Unsolicited Advice
Language: English/Dutch (English unless no international students participate) | Location: Enschede
‘Unsolicited Advice’ is a learning community (LC) within the Smart Solutions Semester. The approach within the LC Unsolicited Advice differs from the other projects within the Smart Solutions Semester. The main difference is that with ‘Unsolicited Advice’ there is no predefined client! In this LC, you are in the lead. You will have the opportunity to focus on what you want to learn and what you find socially relevant.
Is the learning community ‘Unsolicited Advice’ something for you?
We are looking for independent, autonomous students with a proactive attitude. During the semester, you will learn to feel comfortable not having a clear predefined assignment. You will be able to define your own professional and personal learning goals. We challenge you to think creatively and go off the beaten track. You actively participate in and contribute to an inspiring learning environment to develop new innovative ideas.
What students say
“This project was not my first choice, but after day one I was happy to participate in it”. “During this semester I ‘really’ learned something”. “A semester in which you can come to a creative and surprising end result with many different perspectives”. You can read Pien van der Woning’s experience (in Dutch) on Saxion.nl.
Context
We have enormous challenges in the areas of the environment, global warming, equal rights, and poverty/wealth. The basis of your advice is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as ‘The Global Goals’. You decide which SDG’s you want to focus on.
Clients?!
In this project, you as a team are given the opportunity to choose a company or organization, regardless of the sector (profit or non-profit), that you think could use good advice! The goal of this project is that you as a team develop an unsolicited advice or product for a potential customer within a domain/industry of your choice and anchor this advice/product in the challenges of the SDGs for a sustainable future society!
Program
Keep your agenda free for the first two weeks because we start with a varied program of two weeks with regards to the content and location in which the focus is on getting acquainted, group formation, choice of SDGs and themes that form the basis of the final product. In addition to the group meetings and individual tutor conversations, we have a weekly learning community meeting in which we pay attention to relevant topics (for which we ask guest lecturers) and share knowledge.
