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News Release from: Fujifilm Graphic Systems
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 August 2007
Printing Education Programme's
Environmental Angle
Developing an environmental angle for the UK's PrintIT! printing industry educational programme for schools has received a boost with Fujifilm agreeing to working with the scheme.
Fujifilm is working with PrintIT! to raise the awareness of environmental issues within the scheme so that they can be considered as part of the design project to set for participating schools this year Graham Leeson, Fujifilm's marketing manager, commented: "We have been a keen supporter of PrintIT! since its inception and we felt that there was scope to raise the profile of environmental issues within the scheme
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 4 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The printing industry is actively engaged in many initiatives designed to reduce the impact of print on the environment and it is important to communicate these issues to the next generation of designers and printers in schools up and down the country." Paul Evans, marketing programmes manager of Proskills UK, said: "Fuji has been an enthusiastic supporter of PrintIT! since the scheme was created in 2005, constantly suggesting ways of enhancing the programme.
We are emphasising the importance of our responsibilities to the environment in the PrintIT! Scheme of Learning this year and this really helps get the point across to the students who are participating in the course." Print IT! is a vocational initiative aimed at supporting Design and Technology teachers of GCSE Graphic Products and Product Design.
The aim of PrintIT!, which is a collaboration between the printing industry, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) and the Fairtrade Foundation, is to give students the opportunity to learn more about the varied facets of the printing industry and encourage them to consider a career in the industry.
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