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Where have all our inventors gone?
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"One of the most promising developments has been the introduction of Design & Technology into the national curriculum. It is now the most popular subjects in schools."

So states James Dyson in a Daily Telegraph article on November 7th. He goes on to assert that, as a result of design and technology being made compulsory in 1987,

". . . we are creating a generation of makers and technical thinkers. These children have been taught to make working prototypes before they design the product, and there is anecdotal evidence that this is leading to better engineers graduating from university."

Publication date: 22nd November 2001