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Nottingham Trent University – Solving Wicked Problems for 16 – 17 Year Olds Residential – July 2025)

If you’re ready to think differently, question everything, and step into uncertainty with confidence, this course is for you.

The future is complex, and the ability to think critically, collaborate, and problem-solve is more important than ever. This course will help you:

Develop skills which allow you to work more creatively and positively with others
Develop skills which help you reflect on and think creatively about important global issues.
Learn how to navigate problems with no easy answers.
Improve your communication and collaboration skills, essential for any future career.
Gain confidence in dialogic approaches to collaboration, presenting, and leadership.
To help you develop your ability to work with problems and with other people, we’ll be exploring wicked problems through engagement with the Inner Development Goals, a framework which explores the skills we need to understand ourselves and how we work successfully with others, even if we don’t necessarily agree with them.

Accommodation:

DofE participants must book both the course and accommodation on campus for this to count towards your Gold Award.
Accommodation is booked separately at www.ntu.ac.uk/summeraccommodation

Social Events:

We appoint NTU Student Ambassadors who host social events on Monday and Wednesday evening which must be attended by DofE participants.

Course date:
28/07/2025
Course location:
Nottingham Trent University
Course fee:
Course: £525.00 + Accommodation: £259.00

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