Students

NWTTA launches annual student prize for the Use of Timber in Architecture
by Jennie Ward|01 October 25|Build, Design, Education
The North West Timber Trade Association (NWTTA), in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Architecture (LSA), is proud to launch the 2026 Annual Student Prize for the Use of Timber in Architecture. This annual competition is open to architecture students across participating institutions and aims to celebrate innovation, sustainability, and...
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School collaboration supports the future of sustainable timber
by Jennie Ward|15 April 25|Build, Education, Supply
International Plywood has offered its support to a school in South Wales, providing a substantial amount of timber, plywood and panel products for the school’s development. Heolddu Comprehensive School, based in Bargoed, was facing a severe shortage of funding and materials, putting the provision of crucial training courses for students...
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TDUK joins CITB-IOC student event
by Jennie Ward|27 January 25|Build, Supply
TDUK's Head of Technical and Trade Policy, Nick Boulton, joined a number of timber industry stakeholders on 16 January at Northampton College as part of a CITB-IOC Timber Industry College Hub event and mentoring programme. Eight guest speakers, including Nick, met with carpentry students on the day to explore the...
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Creative storage with James Latham
by Jennie Ward|12 September 23|Build, Supply
Creating furniture out of unfamiliar materials was the goal for students at a leading furniture-making college. James Latham is a long-time supplier of Rycotewood College in Oxfordshire, one of the country’s leading institutions for vocational training for furniture design and making. Rycotewood has delivered furniture training in Oxfordshire since 1938,...
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A new series of TDUK Engineering Webinars
by Bryony Bodimeade|25 July 23|Design, Education
Timber Development UK is hosting engineerTimber, an exciting series of free online engineering webinars across autumn 2023. The series will run weekly from 5 September to 17 October on Tuesdays, 13:00-14:00. Delivered by expert practicing engineers and engineering lecturers, it will introduce a breadth of subjects from the properties of...
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Teaching the future of timber
by Jennie Ward|17 July 23|Build, Design, Supply
With the next Timber TED 1 course starting on 18 September, TDUK is looking at how the courses help to upskill the next generation of built environment professionals in the use of timber, meets some of the people involved in teaching the course, and hears from former students. The Timber...
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Climate Responsive Retrofit: University Design Challenge 2023 is coming to an end!
by Bryony Bodimeade|28 June 23|Design, Education
Addressing the urgent need to reuse and upgrade existing buildings, this year’s university design challenge has focused on the essential but challenging realm of retrofit. Seven team entries to the Climate Responsive Retrofit Design Challenge were longlisted and, of these, four teams have now been shortlisted for the live judging...
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The new Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support practical development of vital timber skills
Applications open for next Timber TED1 course
by Jennie Ward|23 June 23|Build, Design, Education, Supply, Sustainability
Applications are now open for the next Timber TED 1 course, which will start on Monday 18 September, 2023. The Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support the practical development of vital timber skills. They are open to all built environment professionals, including architects, engineers, project...
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Timber TED1
Timber skills triumph in Hereford
by Jennie Ward|13 April 23|Build, Design, Education, Supply
By Tabitha Binding The latest Timber Technology Engineering and Design 1 (Timber TED1) course, designed to upskill and reskill timber professionals, completed last week with 16 participants graduating. Delivered by the New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University and Timber Development UK (TDUK),...
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The new Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support practical development of vital timber skills
Knowledge and skills triumph with first TimberTED students
by Jennie Ward|26 January 23|Build, Design, Education, Supply, Sustainability
The new Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support practical development of vital timber skills, according to the first group of students to graduate. The first group of TimberTED students have completed their course. The first full Timber Technology Engineering Design (Timber TED) courses began...
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