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To: Nottingham Trent University
Save Design and Technology at Nottingham Trent Uni
Save the BSc Secondary Design and Technology Course at NTU
Why is this important?
Design and Technology is a subject that is particularly struggling to find teachers. There are only two universities in England that run an undergraduate course for trainee D&T teachers but now NTU want to bring that down to one. If that happens then the amount of people applying for teacher training will reduce.
The university seem to think that those who apply at NTU will just transfer their application to the remaining university course. This is simply not the case. There are 4 people on the course currently who are there because of the location and reputation and would not have been in a position to just go somewhere else.
The course is also an award winning course with 2 of the lecturers achieving teacher trainer of the year in 2014 & 2015 as well as another lecturer being nominated for a commendation this year.
Design and Technology is still a requirement on the national curriculum at Key Stage 3 but not further on. Without the training for teachers the runs the risk of the subject being taught inefficiently and then possibly disappearing altogether in the future. If the subject isn't being carried on beyond Key Stage 3 it runs the risk of having a knock-on effect on product design, engineering, furniture design and fashion (just to mention only a few).
I'm a mature student who put their personal life on hold and quit a good full time job in order to go and train. I didn't have another way of getting in to teaching as I had already attempted university study a different way. Being settled where I am having a university close was a wonderful thing. There are people in similar positions as me and by closing the course they're taking that opportunity away.
Please help us save the course and in turn save the future of Design and Technology.
The university seem to think that those who apply at NTU will just transfer their application to the remaining university course. This is simply not the case. There are 4 people on the course currently who are there because of the location and reputation and would not have been in a position to just go somewhere else.
The course is also an award winning course with 2 of the lecturers achieving teacher trainer of the year in 2014 & 2015 as well as another lecturer being nominated for a commendation this year.
Design and Technology is still a requirement on the national curriculum at Key Stage 3 but not further on. Without the training for teachers the runs the risk of the subject being taught inefficiently and then possibly disappearing altogether in the future. If the subject isn't being carried on beyond Key Stage 3 it runs the risk of having a knock-on effect on product design, engineering, furniture design and fashion (just to mention only a few).
I'm a mature student who put their personal life on hold and quit a good full time job in order to go and train. I didn't have another way of getting in to teaching as I had already attempted university study a different way. Being settled where I am having a university close was a wonderful thing. There are people in similar positions as me and by closing the course they're taking that opportunity away.
Please help us save the course and in turn save the future of Design and Technology.
How it will be delivered
I plan to email then to the Vice-Chancellor and those involved on the initial review board.
