Tower and Town, May 2017

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New World By Design

The articles by Jonathan Leigh and Steve Wain highlight the passion many of us have about shaping the future of education. In addition, a recent experience of mine shows that with primary focus on student development we could still launch initiatives for delivering positive outcomes.

Motivated by the new world theme I would like to report that on the morning of 10th April 2017 Mr Mike Fellows, Managing Director of Mercedes Benz Swindon, proudly unveiled a special edition of the “Smart” car. The body panels of this one off product exhibited a multi coloured world map that stands for diversity and closeness, an inspiring theme for a utopian new world. I must also add that the occasion was special for me too because it was a culmination of a partnership I set to bring about mutual benefits for Swindon College and Mercedes Benz.

Mercedes Benz management judged the design proposals submitted by my twelve IT students responding to the specially devised “Smart” car challenge; and the World design was the winner. In addition, I am pleased that my group of students have gained greatly from exposure to an actual working environment, dealing with a real problem, and participating in a competition.

Nemat Jarjis