The Design Commission, a standing commission composed of parliamentarians from all parties and leading representatives from business, industry and the public sector, has just produced its first report, Restarting Britain: Design Education and Growth. The report, which was sponsored by the Design Council, Creative & Cultural Skills and CHEAD, looks at ways in which design education can be improved.
The report makes four recommendations:
- Government needs a national design strategy that it takes ownership of in a well-informed and pro-active way.
- Whilst government should oppose any move to remove design from the national curriculum, we also need to think again about how design operates in schools
- Further education routes into the sector need to be expanded and developed
- Higher education centres of excellence ... need protecting and funding.
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