'Our success depends on how well we exploit our most valuable assets: our knowledge, skills, and creativity.'

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister

Education for the new Millennium
According to Education Secretary David Blunkett, 'In the coming decades the economy will need more people with the ability to think creatively, to apply these skills to complex management and technical problems.' This challenge was at the heart of Design in Education Week 2000, the Design Council's annual forum for debate about design education and design in education.
Can you learn to be creative?
DiEW 2000 saw the launch of a major new joint project between the Design Council and the influential think-tank Demos - called CreativeNet.

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Design in Education Week 2000 ran from the 4th - 7th of April. Visit the DiEW website. 		Education Futures
The Design Council and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) launched their first-ever joint publication during Design in Education Week 2000. Education Futures explores the role of creativity within education in the UK.