Priorities:Hamburg University of Technology Student Priorities

Student Priorities

Strategy #1 Connecting the existing elements for better synergies

The idea is to tackle the problems “lack of access” and “lack of knowledge about participants at the university” by creating a better and more convenient way to use the existing resources on campus. We learned that the problem “lack of space / resources” actually can be proven wrong by the analysis of the campus via the landscape canvas. We do have prototyping spaces (multiple!) and we do have rooms to ideate, as well as institutions helping to spin out. The conclusion is: connecting these resources instead of creating new ones.

We introduce: TUHH Feed. This application will show you a feed of different elements (introduced below) after you created your profile and narrowed down interests. The feed will show:

Projects

Projects are groups that form to tackle a problem or design a solution. This can happen in actual working groups, registered via our central students committee or in loose connections. The things necessary to be displayed are the numbers of students involved and the mission statement. It will also be able to get in contact much faster than usual, so connections get created quicker.

Resources

Resources range from facilities like prototyping spaces or rooms to ideate to consulting hours by professors and faculty staff eager to help. The idea is that projects will run through phases in the innovation process and can access the existing resources more convenient. The resources will also have a tag showing which phase they are ideally brought in. In this example the students workshop is ideal for the prototyping phase.

Events

We also wanted to include Events, because they can inspire students to act and also meet others that are interested in the topic the event is for. It will open the students circles and increase interactions through which projects can be started. In this example, we have an exhibition on climate change. It’s date and entry fee is stated, as well as an interactive link to the location and a small description. Students can signal participation by entering the event and also link it to their calendar.

Profile

The profile is the basis for the individualized feed. It will include the name and field of study, projects you are part of and topics of interest. On this basis, all the other elements will come up in the feed and can be inspected by students. It is important to notice, that this is not a “social network” but a “university network”. It does not serve to post as an individual! As we learned, you should be a first or early follower to a leader, rather than the leader (Leadership lessons from dancing guy).

Feed

Finally, this is what I might see with my profile settings. It shows events, resources and projects that fit my interests and fields of study. If everyone simply shares who they are and what they stand for, communication and connection will spark through common interest / purpose. We believe this will unite easier and lead to better saturation of the universities existing resources.

Strategic Priorities:

[1] Unity – We want to create a unified campus that shares resources instead of creating more with bad saturation

[2] Inclusion – Students, Faculty Staff, Professors: All can take part to collaborate

[3] Purpose driven connectivity – We want to enable connections on passions to boost collaboration rather than through classes

[4] Appreciation – Now that the university has more transparency over students extracurricular activities, maybe these can be translated into new courses or “problem bases learning” sessions, again feeding the education quality and experience