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Oak National Academy: Design and Technology Specialist Vacancies, The Design & Technology Association has four exciting openings available for experienced Design and Technology specialists to work with us for a year to develop model lessons for our curriculum. Background We are delighted to have won the tender to deliver curriculum content across Key Stages 1-4 as part of the Oak National Academy’s next stage of curriculum delivery. This next stage of work with Oak is noteworthy, as it is the first time that any government-funded body worldwide has attempted to create and host...
Ofsted are currently recruiting for a Subject Lead in design and technology. , HMI Subject Leads have a dual role, spending half their time working in their subject, and half inspecting across a broad range of school settings. Ofsted are looking for Subject Leads with sector-leading expertise of curriculum and advances in their specialist subjects. They’ll need to lead work to promote knowledge and insight within Ofsted, the wider education sector and across a range of stakeholders. A big part of the role will be training other inspectors to establish and...
Design and Technology Summer School and COVID-19 crisis, It is with much regret but will come as no surprise to most, to hear that we have decided to cancel our 2020 Summer School planned for Friday 3rd July 2020 in its current format. This year’s Summer School had been redesigned from its traditional two-days to one day only, following feedback from teachers who wanted to attend in 2019 but were unable to justify the cost from stretched school budgets or were unable to take two days away from their students. We addressed the school duration...
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 quite simply what we do! ...
New platform launches search to find the next generation of toy design talent, Launching today, a new digital platform Untitled, part of TLNT Holdings, is hosting an open brief sponsored by the Design and Technology Association (D&T Association) and Mojo Nation which challenges young people between 11-18 to come up with the next hit collectable toy range. Each submission will be reviewed by a representative from Mojo Nation (a creative platform dedicated to toy design and accelerating opportunities for inventors of all levels) and the D&T Association. Five selected creators will then win a chance to pitch...
The Design & Technology Association is delighted to win the tender to deliver Design and Technology educational content across Key Stages 1-4 on Oak National Academy, Many of you will be aware of the Association’s work with Oak National Academy during the COVID lockdowns. This work was carried out in a time of national emergency, with students sent home at very short notice and with students and their anxious parents uncertain when schools would re-open and resume normal service. We quickly reached out to the D&T community and pulled together a small but incredibly productive team of...
Design & Technology Summer School - 6th & 7th July 2017, Following months of planning our Fourth Design & Technology Summer School ran on the 6th & 7th July from the state of the art, newly refurbished facilities of De Montfort University, Leicester. This year, we possibly ran one of the most exciting and practical agendas to date. Old faithful, inspiring trainers who attend every year, coupled with some fresh faces to add to our expert presenters, we really did have high expectations of how the event would unfold. We were obviously not disappointed. With over 300...
Response to Pearson Press Release - Proposed Design & Sustainability qualification, The Design and Technology Association welcomes calls for a revised version of the design and technology curriculum and acknowledges the need for managed subject reform. Pearson presented their thoughts to the Association at the end of November. While there are many aspects of the proposals presented that we are happy to support, there are also areas of some concern, and it was felt that we required more detail before responding in full. Our Reimagining D&T paper released last year followed extensive consultation and was...
Technology, Design and Innovation (TDI) Challenge goes Online for 2020, The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) have launched the 2020 edition of the Technology, Design and Innovation (TDI) Challenge.The flagship schools’ competition, which has been running for 17 years, will return in 2020 with a twist. Due to the current Coronavirus situation in the UK, a new format for the 2020 edition of TDI is being launched online. The aim of the competition is similar to previous years with Secondary School Students being asked to design their own product or concept and explain its...
Design and Technology Association say farewell to Andy Mitchell, Deputy Chief Executive, Andy Mitchell Deputy Chief Executive has decided that it is time to move on and start the next chapter in his life, this week announcing that he will be standing down from his post at the Association this summer. Although there is no doubt that this has been a tough decision for Andy, he feels that after 13 years in post this is the right time to move on. He refuses to use the word ‘retirement’ as “there is still so much...
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