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Designing Futures

Designing Futures is a new educational programme that will prepare students to deal with today’s complexity and uncertainty, and the future world of work.

Designing Futures has been developed to enhance the employability of NUI Galway graduates by offering additional practical and creative teaching, learning and skills development alongside traditional degree studies.

The programme aims to:

-      Promote greater student engagement with civic society, community and enterprise, while expanding their education and preparedness for life and a career.

-      Empower students to design personalised skills development pathways and to ensure graduates transversal skills achievements are recognised alongside their degree.

-      Enhance NUI Galway and Ireland’s position as a leader in innovative, student-centred and enterprise-engaged education in Europe and internationally.

Designing Futures will drive and support a transformational change in the educational experience of NUI Galway students, staff and enterprise partners to help every student to succeed in the world of work and lead fulfilling lives

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Designing Futures has Three Core Pillars:

Personalised Student Journey

Personalised Student Journey

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Personalised Student Journey

IdeasLab

IdeasLab

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IdeasLab

Student Success Coaching

Student Success Coaching

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Student Success Coaching


Dean of Students Award

Students who actively engage in skills development through curricular, co-curricular and extra- curricular activities will receive the prestigious Dean of Students award to recognise their contributions and efforts to develop their skills and to be equipped with the mind set and skills to face every challenge and benefit from every opportunity.  The award is currently in the design phase and will be offered to students next year.

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1,500+ Students take part in design thinking programmes each year

100+

Students are running their own business or start-up

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EU programmes run each year through IdeasLab

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Enterprise partners from the technology, creative and medtech sectors

300+

Students attending new transdisciplinary modules in 21/22

500+

Engagements with Enterprise annually

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