1. Enhancement Themes conference, Thursday 9 June 2016 John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh Lost in Space The integration of Direct Entry students from F.E. into 3 rd Year at H.E.

2. Key Elements to Help Improve Transition for Direct Entry Students Between F.E. and H.E. Ice-breaker sessions in Semester One Greater opportunities for the students to integrate with each other and the University through a collaborative design project Inclusion of external input and information to put the student work into a wider community context Learning and teaching events to inspire the students Small mixed discipline group working Strengthening of graduate attributes for progression beyond graduation into work or on to further study

3. Collaboration Between Student Groups Mind-mapping dementia and different aspects of ageing led to group research blogs being created and shared, then the findings presented by the students to the whole group in a critique.

4. Student Visit to Alzheimer Scotland: reality check Students met with service users, carers and Alzheimer Scotland staff to discuss the practical difficulties faced living at home and when out and about in the wider community; incorporating co-operative design within the design process

5. Research-informed Teaching Workshop Invited Researchers from Heriot-Watt University and the University of Manitoba, Canada, helped the students put their design ideas into a wider context

6. Visiting Speakers from Industry Collette Paterson: textile designer and innovator Jane Chrumka of Harmony Ridge Designs – interior designer with a specialist knowledge of designing interiors for people with dementia

7. Collaboration: Mia Wood and Silvia Marinas

8. Collaboration: Beth Wilson and Johnathan Paluku

9. Final Project Outcomes Final presentation of the project including a talk, lunch and exhibition of students’ work at the LifeCare Centre. Guests included the East Coast Service User Group, Alzheimer Scotland, industry partners and researchers. Poster presentation for the MMP Conference in October and the creation of a second book to celebrate the project’s highlights.

10. Evaluation Textile Design Direct Entry students integrated well with the existing Heriot-Watt cohort Interior Design students found collaboration more problematic due to being based at two campus locations. All students are direct entry to Year 3 from F.E. No existing ID cohort to assist. Interior Design students engaged less with deep-learning activities such as the research-led workshop, talks by industry practitioners and the ice-breaker sessions in Semester One. Some students integrated well and collaborated very effectively on joint design outcomes; this is reflected very positively within the quality of work they produced and the relationships that were formed as a result. This project facilitated students with vital graduate attributes to enhance their learning and transition into the workplace or on to postgraduate study. Project is work in progress, we are learning and making adaptions for the year ahead Fiona Pankhurst:f.m.pankhurst@hw.ac.ukf.m.pankhurst@hw.ac.uk Alison Hamilton-Pryde:a.hamilton@hw.ac.uka.hamilton@hw.ac.uk @a_hwu (HWU Illusion of Memory)