No More Designers? The uncertain future of design in schools

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Worrying article.

The National Curriculum is getting a revamp which will be put into practice next year, but the draft Design and Technology syllabus, published last month is worrying. I had hoped it would move things forward from the limited exposure I was given at school, but the new proposal is in fact a step backwards. The focus is to be on teaching of everyday practical skills like cooking, home maintenance and horticulture. There is little mention of anything directly relevant to modern design and engineering practice.
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Now that is terrifying, but honestly I thought the D&T curriculum had already been reduced to that level.
 
Duh! Forgot the link: http://www.kinneirdufort.com/blog/no-more-designers

The UK right now is a world leader in modern, creative industry. Our expertise in design, engineering, advertising, architecture etc, accounts for a significant proportion of our exports and domestic profit, and we can boast home-grown figureheads such as Ive, Dyson etc.
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Not sure how Dyson and Ive are such great examples. Dyson just oursourced manufacturing to Malaysia, and Ive works for a US company.
 
Hi, i'm sure that all blogs or mentions by someone with the potential to reach a good crowd source does their homework( I hope) . However this could possibly be the initiative of someone desperate for more attention. Currently i'm almost nearing graduation for METD (Mechanical Engineering Technology Design) and I have found an abundant amount of open jobs ready to hire grad students with even 2 year degrees. As fascinating as that is to me, I really would like to be picked up pre graduation. Everyone has to pay bills right? but to stay on subject, that information has to be incorrect. I wouldn't read much into it.
 
Just saw your link... sorry but it came up somehow after I submitted the previous response. I feel a lot of searching outside the normal home based engineering family comes from companies not taking a chance on the development ideals of their current and future employees they have in their grasp.
 
There is little mention of anything directly relevant to modern design and engineering practice.
 
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