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STEM and design and technology: Work still to be done

Computing and STEM
A recent report from the Engineering the Future group claimed that the industry is suffering because of misconceptions and poor careers advice. Writing in response, Richard Green says the UK leads the world in teaching design and technology – but there is

Over the past few decades, one of the key narratives to emerge from the UK media is one of national decline.

It is a narrative that is pursued with particular vigour in the education sector which, if one were to believe the headlines, is in a perpetual state of crisis. 

While it would be naïve to say that our educational system is not without its faults – some of them very serious – it is equally wrong to ignore its successes.

One such success is in the teaching of design and technology, with the UK being home to some of the leading – if not the leading – schools in the world for the teaching of the subject. 

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