In this conversation, the panel discuss the importance of peer reflection and the articulation of complex experience. 

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In this episode, Ben provides his insight as someone at the forefront of embedding reflection into higher education, and shares tips for facilitating authentic, genuine and creative reflection. We discuss the need to critically reflect throughout experiential learning projects, the positive impact which reflection has on students, and how collaboration is essential to encourage reflection in higher education. 

The panel features Tony Morgan, Associate Professor in Innovation and Management, three students Maya, Leyna and Nathan, who have successfully completed the module, and Rob Lawrence, Head of Market Strategy and Innovation at Lambson Innovate, who participated in the module. 

Within this module, the panel collaborated on a real-life innovation challenge to develop their skills in collaboration and reflexivity. In this episode, we discuss the surprising strength of uncertainty, personal and professional development, and the importance of experiential learning to employers.

Throughout their conversation, they discuss topics like the UNSDG's, Ikigai, and WACE to understand how experiential learning connects education to meaning and purpose, and deepens subject knowledge. 

The panel is comprised of Professor Wendy Robinson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Education and Experience, Professor Charlotte Haigh, Dean for Student Education, and Grace Cuthbert, a third-year student of BA Global Creative Industries who is graduating this summer with a first-class degree.

In their conversation, the panel discuss how experiential learning is embedded at scale in the Leeds curriculum and why it is so crucial to educate todays students. They discuss personal experiences, student experiences, authentic assessment, employability, inclusion, equity, and how learning by doing deepens subject knowledge and builds confidence for uncertain and precarious futures. 

If you are, tune into this episode of The Experience Effect, where Dr. Ellis Jones, lecturer in music and management at Leeds, gives an insight into his experience of incorporating experiential learning into his masters module How Songs Make Money.

In this episode, Ellis shares his journey with experiential learning, provides helpful tips and advice for implementing experiential learning in assessment, and reflects on module design as an iterative and dynamic process.

Within this conversation, Karen discusses how she was inspired to bring extracurricular opportunities into the curriculum, alongside other opportunities which allowed students to articulate and recognise the skills they already had. We discuss the importance of collaboration, embedding and scaling, as well as the impact that experiential learning is having on the higher education community.

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Throughout their discussion, they explore the ways that they first engaged with experiential learning, the tangible and intangible impacts which it has had on their educational experiences, and their hopes for the future of experiential learning in higher education. 

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Listen to our trailer to discover more about experiential learning in higher education.

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