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Student led ideas to address real problemsSummer of Student Innovation
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Outline
Introduction and overview of the Summer of Student Innovation
Pitches of student projects Activity: Approaches to engage with
student innovation Benchmarking the student digital
experience Plenary and announce competition winners
Taster menu
Background
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Summer of Student Innovation
A competition around issues students have and how might they address them using technology
Running since 2013 Supported 65 student
project teams Projects attended
development workshops from July – September with best ideas supported longer
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Summer of Student Innovationin numbers201438 teams proposed projects8,400+ votes for the initial proposals via Jisc Elevator.28 teams reached their voting target of 250 votes from 10 organisations20 projects were funded £5000 each, the summer school starts 14 July 2014
201580 teams proposed ideas12,600+ votes for the initial proposals via Jisc Elevator.43 teams reached their voting target (varied by competition)25 projects were funded, 9 student ideas, 10 FE Ideas, 2 apprentice led and 4 start-up projects
The competitions in 2015
The Student Ideas Competition
Supporting Technology Startup Projects
The Learner Ideas in FE Competition
The Apprentice Led Ideas Challenge
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http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/
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Design SprintsSummer of Student Innovation 2015
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Student ideas projects
Stage 1 (August 2015) 20 teams attended a 4 day
residential design sprint Pitched to selection panel Stage 2 (Sept 2015 onwards) Six selected ideas will be taken
forward to be developed into apps, websites or products
August 2015
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Student Project Pitches
Pitches on student projects and ideas. 1. Matt Terrell – Call for Participants2. Anish Bagga – Unitu3. Steven Singer – ideas from 2015
competition and design sprints
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“Unitu closes the feedback loop by making it easy for student unions and university staff to collect, represent and act upon student feedback.”
An entirely new way to listen and engage with the student voice
Unitu saves time for:RepsStaff (Admin and HoD’s) Student Unions
Go to unitu.co.ukfor a demo
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In 2014-2015 Unitu:Successfully trialled at SOAS and Roehampton University. Has an increasing uptake from students, reps and staff.Enhanced the QA review of the Roehampton Psychology department.Will be launching in several other institutions such as:• Swansea University• Reading University• Bishop Burton College• Pearson College• Greenwich University
Unitu will help you:Evaluate and enhance the student experience across the whole institution Optimise resource allocationProvide strategic input to key investment decisions
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The Student Voice Platform
www.unitu.co.uk @officialunitu
Want a demo? Find us at ALT-C Email [email protected] Got unitu.co.uk
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CoursemashImperial College London
A tool to help students to view and make better module options.
Provides different views of module choices to deal with simple and complex programmes.
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commUNItimeMiddlesex University
An app that connects university students with the local community.
Helping charities to find students with required skills and expertise to undertake voluntary work.
Providing students with skills and experience to make them more employable.
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Sports Covered App Heart of Worcestershire College
Team: Sports Student at a college
An app that outlines the laws of various sports along with technique points allowing the user to analyse their performance.
Take video clips of sports performance and assess against criteria.
Target audience students, coaches and tutors.
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SALT: The Student's Academic Literacy ToolUniversity of Teesside
Team: Psychology University Students
Helping aid students in improving the standard of their academic writing at university.
A self-assessment diagnostic tool, that keeps a longitudinal record or improvement and provides tips, hints and peer support.
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BrightHub AppYeovil College
The team: students training to be electricians who are seeking apprenticeships.
An app to help apprentice electricians to engage with employers so they can secure an apprenticeship.
The app will integrate subject videos, resource content and peer reviews to allow small employers to identify suitable apprentices.
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VoiceItTreloar College
Team: Students and staff at a specialist college
An accessible app for students with special needs to report issues anonymously or give feedback.
The app will be able to report life issues such as bullying, relationships, family etc. which will direct a message to the appropriate support person.
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Zone Booking AppSwindon College
Team: Learning Technology Apprentice.
An app to book computers in a college for independent study.
Students are unable to book computers in colleges.
Many colleges don’t have access to suitable software and are seeking a low cost solution.
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Activity
Produce a poster that either1. Shows how you could engage with and implement the product
from one of the student innovation ideas you have heard about today.
2. Shows how you could engage students in developing ideas to submit to next years summer of student innovation competition
Anish and Matt will be available to discuss ideas and approaches.Criteria for competition• Feasibility of the approach• Innovation of the approach• Quality of the poster design
Approaches to engage with student innovation
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Benchmarking the student digital experienceJisc, NUS and TSEP – bit.ly/digistudentexp
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Accessible by Design
Competition to improve accessibility and inclusion in post-16 education.Open to submissions 14 September 2015Open to teams of staff and/or students.To register an interest join [email protected] Seehttps://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/accessible-by-design
Contacts
Contacts: Paul Bailey [email protected] Singer [email protected]
Further Information: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation
http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/
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