This edition of Futureminds has been put together during the Covid19 lockdown. There are articles from DATA, the Textiles Academy, British Nutrition Foundation, Food Teachers Centre, Learnbylayers, STEM centre, and Boyd Education. There is also the news from CLEAPSS and the smallprint.

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

This is our spring 2021 edition of Futureminds. lots of interesting articles from external contributors, including:

Louise Attwood, Tony Ryan, Dr Alison Hardy, Garrett Spellman, QE Boys, The Food Teacher Centre, LearnbyLayers, Spaceguard, Flamefast, The Textiles Skills Academy, Tyler University of Texas, and the latest CLEAPSS updates.

Students spending time, either on day-release or on block-release in a working environment, practising skills learnt on construction courses. Visits to construction sites to observe working practices. Visits to domestic and commercial building sites.