This article talks about my role at DMU and my area of teaching in Standards. “At De Montfort University, under the scope of product design, I’m module leader for technical definition. I teach standards in a broad sense in the students’ first year. In their second year module, my teaching focuses more on BS 8888 and BSI’s visiting lectures support that. It’s a fantastic arrangement, because students get to appreciate standards from a general perspective, which gives them the opportunity to prepare more specific questions for when BSI staff visit.”