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Britain’s manufacturing heroes named in Birmingham, Our CEO Tony Ryan has been selected in The Manufacturer Top 100 for 2023. He was the proud winner of the award for 'Sector Activist' which showcases the tireless work Tony has undertaken championing the subject of D&T to ensure a better future for the manufacturing sector. The Manufacturer's annual awards for the 100 most inspirational individuals working in UK industry were announced Wednesday the 7th of June at a gala reception at the NEC in Birmingham. Tony continues, "I was both delighted and humbled to receive...
Engineer, Designer & Innovator, Yewande Akinola MBE FIET HonFREng , This episode of Designed for Life was recorded live at the V&A London as part of the London Design Festival 2022. Watch the podcast here. Yewande Akinola is one of the foremost design engineers in the UK today. Born and raised in Western Nigeria, she describes her interest in the built environment and bridges from an early age, intrigued by the beauty and structure of buildings around her. Her father was a Government Minister in Nigeria. He...
Fixture and Tool Designer, Matthew , Watch Matthew's video here Matthew is a manufacturing engineer at JJ Churchill who has progressed from apprenticeship and now designs tooling and fixturing for manufacturing, working closely with the tool room supervisors and engineers who oversee their manufacture. He works on computers using CAD to design drawings that the tool room manufactures. Matthew mainly works independently but as part of a team of engineers, and visits suppliers off-site too. He particularly enjoys problem-solving and works predominantly in aerospace, but also in the automotive, defence and...
Modelmaking professional and lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth, Claire Holman, In this episode, we are in conversation with Claire Holman, modelmaking professional and lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth. Listen here Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts We follow Claire's journey from a fairly nomadic start as her family moved first to Zambia and then to England, closely followed by Scotland as her father's work dictated their journey. This was followed at age sixteen by Claire leaving school and taking on a YTS course (if you are old...
Co-founder of the Marloe Watch Company, Gordon Fraser, In this conversation, we follow Gordon Fraser, Co-founder of the Marloe Watch Company, on his journey from a difficult school experience to co-founding a successful British-designed watch company. Listen here Listen on Spotify Listen on Amazon Listen on AppleWith his Co-founder Oliver, whom he met online, the two founded The Marloe Watch Company and produced their first two watches without meeting (and living in two different countries). As the company grew, Oliver was the first to 'give up the day...
Designing 115 pdf copy, Designing 115 February 2020 Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Designing...
Time to put the clocks back, The National Curriculum subject D&T has presented controversy for the entire period of its existence. Some might say that is good. Others would say it is inevitable as its nature, purpose and content, together with associated teaching and learning methodology used to teach and assess it have been subject to continual review. What we do know, is the strength of the passion felt by many about D&T, to which in many cases they have devoted their entire professional life. This D&T Association’s blog provides an opportunity...
60 minute CPD - Primary Planning - Lunch hour May, 60 minute CPD, online course (Zoom link will be provided)Your long-term D&T plan is vital for quality learning in D&T. How do you know you have covered everything you need? Can you articulate why your D&T curriculum is the way it is? Course objectives: In this session we will look at some tools and resources to help to create your curriculum overview and ensure coverage of the National Curriculum. It will also provide you food for thought...
D&T Teacher Education Knowledge Exchange Symposium, The Design and Technology Teacher Education Group (DTTEG) is thrilled to announce an upcoming D&T Teacher Education Knowledge Exchange Symposium, set to take place in Birmingham in June 2025. This much-anticipated event is subsidised by the Liverpool Institute for Research in Education (LIFE), enabling tickets to be offered at an affordable price of just under £30. The symposium will bring together primary and secondary specialists, catering to both new and experienced D&T teacher educators in universities and schools, as well as school-based mentors....
Bio Bags, Bio Bags11-14 YearsFirst published 2010 A project that has been run twice across the South West with a mixed KS3 group of 18 pupils from three different schools in Cornwall involved a one day visit to the Eden project. The emphasis was on pupils developing creative ideas (stimulated by biomimicry), to design bags for use at the location. The project could equally have been run at a local garden centre, botanical garden or park. On site, the pupils interviewed specific bag owners about the features of bags people use. To ensure that the project was...
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