Conway, Clare, Hodges, Harry and Kumari, Sonia (2019) Embedding employability into the curriculum through service learning: a Creative & Cultural Industries case study. In: Festival of Learning 2019: Supporting student success through inclusive learning and teaching practice; 25 June 2019, Kingston University, England. (Unpublished)

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This lightning talk explores how real-world learning can be applied as a learning and teaching tool to enhance levels of student learning and attainment. It provides an overview of the embedding of service learning projects within a level 5 module to provide students with an opportunity to apply their developing understanding of creative problem-solving to real-world examples of conceptualisation, research and solution design. Two contrasting community-based projects were selected for their potential to enable students to attain a professional level of interaction through the client briefing, conceptual development and client pitch presentation stages. Sessions were structured to provide a range of learning opportunities, including team-working strategies, branding and ideation workshops. The progress of each project was captured by students within an individual reflective multi-media blog in which they critically reflected on their process. The quality of the work submitted, the level of student and client satisfaction testify to its success.

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