Students from years 7 to 10 are invited to attend the university's Degree Show based on their efforts and skills-sets shown in all areas of Design & Technology over the course of the academic year.
They are firstly tasked with networking, gathering research and contact information from the Product Design exhibition, and hand in the work at the end of the visit.
For day 2, they are put into mixed year group teams, each headed by a year 10 captain, the work is returned to them and they debate which degree level project to redevelop. Each team then bids to gain control of their project, and if two teams have selected the same project/designer to inspire them, they have a debate on who should gain control.
Further research, contact with designers and suppliers then ensues, as the ideation takes place.
Finally, on day 3, all students convert their work to digital files, and deliver a 5 minute presentation then face up to 5 minutes of questioning. Winners are decided from judges' scores.
