One of this year’s GCSE Design and Technology briefs was already centred around sustainability. Across the board, students are being asked to consider the sustainability of materials and supply chain, ...

An overview of biomimetics - the study of copying nature's mechanisms to solve design problems in a resource suitable for Key Stage 3/4 and GCSE.

Research from the Design Council shows that seven in ten people working in the design industry today – which is around 1.38 million – studied design and technology at GCSE level, according to its CEO ...

KS3 / GCSE Design and Technology: Why is testing essential in design and build? ... or projects of that size.' UNKNOWN MALE #2:To my mind, this is a 7,000 tonne Swiss watch.

GCSE courses in design and technology have disappeared from nearly half of schools amid pressure to succeed in core compulsory subjects. Jump to content. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Alison Hardy consults for the Design and Technology Association. There has been a worrying decline in recent years in the number of teenagers opting to take design and technology (D&T) at GCSE ...

Ruth, 19, from Sheffield, designed the StairSteady to help those with walking difficulties climb the stairs as part of her design and technology GCSE project. Her teacher asked her to design a ...

And in design and technology, entries among GCSE students fell by 23 per cent. Meanwhile, entries to media, film and TV studies GCSEs fell by 12 per cent and entries to music among GCSE students ...

Entries for GCSE design and technology in England fell by nearly a third (32 per cent) between 2012 and 2017, a new analysis by the Press Association shows.

The separate subjects of design and technology and art and design are suffering. Over the last 10 years, the number of D&T teachers has halved and the number of UK D&T GCSE entries sat by 16-year ...