Skills for innovation
This strand of work aims to develop the skills and attitudes required for innovation to flourish in young people.
We're piloting a series of projects that focus on how to inspire enterprising attitudes and behaviours around risk-taking in young people and the professionals who work with them. We believe an informed attitude to risk is a crucial competency for innovation as it enables people to turn uncertainty into opportunity, overcome fear of failure, and to seek the necessary information to make informed decisions.
As part of this work, we have commissioned a unique tool to measure the innovative capacity of young people.
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Making a Mint
The Making a Mint competition encourages young people to use their entrepreneurial skills to grow mint seeds and come up with creative ideas to make money from them.
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Planet SciCast
Planet Scicast is a new project that is challenging people from all age groups to make mini movies of exciting science experiments.
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Planet Science
The Planet Science website aims to enthuse and inspire young people about science – as well as those who teach it.
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Measuring innovative characteristics in young people
Professor Elizabeth Chell is working with colleagues at Kingston University to develop a tool that will measure the capacity for innovation of young people.
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Space Unlimited
Space Unlimited is developing a pilot project to encourage adults working with young people to manage their own reactions to risk and uncertainty, and to recognise how important risk is for innovation.
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The RSA
The RSA will develop an online psychometric tool to encourage young people to think about the risks they take and face in daily life.
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Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust will train some of their staff, volunteers and youth ambassadors to learn techniques that develop positive approaches towards risk-taking.
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Rotherham Ready
Rotherham Ready is encouring young people to develop a robust and enquiring attitude, through the acquisition of transferable skills.
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The Design and Technology Association
The Design and Technology Association will help pupils learn about the cognitive and emotional and social skills required in developing new ideas.