Please find the Super-curricular information for the Design Department below:

Design Technology:

Centre for Alternative Technology
The Centre for Alternative Technology Charity (CAT) is an internationally renowned environmental charity, a world-leading eco centre, and one of the foremost providers of postgraduate environmental education in the UK, based in Powys, Mid-Wales.

Museum of Making
The Museum of Making in the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site is a contemporary space telling Derby’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity. Designed and made by the people and industries of Derby with exhibits, workshops, activities and events, there’s something here for everyone including a new café, shop and venue hire space.

British Motor Museum
The British Motor Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of historic British Cars; it boasts over 400 cars in its collection which span the classic, vintage and veteran eras. The museum also has lots of hands-on educational activities at weekends and school holidays!

Birmingham Museums / Thinktank
Thinktank is Birmingham's unique and award-winning science museum housed at Millennium Point in the heart of the city. This exciting attraction offers ten galleries of historical artefacts, modern interactives and fantastic futuristic facts. You can explore everything from aircraft and steam engines to intestines and taste buds - and even emotional robots!

Grand Designs Live
Be inspired by hundreds of exhibitors, spanning across four different sectors: Build, Kitchens and Bathrooms, Gardens, and Interiors. Discover architects, building suppliers, kitchen, and bathroom designers as well as unique bespoke furnishings and designs alongside original pieces of artwork and much more.

Food and Nutrition

Saturday Academies at UCB
The Birmingham College of Food department run Saturday Academies allow you to experience what it’s like studying bakery or chef courses at University College Birmingham.

Birmingham College of Food
One of the UK's leading institutes for chefs, culinary arts, bakery science and global hospitality education.

Good Food Show
The Good Food Show Winter will be bursting with recipe inspiration, tips and tricks from top chefs and experts, hands-on workshops and tastings, unique dining experiences and a huge variety of producers and brands providing the best product knowledge and ingredients advice.