This guide identifies the areas that should be considered prior to embarking on practical work in a general teaching room, rather than a workshop, food room or art studio.

This summer 2018 edition has articles about drones from Airgineers and Skillsupply, 3D printing from Learnbylayers, the future of textiles from the Textiles Academy, food science from the Food Teachers Centre and the Institute of Food Science and Technology, how to make stuff and save money from TechSoft and some H&S tips from our small print.

This edition has information on the exhibitors and workshops planned for the Futureminds Live event in June.

There are also articles on 3D printing, RPE, chemical spills, Chefs in schools, vocational qualifications and Daves Allotment.

This edition of Futureminds is a special bumper edition - we asked people to write about their vision for the future of D&T. There are almost 20 interesting and different visions.

Please get in touch if you have any views on what you read here, or if you would like to contribute to a future edition: dt@cleapss.org.uk