Enabling Creative Students to Make Stuff Happen Enterprise for the Whole Educational Journey Libby Anson Student Employability & Enterprise Manager Enabling Enterprise for All IEEC 2017 How many people in the room are creative practitioners? www.gsa.ac.uk

Considerations for this session Issues and practices involved in supporting creative students and graduates ….to generate and sustain their own creative enterprises Methodology for engagement Developing an entrepreneurial mind-set Integrating studio practice Applying learning Creating solutions for the real-world www.gsa.ac.uk

Things Highly Creative People Do Differently* Daydream Observe everything Work the hours that work for them Take time for solitude Turn life’s obstacles around Seek out new experiences Fail up Ask big questions People-watch Take risks View life as an opportunity for self-expression Follow their true passions Get out of their own heads Lose track of the time Connect the dots Shake things up Make time for mindfulness Surround themselves with beauty Would the creatives in the room agree with this? * According to the Huffington Post, March 2016

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….or are they? Can you teach someone to be an artist? Can creativity be taught? ….or are they?

Definition of Enterprise Education* To equip students/ graduates with : An enhanced capacity to generate ideas and 2. the skills to make them happen * According to the QAA NB – skills: students often think of these as technical (and we then get in to a debate about access to technical services/resources….. ) RATHER THAN personal or professional skills www.gsa.ac.uk

All students are special Creative students are: Less likely to have a conventional career path More likely to have dyslexia and/or dyspraxia Natural innovators Tangential thinkers Problem solvers Given this, creative students are almost built to be entrepreneurial. www.gsa.ac.uk

From 1909 2014 2019 At GSA, this is how we approach teaching and supporting creative students and graduates www.gsa.ac.uk

From 1909 2014 2019 The 2014 fire: tragedy or opportunity? www.gsa.ac.uk

Phoenix Bursaries away another two 20 seconds to take away another two Fine Art graduates 2014 missed this opportunity to launch their professional careers. With the support of The Scottish Government, GSA established Phoenix Bursaries to help graduating students create a new body of creative practice. Phoenix Bursaries provided : An allowance towards living expenses A location in which to work for up to 15 weeks Up to 30 hours of supervision by an academic tutor An allowance towards the cost of materials and consumables The programme culminated in a group exhibition held at GSA in spring 2015. away another two 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with? Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? Learning through doing Integrating studio practice Generating and sustaining creative practice VALUES Give examples of values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Where are you? Where are you going? How will you get there? Strengths and weaknesses Goals Action planning Choices Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? The Business of You : a session for students to reflect upon themselves as whole individuals in relation to their creative and professional goals Where are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Identify choose act Strengths and weaknesses Goals (and obstacles) Action Planning Choices Values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? Examples of values www.gsa.ac.uk

Core Values Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? Authenticity Achievement Adventure Authority Autonomy Balance Beauty Boldness Compassion Challenge Citizenship Community Competency Contribution Creativity Curiosity Determination Faith Fairness Fame Friendships Fun Growth Happiness Honesty Humour Influence Inner Harmony Justice Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Love Loyalty Meaningful Work Openness Optimism Peace Pleasure Purpose Popularity Recognition Religion Reputation Respect Responsibility Security Self-Respect Service Spirituality Stability Success Status Trust Trustworthiness Wealth Wisdom Examples www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most 30 seconds to take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? Your values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? 30 seconds to take away three of these www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these Take away another two 20 seconds to take away another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? 20 seconds to take away another two www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these Take away another two … and another two What 3 values are you left with Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? 20 seconds to take away another two www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these Take away another two … and another two What 3 values are you left with? Do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? VALUES Give examples of values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these Take away another two … and another two What 3 values are you left with? How far do you live by your values? VALUES Give examples of values www.gsa.ac.uk

The Business of You Write down the 10 things that you value most Take away three of these Take away another two … and another two What 3 values are you left with? How far do you live by your values? Do they inform the important choices you make? VALUES Give examples of values www.gsa.ac.uk

From 1909 2014 2019 The Mackintosh building will re-open in 2019 as a building as true as possible to Mackintosh’s original vision and as an art school for the 21st century www.gsa.ac.uk

First Year Experience (from 2019) Anatomy of Employability Cross-disciplinary collaboration Anatomy of Employability www.artanddesignemployablity.org Student-led workshops and debates Live Projects Working collaboratively with each other and with the creative sector to solve real-world challenges Enterprise for the whole educational journey – start Methodology for engaging Developing an entrepreneurial mind-set Live projects

The Marshmallow Challenge* *c/o Hyper Island Each group has: 25 spaghetti sticks Some tape One piece of string A marshmallow Groups of five Build a stand-alone tower that is able to sustain the weight of the marshmallow www.gsa.ac.uk

The Marshmallow Challenge* *c/o Hyper Island Each group has: 25 spaghetti sticks Some tape One piece of string A marshmallow Task: to build a stand-alone tower that is able to sustain the weight of a marshmallow Build a stand-alone tower that is able to sustain the weight of a marshmallow www.gsa.ac.uk

The Marshmallow Challenge* *c/o Hyper Island Each group has: 25 spaghetti sticks Some tape One piece of string A marshmallow 5 minutes of pre-planning discussion. Complete the task in silence. What did you learn? Live projects Solutions for the real world Build a stand-alone tower that is able to sustain the weight of a marshmallow www.gsa.ac.uk

End of session thoughts: Learning by doing = success + failure Reflection on learning is the foundation of critical thinking www.gsa.ac.uk

End of session thoughts: Learning by doing = success + failure Reflection on learning is the foundation of critical thinking www.gsa.ac.uk

Libby Anson l.anson@gsa.ac.uk