PrintIT! Press releases

As schools re-open their doors after the autumn half-term break, 22,000 GCSE Graphic Products students will embark on PrintIT!, the industry's first curriculum-mapped educational programme to encourage youngsters to consider a career in print.

PrintIT!, the printing industry's schools-based initiative to encourage more young people to think about careers in print, will get under way in October with over 500 schools and almost 22,000 GCSE students signed up - more than twice the target for its first year - and with teachers full of praise for the specially-commissioned teaching materials backing the effort.

Printers across the UK are being urged to open their doors to almost 22,000 potential employees - the next generation of professionals in one of the country's oldest but most technologically-sophisticated industries.

PrintIT!, the industry-wide educational initiative to raise the profile of print and attract young people to consider a career in the industry, continues to exceed all expectations. More than 500 schools have confirmed their participation in the project to date, which will see 20,000 students take part in PrintIT! during the second half of the autumn school term.

The PrintIT! teaching resource packs and student work books, the most important and fundamental element of the PrintIT! project, have been widely welcomed by teachers preparing to run the first year GCSE Graphic Products Course.

Canon UK, leader in digital imaging technology, is the latest high profile industry sponsor to provide a substantial cash donation and offer further additional support to the PrintIT! project.

PrintIT! has launched phase Two of its website - www.printit.org.uk. The upgraded website has been designed specifically to appeal to educational establishments, teachers and students as PrintIT! progresses to the next stage of its development - communicating with schools.