GDTA Spotlight with University College Cork
The GDTA Spotlight session on March 23rd, 2023 was about “Art thinking and design thinking in University College Cork: An innovation ‘marriage’ made in heaven.”
Remember the experiments and challenges you faced while starting a new project? Before 2019, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu didn’t dream a small idea would turn into so many new research projects, competitions to encourage students to innovate and the first D-School in Romania.
This all happened thanks to the donation received from Mr. Hasso Plattner and 2020 did not stop the plans. At the GDTA PowWow on March 18th, 2021, Raluca Bârsan, Adminmaker and Teaching Professional at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, talked about “ULBS: From a lab idea to excellence in research and a D-School” and shared ULBS’ next steps as well as ideas and best practices.
Raluca Mihaela Bârsan, Adminmaker at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Before working in the public system, Raluca had several roles in continuous improvement departments in the private sector. At Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu her passion for education clicked with her experience in problem solving and starting February 2021, Raluca is the first employee of the first D-School in Romania. She volunteers as a teacher, works part time in the R&D Department of the University and aims to finish her PhD in the near future 🙂 .
The GDTA Spotlight session on March 23rd, 2023 was about “Art thinking and design thinking in University College Cork: An innovation ‘marriage’ made in heaven.”
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