Threatened Decline of D&T in the UK

The proposed EBac (English Baccalaureate) is already having a very negative impact on the amount of time being made available to D&T in the timetable. Students are being actively encouraged to switch at GCSE from D&T to EBac subjects and that this has already led to redundancies in D&T departments. (DATA)

At the same time....China is opening design schools at an increasing ratehttp://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_41/b4004412.htm

If the Government does not make the right choice for longer term growth and only concentrates on short term savings in Education - Britain may end up suffering from even greater creative 'brain drain' effect in the future. 

Creative Britain in Reverse?

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Seymourpowell, in partnership with the Design & Technology Association and the James Dyson Foundation, have made this film to promote the importance of desig...