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Is there a shortage of young people going into technology and
design engineering careers in the UK? Rogowski

Alex
You will see several articles related to the umbrella term Design and
Technology throughout this magazine; the reason for this is that the -
subject has diversified at St David’s over the last few years and we Cart
have made a conscious decision to allow our advanced level
students to specialise in a chosen area or field of study over the two Street
years that make up the advanced level course. Many will choose to
follow the more traditional route in order to keep their study Definately. We’re facing a massive shortfall in the number of
content as broad as possible and we are finding that those who engineer’s we’re going to need come 2020. We don’t do enough
choose this option tend to study the advanced level course as either in schools to promote these subject areas, or to get enough
a back-up or to support their points acquisition for university
admission. This course of study is an excellent way to get a good females into engineering. kids are clearly excited by it. So how Williams
grounding in the design process in its broadest sense. The increase is it lost by the time they come out of university?
in numbers who opt for the ‘specialist’ route is increasing at a rapid
pace, and this can be directly attributed to choice of career (and Jack
interest in the specific content), and the subsequent admission to -
university or, increasingly, directly into work placement. Mike Aldred - Senior Designer (DYSON)
Tyrranid
Our specialist areas of study are:

Architecture/Interior Design

Mechanical Engineering

Product and Industrial Design

Traditional Skills (furniture making etc)
Flannery
Transport Design

Film/Prop/CGI
technology Ellen
I have included articles in several of these
specialised areas of study elsewhere in -
this magazine, so on these pages I
would like to concentrate on and manufacturing powerless amplifiers for iPods and other Light
Product Design. such devices.
Wall
We sow the seeds of good We have been overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of
design principles from a some of the outcomes, and we are really encouraged by
very early age (Y5-Y6) in the fact that many of these pupils will join us on the
that we encourage advanced level courses; this bodes well for the school - Tom Wright
pupils to undertake and, hopefully for the various industry sectors that are
mini problem solving crying out for raw talent.
exercises utilising a Axe
range of rigid Notable students from our advanced Product Design Ice
materials - with an course include Ellen Flannery with a ‘Brutalist’ /
emphasis on fun! lighting system, David Johnson with an educational Walking
game for the blind, Rebecca Lawrence-Jones with a
As our pupils Harley-Walsh 60s inspired chair, Alex Rogowski with his take on a
progress through traditional street cart, Sarah Roberts with a sleek
the years with us, Jack Modernist steel-framed chair, Sara Marsh with an
the problems - excellent solution for portable/modular housing, and
become more specific Hannah Eikmann with a Modernist lighting unit.
and focused, and Drift Trike
require ‘real-world’ Once again, we are elated by the fact that FIVE of our
solutions. Many of this students have been nominated for the WDA Innovation Martin O’Leary
year’s GCSE pupils have, Awards 2017 - David Johnson, Charlie Stanbury, Danny
for example, been designing Jones, Rebecca Lawrence-Jones and Jack Harley-Walsh.
Well done to all!
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