Government sets out higher education and science budgets
The Government has set out its allocation to higher education and its ring-fenced funding for science and research.
DWHD audit leads to rebrand for British Horseracing Education & Standards Trust
DWHD has rebranded the British Horseracing Education & Standards Trust, a charity which awards qualifications in the racing industry. BHEST also operates the Racing to School education programme, which aims
Universities UK highlights education’s place in creative industries
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Report calls for more Government support of multi-disciplinary design education
The multi-disciplinary Design Network – a network of academics from universities across the country – is calling for greater Government support for multi-disciplinary design education, including closer integration of design
Until the funding is sorted, design education will suffer
In support of David Kimpton and Julian Grice’s suggestions on how to raise standards in design education (Letters, DW 9 September), I would like to chuck my two-pennyworth in.
Government called on to prioritise creative industries education
The Council for Industry and Higher Education is calling on the Government to prioritise CDIT (creative, digital and IT) subjects to help make the UK a global leader in these
The Brand Union chairman Dave Brown in education drive
The Brand Union’s UK chairman Dave Brown is launching an initiative to raise the standard of design education in UK schools, with support from Seymour Powell co-founder Richard Seymour.
Design Archives gets higher education grant
The Design Archives at the University of Brighton has been awarded £180 000 of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Eldridge Smerin works on Shakespeare’s Globe educational space
Eldridge Smerin is creating the interior design for the new Sackler Studios at the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre on London’s South Bank.
Let’s protect education from the brunt of the cuts
I completely agree with Lynda Relph-Knight’s editor’s blog (www.designweek.co.uk, 9 July).
We’ll need the industry to lend a helping hand to design education
New Designers opens its final show at London’s Business Design Centre this week amid predictions from the Association of Graduate Recruiters that graduates generally will need at least a 2.1
Design education – how radical is radical?
If the new Universities Minister wants to be truly radical, he should ring-fence budgets and deliver on apprenticeships, says Colin Davies
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