Save the dates – come and explore how we can put empathy and people at the centre of university education
We are looking for participants who come from different perspectives from each other. Do you work for a university and have experience of applying for HEA fellowship? Are you an academic or professional service colleague who supports others to apply for fellowship (either through professional recognition or accredited programmes)? Do you have experience of using people-centred design (DT, service design) in a university setting?
Our aim is to articulate the processes and values of Design Thinking (DT) in the language of the UK PSF and provide ‘ways in’ for educators to embrace DT in a practical and pragmatic manner. This is a period in HE history when staff morale and wellbeing is at a low. We are committed to non-extractive ways of work which create value for participants. Our project is designed to be enjoyable and professionally nourishing for participants. They will have the opportunity to take part in creative and thought-provoking activities and develop their knowledge and networks.
We are running three in person workshops and hoping most participants will be able to come to all three workshops – we realise this is a big ask! Please apply whether you can or not. There will be opportunities to engage at each stage asynchronously online. We are calling our workshops ‘collaboratories’ to highlight the value we are placing on collaboration and experimentation.
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Collaboratory 1 – 25th March, 11-3pm – University of Leeds
DISCOVERY: This workshop will introduce people-centred design, not least through how we run the workshop. We will build empathy for the experience of working with the Professional Standards Framework and explore people-centred design as an approach to the framework.
Collaboratory 2 – 24th April, 11-3pm – University of Manchester
INSIGHT: In this workshop we will test our synthesis of the Discovery phase findings. The group will identify and assess examples of effective approaches and interventions and prototype ‘off the peg’ CPD material.
Collaboratory 3 – 4th June, 11-3pm – Lancaster University – register by 20th May
ACTION: In this workshop we furth develop a portfolio of DT experiments identified in Collaboratories 1 and 2, and outlining a plan of action for further potential to champion DT as a mindset, as well as dissemination activities.