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ICCARUS

This is a screen shot from ICCARUS - a multi-media learning simulator, devised by staff from Portsmouth University, who worked closely with fire officers and staff the National Fire College. The simulator simply coached working fire officers in the most effective ways of controlling major fire incidents. It has been successful used to train a new generation of effective fire officers.

Contraception – The Board Game

Contraception – The Board Game was developed by Maternity Nurse Lecturer - Barbara Hastings-Asatorian. She set up a social enterprise which developed a new learning tool to teach young people of the need for, and better use of, contraception. Barbara’s nurses didn’t like talking about sex, and contraception, with young people, but the game Barbara developed has now been translated into three languages and is now sold all over the world, helping the young learn the facts of life, in a fun way.

Salford Money Line

Salford Money Line is just one of 13 successful and sustained ‘Community Banks’, operating across the whole UK. It has been developed by ordinary people, with support from their local university, to meet real local needs, as conventional banks ‘flee from poverty’. The university gave its local community the support, confidence and ability to develop such micro finance organisations for themselves.

Salford Innovation Forum

The Salford Innovation Forum – home of People’s Voice Media and Unlimited Potential – promotes community-university interfaces where co-creation occurs quite naturally. It was developed by a consortium that consisted of the University, The City of Salford, MIDAS and the North West Development Agency and they set out a vision to develop a unique concept for the city.

Higher learning for all

Many universities are now working actively with local communities, using the most advanced learning technologies, to open up higher learning to people of all ages. And it’s not too young to start this process as the photograph opposite portrays; indeed, many ‘toddlers’ now use smart mobile phone, iPads and simple computing tools long before they learn to tie their laces; 72% of children under five spend an average of half an hour on line each day.

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