Workshops for 2009:
Enhancing Creativity
Building Creative Capacity - a series of four practical workshops supported by a series of informal lunches at which participants can discuss their progress and issues around the relationships between creativity and the systems and structures we work within.
Workshops are to be held on Wednesday afternoons, 2.15pm to 5.15pm in the Milton Building:
| Wednesday 28th January 2009 | Into the Unknown – starting creative ventures |
| Wednesday 4th March 2009 | Staying the Distance – developing creative strategies |
| Wednesday 25th March 2009 | Thinking on your Feet – Inspiration and imagination |
| Wednesday 29th April | Finishing Lines – taking creative processes to completion. |
For further information please contact: d.k.middleton@hud.ac.uk
To reserve a place, please contact: staffdev@hud.ac.uk
To download a booking form, please visit: www.hud.ac.uk/hr/downloads/bkngform.doc
Past Workshops:
Building Creative Capacity
For the last two years, as part of the University’s staff development programme, a series of creative workshops have taken place as part of the Teaching and Learning, Research and Academic Programme.
Staff needed to attend all four sessions to complete the course.
Target audience: Academic staff and other staff who would like to be more creative.
Part 1: Into the Unknown - Starting creative ventures.
Part 2: Staying the Distance - Developing creative strategies.
Part 3: Thinking on your Feet - Inspiration and imagination.
Part 4: Finishing Lines – Taking creative processes to completion.
The aim of these workshops was to explore the principles and foundational attitudes that underpin creative thinking and imaginative work in creative arts.
Following these workshops sessions, the participants were able to:
Reflect upon their own creative strategies, strengths and weaknesses.
Understand the nature of creative processes and the principles underlying them.
Apply practical and thinking tools to creative projects.
Approach work/life projects in creative and playful ways.
Staff Workshops are available in 2008/09 through the Staff development Group
Student workshops have also been held.
Feedback from student workshops:
" A great workshop. I had the chance to explore my own creative abilities and to reflect on these during and after each session. Never experienced anything like it before!"
"It's a great chance to learn, reflect and have fun."
" I enjoyed the workshops very much. Great opportunity to work with other people. I also learnt some new and interesting things about myself."
All participants said that they would recommend the workshops to a colleague.