Presentation by Mike Woods, Creative modular approaches to sustainable design
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Mike Woods, the award leader for 3D design at Plymouth University, discusses the integration of sustainability in the university's courses through a trans-disciplinary module that connects students with experts from various fields. The collaboration targets complex challenges in the NHS related to material waste and aims to enhance service quality while reducing costs. Despite potential logistical barriers, the theme of sustainability fosters engagement and collaboration across disciplines.
Presentation by Mike Woods, Creative modular approaches to sustainable design
- 1. Hello, Mike Woods Award Leader 3D Design - Product Designer Plymouth University
- 2. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Mike Woods Award Leader 3D Design - Product Designer Plymouth University
- 3. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Some background & context • Programme revalidation gave us opportunities to review course content, structure and documentation • We embedded sustainability elements within our modules across both our BA and MA programmes • Trans-disciplinary module introduced
- 5. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Trans-disciplinary experiences • Each year our trans-disciplinary module enables (forces) us to connect with other sustainability experts from faculties across the university • We have worked with provocateurs from Dentistry, Marine Sports, Robotics, Digital Arts, the Business School, as well as Health and Social Care • The most successful connections have brought student cohorts together with lecturing staff and researchers to work collaboratively
- 7. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Trans-disciplinary collaboration with Nursing and Midwifery The NHS faces some big challenges around material waste. Re-thinking current practice, looking for both replacement materials and alternative ways of doing things are crucial to maintaining effective patient care and service delivery. Working trans-disciplinarily is enabling us to address complex issues: • Service resilience - resource dependency and depletion • Quality of service provision - patient and staff experiences • Cost - resource supply, cost of waste (waste costs NHS £71.2m annually) • Operator attitudes - awareness and behaviour change
- 8. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Trans-disciplinary collaboration with Nursing and Midwifery Processes
- 12. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Trans-disciplinary collaboration with Nursing and Midwifery Outcomes
- 16. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Observations • Different disciplines speak different languages, it’s important to identify, value and exploit complementary knowledge, skills and processes
- 17. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Observations • Different disciplines speak different languages, it’s important to identify, value and exploit complementary knowledge, skills and processes • There can be many logistical barriers to trans-disciplinary engagement in a large HE institution, but “sustainability” seems to be a theme that brings people together
- 18. Creative modular approaches to sustainable design Observations • Different disciplines speak different languages, it’s important to identify, value and exploit complementary knowledge, skills and processes • There can be many logistical barriers to trans-disciplinary engagement in a large HE institution, but “sustainability” seems to be a theme that brings people together • Working trans-disciplinarily can be challenging, but when it works well it’s a lot of fun (& it gets you noticed)
- 19. Thank you, Mike Woods Award Leader 3D Design - Product Designer Plymouth University