In 2021, the Education Incubator has worked on developing a new approach to projects as part of our Education Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab is a ten-week programme in which project teams will use human-centred, design-thinking techniques and principles to test their assumptions, create new networks, and prototype solutions to the problem they have identified.…
Read more Education Innovation Lab #1: Research-Based Community-Engaged Projects
As invitations go an application form might not be the most anticipated one we ever receive. Application forms are invitations though; an invitation to dream a new project, to create new working relationships, to learn new things. The Education Innovation Lab application form is also an invitation to think about change in universities in a…
Read more #2 Lab blog – Invitations and applications
This blog was written by Sarah Dyer as part of our Education Innovation Lab Project calls. It has been written to give you a clearer idea about the Innovation Lab and what you can expect if you apply. The deadline to apply is 31st March. To help you better understand the Innovation Lab, we have…
Read more #1 Education Innovation Lab – How might we…?
This is the second in a series of project update blogs written by Dr Caitlin Kight. Caitlin is involved with the Incubator through a number of avenues, most prominently, her work on the LEGO Serious Play project. Caitlin has volunteered to write these blogs, to help the Incubator better communicate how our fellow’s projects are…
Read more Project Update Blog #2 – A Formula for Success: Teaching Maths through the Medium of Art
This blog has been written by Kirsty Brock (@Doc_KBrock), the project lead for the project ‘The development of a pre-registration online module to facilitate the transition of Chinese Masters students to the English educational system.’ In this short blog, Kirsty reflects on some of the challenges international student communities have faced due to COVID-19. When…
Read more Pre-registration online module #1 Revaluating support for international students in the light of the blended approach to learning