Design students Community Challenge recruitment

All Students at ‘University Centre

Blackburn College’…

…Capture some essential ‘Employability skills’

Through our Community Challenge (externally funded)

Research Project

Dr Craig HammondBA (Hons), PGCE, Cert IT, MSc, PhD

Lecturer in Sociologyc.hammond@blackburn.ac.uk

• There are about 1.2 million undergraduate students currently studying in the UK (HESA)

• In 2015, in excess of 300,000 students will graduate from University– What’s going to make you stand out from

the crowd?

• We can help …Watch the following clip

• Advantages for students to get involved with one (or some) of the Community Challenge research projects

• We can provide ready-made assignment briefs for you (within an employability context)– You can use Community Challenge activities to

contribute towards a variety of assignments/modules

• See the current ‘live’ project themes that require your skills-set, ideas & contributions

Theme Name Research Supervisor

Being: Lancashire Probation Trust

Aziz Hafiz: a.hafiz@blackburn.ac.uk

Being: Shadsworth

Terry McDonough:t.mcdonough@blackburn.ac.uk

Being: Child Action North West

Craig Hammond:c.hammond@blackburn.ac.uk

Being: A Higher Education Student

Craig Hammond:c.hammond@blackburn.ac.uk

Being: Young

Terry McDonough:t.mcdonough@blackburn.ac.uk

Being: Diverse

Aziz Hafiz: a.hafiz@blackburn.ac.uk

• These are ‘open’ themes that can be shaped in any number of different ways

• We need your creative ideas & skills to underpin and present all aspects of the project

• Community Challenge also has a specific assignment that we would like to invite you to

work on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkV3BRCiEqs&list=PLB21D46CD6715BC5A&index=19&feature=plpp_video

• The ‘blank canvas’ of UCBC’s Electronic Car…

• Science & Technology students need to revamp the external shell/image of this eco-friendly car– to attract attention (raise its profile)

• Contacts:

– Research Director:

• Dr Phil Johnson p.johnson@blackburn.ac.uk

Contact Phil in the 1st instance, to express interest in the project

• Research Supervisors

– Dr Craig Hammond c.hammond@blackburn.ac.uk

– Terry McDonough t.mcdonough@blackburn.ac.uk

– Aziz Hafiz a.hafiz@blackburn.ac.uk