News archive
Find out about Diploma news over the past year by browsing through our archives.
Click on the months below to view the relevant archived headlines:
16.02.2010
Diploma team head to national IEBE conference
Manufacturers are being invited to find out how working with young people can prove to be a real benefit at a major conference which celebrates the ties between education and business.
Members of the team behind the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD), one of the Government’s new... Read More.
16.02.2010
Nampak give teachers a lesson in hi-tech manufacturing
Nampak Plastics Europe has been helping bring teachers up to speed with the hi-tech world of manufacturing as they get ready to teach students a pioneering industry-lined qualification.
The plastic milk bottle manufacturer has become involved in the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD),... Read More.
16.02.2010
Meeting the future manufacturers
When a college sent out an SOS for help teaching students a new work-related Diploma, a Bradford employer came to the rescue and forged a friendship that bridged the generation gap.
As a result of a teacher’s email to businesses, students at Dixons City Academy studying the Diploma in Manufacturing... Read More.
04.02.2010
Make It Campaign - Teenagers invited to make tomorrow's technology solutions
Teenagers will test wind turbines, engineer robotics, create replica bus models and mould ‘fantastic plastics’ as they find out more about the top jobs of the future.
It’s all happening at the Make It in Manufacturing and Engineering Zone at the Skills NorthWest careers event (9-11... Read More.
03.02.2010
Invitation to regional network meetings for MPD teachers
Dates have now been released for the second in a series of three regional network meetings for the Diploma in MPD. These meetings have been set up for practitioners specifically involved with the Diploma in MPD, and are taking place around the country over the next few months.
All practitioners... Read More.
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