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Summer school programmes

For the past two years we’ve been joined by students from across the world to take part in our summer school programme, learning and working with industry on product-based projects.

Meet the Class of 2020
Summer School Diaries

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Summer school 2020: Dementia-friendly communities

For six weeks, 147 students from 21 countries worked together to develop solutions to make Canada Water a dementia friendly community. Working with industry, NGO’s, local governments, and academics from three continents, the students tackled one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st Century.

Students explored key themes in design, engineering, global teamworking and dementia, learning how to apply complex theory to real-world challenges. All students completed Dementia Friend training, empowering them to recognise and support people with Dementia, and raise awareness and understanding of the disease.

Projects fell into three categories:

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Outdoor

Create a dementia friendly outdoor space where people with dementia and their carers can interact safely.

 

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Indoor

Develop solutions to enhance the wellbeing and independence of people inside buildings

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AI and Big Data

Harness technology to enhance the safety and support for people with dementia and their carers.

 

“Big global challenges like dementia inspire global, diverse teams to develop viable solutions.”

Professor Judy Raper, Dean and CEO, TEDI-London

Read more about summer school 2020.

 

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Find out what students experienced during the 2019 summer school programme:

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Summer school 2019 student testimonials

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Nicholas Matkovic
Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
UNSW Sydney

“The TEDI-London Summer School was a great opportunity to meet, work and network with people from a range of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds and have an influence on what the future of engineering education might look like.

I found the whole experience really fun and exciting, it was incredible to see how much could be achieved in such a short time, both by the students in our projects as well as by the enthusiastic TEDI-London team in building and developing the program itself.”

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Mariam El Sheikha
Biomedical Engineering, BS
Arizona State University

“Being a part of the TEDI-London summer school was a stellar experience as I got to not only apply the knowledge I had learned in my degree on a project I was a passionate about but to also actively learn from a diverse and interdisciplinary team wherever our knowledge lacked. Furthermore, knowing that our technology could improve the lives of others motivated my team to take steps into bringing our device to market.”

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Mona Jaffar
MSc Regenerative Dentistry
King's College London

“Despite not being from an engineering background, the TEDI-London summer school helped me develop and enhance a range of transferable skills including public speaking, project management and design skills.

It was an incredibly enjoyable and unique experience that I sure will continue to cherish in years to come. The icing on the cake was when one of the industry figures at the Open Day was so impressed with my efforts that he offered me a job!”

Summer school 2019 projects

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Water Fountain project

TEDI-London is developing a brand-new campus that will be a vibrant place of learning. Artwork for the campus should reflect our vision and values. The objective of this project was to design a sculpture drinking fountain, that filtered water from the nearby dock – Canada Water – using renewable energy.

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Vagus Nerve Simulator

The local population at Canada Water is reflective of the wider UK population in that it has more older people with complex health needs. This project looked at the capacity for robot assisted rehabilitation in helping people who had experienced strokes and needed longer term repetitive rehabilitation.

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Smart City Citizen Hub

TEDI-London will be situated in an area which will undergo major redevelopment in coming years. TEDI-London's campus and community will be safe, clean and sustainable. To support these goals, the objective for this project is to design a smart streetlamp that also serves as a Citizen Hub, providing free access to community services.

“I didn't know what to expect from TEDI-London, but it has expanded my horizons. The idea of a globally focused engineer who aims to solve big problems will be more and more valuable in coming years – I'm grateful for the opportunity to explore and understand this.”

Xavier PerkesUNSW Sydney

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