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Aims:

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide students with the understanding and skills to establish or contribute to a global campaign, movement or organisation which is intended to address a specific social justice concern.
• Support students to develop their skills around multidisciplinary innovative approaches to addressing intractable global challenges using new technology.
• Provide students with the experience and mentoring to develop an idea through the module and leave with a creative product and business plan for change.

Intended learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, a student will be able to:Ìý

1. Describe and apply social theories of change and the role of new technology within them
2. Articulate this learning through a project example Critically evaluate the thematics of examples of processes of global campaigns, movements, and organisations (which have been successful and unsuccessful).
3. Produce a creative product or artifact to illustrate (in the case of a digital campaign submission) or evidence (in the case of a produce or technology) of the project idea.
4. Communicate about this artifact through narrative contributions and creative tools.

Indicative content:

The following are indicative of the topics the module will typically cover:

• Big ideas: how change happens (the social policy context and some examples, start thinking about their big ideas).
• Mission-setting: establish the mission vehicle and objectives.
• Co-Lab: co-design, user testing, community organising & disruptive partnerships.
• Lift off: launch, build momentum and inspire hopefulness.
• Campaigning: digital tech to change the world.
• Fail fast and innovate.
• Recognise and measure success.
• Leading and building an organisation.
• Risk and resilience for you and the work.
• Long hauling? When is the job done?

Requisites:

To be eligible to select this module as an optional or elective, a student must be registered on a programme and year of study for which it is formally available.