XING Update Spring 2010
Posted: June 3rd, 2010 | Author: alisonlarkman | Filed under: Education, Higher Education, News | Tags: employability, enterprise, FLUX, Higher Education, XING | 3 Comments »There have been some exciting developments with XING over the last few months which we wanted to share with you
What has been happening with XING?
• Social enterprise cards, team guides and scenarios are now available.
• New XING materials and prices guide – A new menu listing all the XING materials is now available.
• Scenarios for Chemistry – now available following a request from Plymouth University
• Date for your diary – FLUX 2011 will take place on April 4-6th. You can view highlights of FLUX 2010 here. Let us know if you are considering entering a team for 2011 or if you need further information.
News from XING users
Lancaster University will be demonstrating XING to students and lecturers at the Beijing University of foreign studies in China this June.
The University of Plymouth are hoping to use XING as part of a project funded by the British Council in Sri Lanka. They will be working with their partners, the Universities of Colombo and Kelaniya to develop collaborative delivery of enterprise education.
To find out how XING is being used at other universities click here.
XING in development
We are in the first stages of developing a new card set, glossary and case-studies specifically focussed on planning media projects. This is part of our development for the creative industries. Many of you have been in touch saying there is clear need for this.
The question is how far do we go? James was recently chatting with Chris Thompson at Ravensbourne College of Design and communication who suggested ‘not to water it down too much, we need to inspire not just freelancers and small agencies, but also plant the seed for our most talented to go on to create world class creative businesses as many in the UK have already done’. Let us know your thoughts.
XING is an ever-developing tool, so keep us updated with news about how you are using XING and suggestions for other areas we could target.
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I think this is fantastic… I have always wondered if the main misconception with Xing was that it was for Business… and with the Chemistry Scenarios it will show other Universities that there’s more to this than what meets the eye…
The other fantastic thing is the recognition of Social Enterprise, what sort of topics will be included on these cards?
I have typed up my feedback here http://www.rhys.eu/index.php/2010/06/flux-500-xing-spring-update/
A version of Xing that is aimed at creative ideas would be very usefulk, and appropriate in the current economic climate. The design of the board needs to move include some of the detail of the current game, challenging the ideas in terms of how they make money, who would pay this money, the legal framework of how it operates, and existing competition.
however, the generation of ideas needs to focus on techniques that apply the creative mind. Coming up with an “idea” is pointless, unless it has been considered from a wide range of ideas. Brainstorming is useful, but so is juxtaposition, creative questioning and creative research. One third of the competition needs to focus on the idea generation. The experts should then interrogate the idea, helping the students to refine it towards the final presentation. Questions like “how can we regenerate Barnsley?” would be useful in themselves, and student ideas may lead to some very good outcomes. You could get local councils to help sponsor the event on the basis of the focus being on their area.
So rather than just make the competition a game to learn skills, it could produce some useful outcomes. The students are after all at University, so should be reasonably bright!