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The APDIG holds a busy programme of parliamentary seminars, receptions and conferences with relevant Ministers, Government officials and other high-profile speakers from the design sector and beyond. These focus on topical policy and industry issues and provide opportunities for engagement and input from members. We also organise smaller round-table discussions and events in partnership with Government departments, parliamentary groups and other organisations on specific issues.

If you would like to discuss our events programme in more detail or find out about partnership opportunities, please contact the APDIG secretariat on 0207 202 8588 or design@policyconnect.org.uk

View our events archive here

Pugin Tiles - House of Commons

Design and Craft for Export

14th May 2019

Craft is a major contributor across a multitude of economic sectors. As well as providing employment and income across thousands of businesses, craft skills feed into the wider creative economy and other key economic sectors, ranging from manufacturing to medicine. In 2016, craft, together with music, contributed over a third of the value of Creative Industries goods exports from the UK.

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V&A Museum of Childhood

Designing for Play

18th March 2019

The 4th Industrial Revolution is already proving that creativity and design-thinking will be at the heart of the 21st Century economy, with such skills to ensuring that the workers of tomorrow are able to meet the challenges of the future.

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Portcullis House

APDIG Members' Meeting

5th March 2019

The All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group will be hosting an all-members' meeting in Parliament on Tuesday 5th March to discuss the state of design and the creative industries, as well as activity plans for 2019. 

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Stoke on Trent

Creative Education After Brexit Roundtable

15th November 2018

An exclusive roundtable discussion and workshop organised on behalf of the All-Party Design and Innovation Group and the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design on Thursday 15th November, 2018.

The event will be held in the Beacon Building at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent between 10am and 1pm.

This roundtable follows on from the launch of Creative Education After Brexit in September 2017 and sets out to revisit the core themes raised in the report and how to proceed with the policy recommendations raised.

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Should All Schools Be Art Schools?

Design Manchester: The Great Debate: All Schools Should Be Art Schools?

11th October 2018

Design and the creative industries are key drivers of growth, innovation and exports. We are on the brink of an artificial intelligence revolution, where skills in immersion and AR/VR will be at a premium in industry’s quest to develop new products and services. But the education system is ill-equipped to provide the talent and skills at the rate they will be needed. In fact, entry to GCSE Design and Technology fell by 18,800 last year, and by 47,000 for creative GCSEs overall.

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