TAKE THE TDI CHALLENGE

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) is delighted to launch the 2025 edition of their flagship competition for D&T and engineering students, the Technology Design and Innovation (TDI) Challenge.

The competition is free to enter, you can use your school/college Design and Technology coursework or develop a new idea, and students can win a range of prizes including a day out to watch a Cup Motorsport Race Day with UWR for the top 3 entries and Schools & Colleges have the chance to win prizes to spend on D&T and Engineering equipment and activities

 

Deadline date for entries: 31 May 2025

100d 19h 46m 23s

 

TAKE THE CHALLENGE

RULES OVERVIEW

The 2025 TDI Challenge is open to all young people aged 14-19. It is an opportunity to showcase your creative talent to an industry that relies upon vision and innovation.

We need you to come up with your own design for a new product or concept, explain its application and produce a video, no longer than 2 minutes, to demonstrate how and why your invention will benefit users.

You can use your Design and Technology coursework from school/college for your entry or you can enter a completely different idea if you prefer. Cardboard mock-ups and CAD models are all accepted.

There will be photography/videography, attending this event means you consent to photos being taken and that they can be used for publication and online.

EVENT TIMELINE

This event will happen on the 9th July 2025 at Yamazaki Mazak facility in Worcester. Judges will pick several finalists from the video entries by the 31st May 2025.

These finalist will then be notified and invited to come and present their idea/concept in more detail at an event with a winner being chosen on the day.

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INFORMATION

The Technology Design and Innovation (TDI) Challenge
offers school and college students a unique opportunity to showcase their project work to an industry that relies upon the creativity and innovation of its designers and engineers.

  • Open to students aged 14-19
  • Individuals and groups can enter
  • Submit your existing D&T and Engineering project – no extra work required!
  • Schools and Colleges can submit multiple entries
  • Students can win a range of prizes including a day out to watch a Cup Motorsport Race Day with UWR
  • Prizes for Schools and Colleges to spend on D&T and Engineering equipment and activities
  • Prizes for Students will be Amazon vouchers
PRIZES!
IndividualsStudents£400, £300, £200
Schools/colleges£1000, £800, £700
GroupsStudents£400
Schools/colleges£400
All participantsStudents£50

These prizes may be subject to change depending on the number of entries and finalists.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR…

  • Research – we want to know why you were inspired to work on your project and how you went about it.
  • Innovation – what new ideas or tweaks to existing designs did you include in your project and why?
  • Development – How did your design develop, what changes did you make that worked and that didn’t work?
  • Solution – what is your final product and what would you like to do with it next?

Innovate Today and Help Shape a Better Tomorrow

Innovation is helping to shape our world like never before, therefore we want young people to be as bold and original as possible. In doing so, they will be showcasing their own talents and helping to promote some of the great work taking place in our schools and colleges. They’ll also be helping the manufacturing technologies industry better understand the challenges that education faces and how it might provide assistance.

To enter please fill out the form below and link to your video. Best of luck.

Key Stage 4

  • skills (will be main focus), demonstration through working product
  • solution to a problem/problem solving
  • Best Design
    • Product Development
    • Can it be manufactured
    • Demonstrates it solves a problem
  • Best Technology/Innovation
    • Uniqueness – a new solution- USP
    • Sustainability
    • Impact

Key Stage 5

  • scalability
  • marketability/promotion
  • Innovation/problem solving
  • Sustainability
  • Best Design
    • Product Development
    • Can it be manufactured
    • Demonstrates it solves a problem
  • Best Technology/Innovation
    • Uniqueness – a new solution- USP
    • Sustainability
    • Impact

“Winning the TDI Challenge has been an absolutely life changing experience. Winning this award, has developed my confidence and skills, as well as opened more opportunities for the future of my product. It was wonderful to network with so many like-minded people and the quality of the other products in the show were unbelievable. I’d never seen so many innovative products in such a small proximity. Although I was a little nervous about the judging during the competition, I was quickly at ease when I realised how friendly they all were and how passionate they were about the competition. I would like to thank MTA, the TDI Challenge and Mazak for this incredible opportunity, as well as my family and teachers for their unconditional support and commitment.”

INDIGO WERNICK

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