--- title: "Design and Technology" url: "https://greatsankey.org/college/courses-at-barrow-hall-college/design-and-technology" school: "Great Sankey High School" --- # Design and Technology Message from Julie Attwood Head of Design and Technology If you are interested in designing and creating new products and finding solutions to problems, then Product Design is the course for you. If you are joining us from Great Sankey High School it is a natural progression in a friendly and familiar environment with staff that you already know. If you are new to the college, you will soon feel part of this special place. Our staff are all very experienced and strive to give you the best learning experience possible. Product Design students leave BHC as versatile designers with a range of skills which enable them to be successful in an ever-changing competitive world. Students in the past few years have secured degree sponsored apprenticeships with JCB and ACOM Civil Engineering and gone on to study Architecture at University of London and Set Design at Liverpool University. During the course you will visit local companies and workshops to enhance your learning experience. We also have excellent facilities including 3D printers, laser cutters, 2D design and Adobe software. If you are interested in understanding how food and nutrition works both in the body and in its functional and chemical states, then our new Food Science and Nutrition course could be for you. We have a wonderful recently refurbished kitchen with excellent facilities to allow students to develop their culinary skills and we are also the only sixth form in the area that offers this course. A-Level Product Design ### A-Level Product Design **Exam Board** AQA **Entry Requirements** A minimum of 3 grade 5s and 2 grade 4s at GCSE including English Language and a grade 5 in and a DT subject. **What will I study?** You will complete a ‘Design and Make’ project including a portfolio of work. You will study ‘Technical Principles’ whilst being able to demonstrate maths and science skills. **How will I be assessed?** Internal assessment of your design and make project (50%) and two externally assessed examinations (50%) **What will it lead to?** You may go onto university to study a relevant subject or undertake an apprenticeship and enjoy a career as an advertising art director; automotive engineer; graphic designer; materials engineer; product manager or production designer. AAQ In Food Science & Nutrition ### AAQ In Food Science & Nutrition **Exam Board** Eduqas **Entry Requirements** A minimum of 5 grade 4s at GCSE including English Language. **What will I study?** Compulsory units Meeting Nutritional Needs of Specific Groups and Ensuring Food is Safe to Eat and then an option from Experimenting to Solve Food Production Problems or Current Issues in Food Science and Nutrition. **How will I be assessed?** One unit has a 90-minute exam with an additional 15-minute reading time. The exam is 90 marks and consists of short answers, extended answers, and a short case study. The other two units are portfolio based. **What will it lead to?** Together with other relevant qualifications students can advance at higher education courses such as BSc Food and Nutrition, BSc Human Nutrition, BSc (Hons) Public Health Nutrition, BSc (Hons) Food Science & Technology. 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