Today’s agenda
• What’s Matchable and where did it come from?
• Surely Design is about Things?
• Why would a Brokerage service be needed?
• What do they think of the show so far?
• What next?
What is Matchable?
• A service that helps connect design students to health and well being organisations– C. 80-90
(undergrad+grad) students a year across Scotland’s design schools
• Other discs too
Where did the idea come from?
• Like most ideas…conversations!• Our resource predicament: we all need to lend a
hand
Louise
“So what is it you do pet?” “I’m a design student.” “Oh really? So what sort of things is it you design?... Chairs?” “Erm…kind of. I design systems, services and experiences as well as products too.”
Important elements in Design
• Facilitation
• Co-creation
• People-centred
• Making ideas real
– More on Design (see separate slides on Matchable and Design)
Design:
• Research and Explore• Synthesis• Experiment and
Intervention• Develop and Deliver
More
It’s happening already…
• design professionals are working in health & well-being
• (see separate slides on this topic)
• design students are working in health & well-being – E.g. 14 students in 1 year
in 1 institution• (see separate slides on
this topic)
…So why do more?
• Swathes of H&WB orgs don’t know about existing students work
• Swathes of H&WB orgs don’t know how to access this resource
• HEI connections within H&WB orgs are limited
• Little opportunity for either to learn from experience thus far
Tell us a story….
See a Matchable story in separate slides
So what would a Martian see?
• A digital marketplace– Profiles– Clusters around projects– Project reporting
• Brokers in action– Ambassadors– admin
• Events– Jams, ideas markets
• Templates– MoUs, reports, etc.
and• Productive assignments!
Thoughts & issues arising from conversations so far
• Students
• Health & Well-being orgs
• HEIs
See http://www.Matchable.org.uk
Students
• Huge percentage want to work in health
• See it as valuable experience and a career in health
• Both during term time and in summer
• Some just want short interventions (it takes a long time to set up a focus group, or get user testing)
• Need additional support not just in design
Health & Well-being orgs
• Accountability & Responsibility?
• We do Programmes not projects…
• Design with a capital D and not a small d
• Paying for skills?
Educators
• “It’s so inspiring to see the students naturally leaning towards socially focused projects. They are doing it by themselves. It’s brilliant.” - Hazel White
• Matchable is not here to do the tutor’s job • Some already have good links with health orgs • Very positive about creating health links • See opportunity past design (multi-disciplinary)
Issues
• Accountability?
• Payment?– Crowding out professional suppliers?
• Timing (HEI and H&WB cycles)
• Being organised enough to benefit?
• Broker-governance?
Opportunities
• H&WBs: more innovation (at a time when we really need it)
• Students: interesting & valuable assignments
• HEIs and H&WBs: cross-fertilisation between ideas, projects, people
What next?
• Finalising blueprint for brokerage service
• Issues– Talking these through– Looking for helpful precedents
• Resources– Talking to policy ppl…
…(all being well) acquiring brokers
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