After attending the Industrial Trust's sumptuous awards ceremony at the gorgeous drapers hall on Tuesday I can report that although my student was a finalst she was not a prize winner. All of the entries in the KS4.5 and undergraduate level were fantastic. Interestingly, very few of them came from Textiles Technology students, many were from a Product Design or Science background and a lot of the teachers that I spoke to were either Product Design or Science too. The winning KS5 entry had done an extended Project Qualification about protective and abrasion resistant textiles, another finalist had a purely science and engineering background and had completed her entry on a year out in industry placement. So where were all the Textiles Technologists?
http://www.industrialtrust.org.uk/drapers.html
The venue was truly stunning and the companies who were exhibiting were fascinating,many were handing out resources like dvds and samples (yay!) more on them in future posts!
I would recommned a quick look at the INdustrial Trust's website to get an idea of the competition and use their very comprehensive resource list for teaching KS 4/5 technical textiles, maybe even enter the competition next year if you havent done so before. The prospect of the cash prize was a good carrot to get my A-level student actually researching the applications of this cutting edge technology.
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