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Slide 1: We help people make things better thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 2: Hello thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 3: My Two Hats thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 4: Hat One A designer working everyday with “Real People” who use and provide public services thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 5: Hat Two A person trying to figure out the focus for her PhD research question thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 6: To start, a bit about my day job… thinkpublic we help people make things better

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Slide 9: Some of our work… thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 10: Experience Based Design NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 11: Journeys to Health Timebank thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 12: Common Challenges -Language barriers -Explaining service / co-design to non-designers -Explaining the value/measurement of design -Influencing the stage we get involved with projects -Finding the right people to involve and engage in co-design projects -knowing how much to innovate -Sustainability -Spread of learning thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 13: My PhD hat thinkpublic we help people make things better

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Slide 15: Connecting design graduates, public sector professionals and organisations thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 16: Initial scoping questions: Is there a market for more designers in the public sector? AND Are design students/ graduates interested in getting involved in public sector design? thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 17: RWE FILM thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 18: Identified focus groups Group 1 Design Students/ Graduates (Degree/ Masters) 18+ Group 2 The New Diploma 14-19 Group 3 Design Lectures Group 4 Public Sector Staff thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 19: Group 1 Design Students/ Graduates (Degree/ Masters) 1. The Real Work Experience Website -A growing network to support the co-design of the RWE -Public sector design opportunities for design graduates -Mind the Gap competition 2. The Real Work Experience Programme -A week pilot „Public Sector Design Experience‟ for 8 RSA Design Direction winners -Creating connections to an NHS Trust and NGO -Testing a public sector designers toolkit thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 20: Group 2 The New Diploma Links to the new Diploma -The Diploma in Creative and Media -The Diploma in Society, Health and Development Scoping for a piloting work experience project, aiming to open students minds to opportunities, develop questioning skills and creative thinking thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 21: Group 3 Design Lectures thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 22: Group 4 Public Sector Staff A design workshop for public sector professionals -Piloting creative thinking techniques with public sector professionals -Sourcing support for the RWE thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 23: My questions • Should I focus on The Real Work Experience Programme OR The Diploma when developing my PhD research question? • What are the best methods to capture and evaluate learning whist conducting my work based PhD? • What other types of research interventions could I run? • What research tools could I design to support this research? • What methods and model should I look at? thinkpublic we help people make things better

Slide 24: Thanks! thinkpublic we help people make things better