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:
30.10.2009
Students promote dairy over the airwaves
Young people from Manchester got the chance to explore a working factory and learn about marketing a new product at an event this month, organised as part of the new Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD).
The 12 students from Wellacre Technology College visited Robert Wiseman... Read More.
27.10.2009
Ginsters of Cornwall champion the Diploma
We are pleased to announce that Chris Schaffer, Bakery Training Co-ordinator and Education Co-ordinator at Ginsters, has signed up to become an Employer Champion for the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD).
In this role, Chris stands in support of the Diploma in MPD and will promote the... Read More.
26.10.2009
Ginsters launch virtual Diploma visits for schools and colleges
Cornwall-based food manufacturer, Ginsters, have developed and launched an invaluable tool to assist all schools and colleges in delivering the Diploma in MPD.
Teachers involved in this Diploma can now give their students virtual access to the Callington Bakery and to the expertise of Ginsters staff... Read More.
23.10.2009
Invitation to tender for Diploma in MPD project
QCDA would like to invite appropriate organisations to tender for the work to develop Diploma in MPD line of learning resource materials.
If your organisation would like to apply please click this link, and download the documents relating to contract 3059.... Read More.
20.10.2009
Diploma in MPD project exemplars now available
The Diploma in MPD project team has developed a series of documents, which include examples of projects that students could undertake as part of the Diploma in MPD.
These documents have been designed to give teachers and learning providers an indication of the wide range of projects... Read More.
09.10.2009
Refreshed ASL Guide for Schools and Colleges - version 6 released
Our latest Additional and Specialist Learning Guide for Schools and Colleges is now available to download.
This document has been designed to help learning providers, teachers, careers professionals to make sense of Additional and Specialist Learning (ASL) and enable them to advise young learners... Read More.
If you have any news you would like to share about the Diploma in MPD, please send your stories to enquiries@manufacturingdiploma.co.uk
