Liverpool academic proposes design education changes
Apprenticeships could be brought back in typography, and art and design teaching could be funded through VAT on goods created by the creative industries, a Liverpool academic has proposed
Education, Education, Education
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Funnel Creative works on identity for education initiative
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Tayburn to expand Education UK brand for British Council
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Digital consultancy Fish in a Bottle has created a series of online educational games for BBC Ireland
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Rodney Fitch in retail design education move
Fitch founder Rodney Fitch has been appointed professor of retail design at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in a move that promises to create a new model for
Brighton event tackles state of digital education
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Design Council chief executive calls for design education change
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Design education debate has much wider implications
I read the story on your website relating to the Royal Society of Art’s call for a change in design education (www.designweek. co.uk, 25 June). I think this is a
Mather & Co takes up the recycling education challenge
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RSA calls for change in design education
The Royal Society of Arts is calling for design education to focus more on the design of services and move away from what it says is an emphasis on product
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