Jamie Tuplin, Stan Owers, Mick Waters and Pete Williamson – presenters at the Owers Lecture 2008
The Guardian reports “Oxbridge to accept engineering diploma” – welcome news to learners and their teachers pioneering the Engineering Diploma in Barking & Dagenham schools. This timely announcement comes a week after another stimulating and informative Owers Lecture presented by [...]
Engineering Diplomas get boost
November 20th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: assessment · industry · manufacturing
The Owers Lecture 2007
November 10th, 2007 No Comments
When Stan Owers became Dr Stan Owers, this lecture was initiated.
It was to be held annually to address the issues surrounding manufacturing industry and education. This third in the series was a really challenging event with Jeff Roche, a 2nd year undergraduate giving us a frank review of his learning trajectory so far. Raj Rajagopal, [...]
Tags: education · industry · manufacturing
Royal College of Art Show
June 17th, 2007 No Comments
Platform 8:
“The Chinese Government has recently commissioned the building of more than 1600 new design colleges, with a view to ending the division between the design of an object and its production.”
This was a very small part of an astonishing show in a large tent in Hyde Park, over the road from the Royal College [...]