Teaching & Learning
Culture enables creative and imaginative teaching and learning, and we embrace opportunities for knowledge exchange with a cultural dimension. We include examples of digital skills development for young people and the embedding of cultural settings in learning about public engagement.
Fusion CreaTech Lab
Over 1000 young people from Coventry schools and youth groups gained essential digital skills through our Fusion CreaTech Lab. We developed a partnership with the Centre for Entertainment Arts [CEA] and Epic Games to offer an intensive training course involving coding skills. These courses provide hands-on unreal skills, official CEA certification and portfolio-ready projects.
We have also hosted key events such as Coventry & Warwickshire Champions: Next Generation and UK Interactive Entertainment’s (UKie) Festival of Play supporting talent through digital skills development.
Getting SteAm into place
The Warwick Institute of Engagement Module Development Fund helped staff embed public engagement into their teaching, giving students the chance to tackle real-world problems creatively and collaboratively. Life Sciences students worked with the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum to share topics such as virology and public health with visitors. The Maths Department’s Communicating Mathematics module invited local communities to explore mathematical concepts through craft activities such as knitting and origami. These projects show how learning at Warwick connects the University with the wider community in imaginative and practical ways.
The Youth Energy Summit
As part of a partnership between the University’s Energy Innovation Group at Warwick Manufacturing Group, the Warwick Institute of Engagement, and Highly Sprung performance company, a touring school performance and two-day youth summit were hosted at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The summit featured a special performance of Accelerate, followed by engaging workshops led by Highly Sprung. Using physical theatre techniques, the arts-based sessions helped students understand renewable energy technologies, energy conservation, and policy advocacy. University staff and students played a key role in supporting the event and inspiring the next generation of climate innovators.