“Be different, embrace failure, discover your mojo, believe in your ideas, ignore the naysayers. Instead, through science, engineering, the arts, ideas, and ingenuity, shape the world in your image: for the better. My hope is that the Dyson STEAM building will nurture just these ideas. Never give up in your quest to see them through.” – Sir James Dyson. Speaking at the opening of the Dyson STEAM Building at Gresham’s school, Sir James Dyson shared some reflections with the graduating class of 2022. The Dyson STEAM Building brings together the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths (STEAM) in one space and was funded by an £18.75m donation from Sir James and Lady Deirdre Dyson. The significant, personal donation reflects the gratitude Sir James has for the school. Sir James has previously said: “My brother was eleven, I was nine and we had just started at Gresham’s. In those days there was no life insurance so the Headmaster, Logie Bruce Lockhart, said that me and my brother could board here essentially free of charge. Without that my education here would not have been possible and the school essentially brought me up. It is great to now be able to give something back to the school.” Dedicated to James’s father, Alec Dyson, the Dyson STEAM Building encourages art and science to be taught side-by-side so pupils can use the knowledge gained from one discipline in a creative way in another – to inspire future engineers.