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Friday, 02 July 2004

College in line for business award

A Wakefield college is set to make the grade in a Patent Office design and business studies competition.

Students from St. Thomas à Becket in Sandal are shortlisted in the business studies category for the Safety First competition where they were asked to develop a promotional campaign for a home fire-safety pack. There were 108 entries for the business studies aspect of the national competition in total.

The competition was open to 14-16-year-old students using the Patent Office's 'Think Kit' education pack which explains the importance of patents, design registrations, trademarks and copyright in protecting your creative ideas.

The Patent Office also ran a category for business studies students in which they were challenged to develop a promotional campaign for the fire-safety pack. The competition winners will be announced in July and presented with prizes by BBC presenter and Ideas 21 innovation network patron Adam Hart-Davis.

Education manager at the Patent Office, Dave Morgan, said: "We have had a tremendous response to this year's competition. The standard of entries has been very impressive. The fire-safety aspect seemed to trigger the students' imagination. As well as the students learning about managing their ideas, they are thinking about safety."

This article was taken with permission from the Wakefield Express.