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Employability and Problem-Solving in Physics at Salford

Employability and Problem-Solving in Physics at Salford. what we are trying to do…. Bridge the gap between school and industry Develop skills (and mindsets) that will make students more employable Make students aware of potential career directions

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Employability and Problem-Solving in Physics at Salford

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  1. Employability and Problem-Solving in Physics at Salford

  2. what we are trying to do… Bridge the gap between school and industry Develop skills (and mindsets) that will make students more employable Make students aware of potential career directions Provide enjoyable break from traditional lectures and labs Make Salford students better physicists…

  3. the skills we hope to develop… transferable skills - leadership - teamwork (people management) - communicating ideas to a group oral (presentation, teaching) written (report, logs, notes) - Information gathering - problem solving - applying knowledge - project planning/organisation • employability skills • business awareness • CV, interview • company research • (market, industry, • competitors) experimental skills - observation - measurement - analysis - design - construction

  4. employer talks Dr Katy Szczepura (University of Salford / NHS) Dr Jill Tipping (Christie NHS Foundation Trust) Medical physics Tom Talbot (AREVA) Nuclear energy Jo Gwillim (Centre for Alternative Technology) Green technology Dr Hywel Owen (Cockcroft Institute / University of Manchester) Particle accelerators Dr Neil Boag (Nanoco Technologies) Quantum dots Prof Bob Cywinski (ThorEA / University of Huddersfield) Alternative nuclear energy James Leach (Mewburn Ellis LLP) Intellectual property law Stuart Lucas & Andrew Paterson (EADS Astrium) Aerospace Col David Thornycroft & Lt Rob Swift & Sgt Mick Hill Armed forces Dr Tim Needham & Dr Roger Clark (University of Leeds) Geophysics *University of Salford graduates

  5. activities: cotton reel tanks Build a cotton reel tank that will travel as far as possible

  6. activities: research questions Explain the explosion “Teach” an aspect of physics to the rest of the class

  7. activities: catapult Fire a projectile into a bucket

  8. activities: The Italian Job Analyse the feasibility of stunts in The Italian Job

  9. the skills we hope to develop… transferable skills - leadership - teamwork (people management) - communicating ideas to a group oral (presentation, teaching) written (report, logs, notes) - Information gathering - problem solving - applying knowledge - project planning/organisation • employability skills • business awareness • CV, interview • company research • (market, industry, • competitors) experimental skills - observation - measurement - analysis - design - construction

  10. activities: Energy Research Project Come up with an innovative research idea to reduce energy demand in (pre-1940s) buildings

  11. the journey… Not all students enjoy this style of teaching / learning… Am I doing it right? Can’t you just tell me the answer? What physics is this supposed to be teaching me?

  12. the journey… … but many really benefit from it… It was interesting not intuitively knowing the answer and having to fathom out what was going on – the outcome was surprising. This has really helped me understand things that never even occurred to me before.

  13. the future… First Year Tweaking and improving activities Integrating business and science project research

  14. the future project structure… The Company & The Industry The Market & The Competitors Assessment Idea Generation Transferrable skills

  15. the future… Second year Free to choose research direction Hydrogen rockets Coil guns Stirling engines Project that is industrially relevant Mini R&D project “Real” problem

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