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Are you a Teaching School or Multi-Academy Trust?, The government recently announced the Strategic School Improvement Fund, a grant aimed at supporting a broad range of school improvement activities for primary, secondary and middle schools, and including special schools and pupil referral units. Applications are invited from teaching schools, multi-academy trust and local authorities, who can apply for funding to address local improvement priorities across a group of schools who meet the government’s eligibility criteria. We would welcome the opportunity to work alongside you to develop and deliver a...
PPE - Design and Technology teachers we salute you, but the job is not done, These are such difficult times. Over the last ten days, our community has mobilised, stepped up and as I have pointed out to several journalists who have approached us for telephone conversations and updates, has pretty much practised what we preach. The needs thrown up by this pandemic present design and engineering challenges that require an open and analytical approach to problem-solving, design and manufacture; as teachers of design and technology, that’s our bread and butter, it’s...
Primary Engineer's National Competition, In a recent webinar, Scott, the Head of Marketing at Primary Engineer, shared exciting details about the organisation's National Engineering Competition. The competition, accessible to all schools in the UK, invites students to explore the fascinating world of engineering by pondering the question: "If you were an engineer, what would you do?" Scott began the session by providing valuable insights into the competition, which is fully funded by industry partners and offered free of charge to all schools. Primary Engineer's mission is to bring engineering directly into classrooms, fostering engagement...
New Government Digital Strategy, The Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has also announced the Government’s new Digital Strategy, which looks to improve the UK public’s digital skills and teach more school children how to code. The Design and Technology Association has welcomed the strategy but urged Government to broaden its scope of “digital skills” to mean more than “computing.” We have argued that it is just as important to understand the digital technologies that are revolutionising the modern workplace. Skills such as computer aided design (CAD), computer numerical controlling, 3D printing and laser-cutting are just as critical...
Earl of Clancarty in the House of Lords on Creative Subjects, The Earl of Clancarty raised a question in the House of Lords on creative education and what steps Her Majesty's Government intend to take to encourage the study of design subjects in schools. In order to give pupils access to an excellent and well rounded education, Art and Design and Design and Technical were seen to be essential to ensure success. The Earl of Clancarty goes on to ask whether there is agreement on the point that "design...
Post Election Campaigning, Following 8th June the newly formed Government will be setting the direction for navigating the UK into a post-Brexit future. Whatever the outcome, you can be assured that the Design and Technology Association will be back in the business of lobbying Department for Education ministers, in support of our cause. These are difficult times and we know all about the challenges facing the sector, and in particular, those that affect Design and Technology departments: from lack of funding to teacher recruitment, through to the impact of the EBacc on pupils’ subject choices. More...
Take the next step on your leadership journey , The Mayor is running a second year of his scheme for senior leaders in London: Getting Ahead London. Delivered by Challenge Partners, a place on this scheme can give you prestigious, bespoke training and support to help you on your journey to becoming a headteacher in the capital. Through a structured, year-long programme of coaching, network building and career advice, Getting Ahead London will give senior leaders the skills and confidence to help them move towards a headship position. The support offered...
Education in the next Parliament, By the time you read this article, the new government should already have been decided. Jack Tindale, Design Policy Manager in the Manufacturing, Design and Innovation team at Policy Connect, talks about what the new government needs to do to for design, technology and other creative subjects "At the moment, design, technology and other creative subjects need to be incorporated properly into the education system. The Department for Education should consider broader performance measures for schools with regard to how design and creative education is...
Advice for workshop use from September 2020 – Support for school leaders returning post COVID Lockdown, We are living and working in uncertain and challenging times. By the time secondary students start to return to design and technology department workshops this September, many workshops will have been in a closed state for five months or longer. Facilities may have lain idle or alternatively could have been set up as a production environment for PPE to assist clinical workers in their hour of need. School leaders and governors will be considering how to safely open...
Gordon Warren Obituary, We were saddened to hear earlier this week of the death of Gordon Warren. Gordon was the man whose vision and drive resulted in the creation of the Design and Technology Association. An experienced HMI and from everything that I have heard this week, a man deeply rooted in the subject and its value to students and society. I sadly never met Gordon but hearing this week about the work that he led to start the Association, and with everyone emailing us talking about his dry wit and...
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