Editorial

Inform industry on the contributions of design

France recently organised the "General State of the Industry" in order to strengthen its industrial policy. Accompanied by local and regional policy makers, competitiveness clusters, sectors stakeholders and businesses, ‘design innovation’ participated in the workshops "Advanced Materials" and "Innovation & entrepreneurship" to educate businesses to design and train designers to manage these two central issues.

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EDTI Events

Design: So what and who cares ?

Press Releases

Join the EDTI Network!

After 2 years of development, the European Design Training Incubator (EDTI) is now developing as a unique, freely accessible network of individuals and organisations involved in design-related education and training in the various design domains.

Joining EDTI is easy. You just need to let us your areas of interest and reasons for joining: curriculum development, teaching and training, or developing and implementing Continuous Professional Development activities.

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“Design: So what and who cares?”

‘Design: So what and who cares? Fostering continuous professional and business development’ is the title of the white book published by EDTI Partners as a conclusion of the first phase of the European Design Training Incubator project. This publication is specifically dedicated to design-related stakeholders: policy makers in education and training, educational institutions, educators, Continuous Professional Development providers, trainers, design and business support organisations.

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News

Creative Graduates Creative Futures

This is the largest-ever study of the career patterns of graduates from UK courses in art, design, craft and media. The study explores graduates’ experiences of higher education, their activities since graduating, the work they are currently engaged in, and their plans for the future.
Graduates of creative courses are well placed to ride out the recession this new study has revealed.

For further information and downloadable reports visit www.creativegraduates.com

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Top 10 learning technology trends in 2010

How will the growing reach of new media technologies affect training in 2010? Robin Hoyle, head of learning at Infinity Learning looks at how Web 2.0 can be used to improve learner engagement and interaction.

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The Icograda Education Network welcomes two new members

Icograda is pleased to welcome two new members to the Icograda Education Network (IEN). The American University of Kuwait and the Universidad Autómna de Guadalajara Campus Tabasco, Mexico, offer competitive design education opportunities for students seeking a professional advantage in the field.

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