Mr Bill Nicholl and Mr Ian Hosking, Public Engagement with Research Award winners 2016

Mr Bill Nicholl, a lecturer in design technology for the Faculty of Education, and Mr Ian Hosking, a senior research associate in the Department of Engineering, are co-founders of Designing Our Tomorrow, a platform for transforming D&T education in schools. Their public engagement initiative began in 2009 and brought together research around inclusive design and creativity in education. Through production of their DOT box, Hosking and Nicholl have taken active research questions into the classroom and given students control of designing technological solutions. Engagement with teachers, students and policymakers is integral to the success of their initiative and has resulted in engineering design being included in the national curriculum and GSCE qualifications. New classroom resources and research partnerships are continually under development with Hosking and Nicholl planning a national launch of the DOT box in July.
To find out more about our Public Engagement with Research Awards visit our webpage. Entries for the 2017 Awards close on the 21 April 2017.