with eight slots: double-weighted English and Maths, two dedicated science slots, and four...

Smart mouthguards in rugby

Smart mouthguards in rugby, As the Six Nations Championship gets underway, rugby’s power and precision are on full display but behind the tackles, technology is helping make the game safer. Smart mouthguards, fitted with tiny sensors, are now giving players and coaches real-time data on impacts, offering a new layer of protection on the pitch. From design to innovation Creating a mouthguard that protects teeth, fits comfortably, houses sensors and transmits reliable data is a real-world design challenge. Engineers and biomechanists worked...

Book Review The Inventor’s Workshop

Inspiring invention through story: The Inventor’s Workshop by Ruth Amos, Ruth Amos’s The Inventor’s Workshop offers design and technology teachers an engaging way to introduce invention, creativity and problem solving in the classroom. Blending storytelling with practical insight, the book supports pupils in understanding how ideas develop through curiosity, testing and improvement. The story follows a group of young friends who discover an abandoned workshop filled with tools, gadgets and blueprints from a mysterious inventor. Each chapter presents a new challenge, allowing pupils...

Earth Day 2025

Celebrate Earth Day with Free Resources to Support Sustainability in D&T, This Earth Day is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the role that design and technology can play in building a more sustainable future — and to inspire students to think critically about the impact of the products they create and use. Whether you're looking to update your own knowledge, refresh your teaching, or spark new conversations in the classroom, there are a range of free, high-quality resources...

In Conversation with Hethersett Academy

Part one of two, Hethersett Academy , In the second of our focus podcasts within a specific school, we are delighted to bring you 'Designed for Life' in conversation with Hethersett Academy in East Anglia. Listen here Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Amazon Music The intention within these podcasts is to provide listeners with a complete 360 journey around the design and technology department in the school, with interviews and thoughts...

Personalised Membership Logins

Personalised Membership Logins, Personalised Membership Logins Being a member of the Design and Technology Association, now offers members a tailored, personalised login page, directing you to information important to you. You will still be able to visit all pages on our new website, offering you an overall view of what is happening within other areas of D&T. When it is time to renew your membership you will receive an email with a personalised online renewal link. Please click on the link and renew online....

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