Annual Report MobileSchool.org 2020

Hogeschool UCLL • Excellence trajectory
07/03/2020 • 15/12/2020
Lore De Muynck
Students of UCLL
Belgium
2020
University College UCLL is convinced that some
of their students need extra challenges in addition
to their regular study track. At StreetwiZe
we saw an opportunity to develop further the
talents and personal skills of and with these
students. Thanks to this trajectory, the students
gain a better understanding of their talents
and competences, with which they can make a
social difference now and in the future. The trajectory
makes students’ talents more visible by
giving them extra opportunities and space to
develop personally and professionally within
the context of a social purpose.
The kick-off took place on 7 March with 15
students of the Management Department of
UCLL Leuven and, because of COVID-19, the
programme was organized partly online.
In this excellence trajectory, we focused on
insights and skills from the street and on how
students can translate these into their own environment.
The central themes were resilience,
agility, positive focus, proactive creativity and
cooperative competition.
By focusing on strengthening these skills, students
can make a social difference now and in
the future.
One group of students will use their escape room
“Escaping the Future” to give youngsters (11-12
years old) an equal chance through good budget
management. They came up with this idea from
the observation that you cannot choose in which
family you grow up and which economic skills
you acquire.
Another group puts the topic of food waste in
the spotlight. They use the app “too good, to
go” through an advertising campaign and aim
to make young people aware of the problem of
food waste. They try to convince them to become
“waste warriors” themselves.
A third group of students is developing the content
for an app to provide extra mental support
to young people (over the age of 12) in difficult
times. Mobile help for children in need in Belgium
is currently severely lacking and yet necessary.
This group wants to see a change happening
at this level.
The students presented their process and product
to a jury (with the StreetwiZe trainer) on 15
December. Several students have already indicated
that they maintain their non-binding commitment
to these social projects.
IMPACT
Students learned and applied the principles of leadership.
Students learned and applied the principles of group dynamics
They applied the different competences in a concrete project.
This group of students chose three social projects
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