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The program
Undergraduate Leaders Program (ULP)
2016 - “INSPIRE: Next generation of
innovators”
was a summer program where
the participants had the opportunity to
develop competencies to create solutions
to real problems of global relevance. They
participated in a DESIGN LAB. It was a
collective experience for APRU students
in terms of coming up with innovative
proposals and gain new perspectives
on co-creation in a multidisciplinary and
multinational context.
Strategic topics:
Leadership, knowledge
and creative economy; new technologies
and innovation; cultural innovation; design
thinking; sustainability andentrepreneurship.
Components:
This international program
included activities related to the creation
of solutions. This was an opportunity for
students from all the disciplines to work
together and come up with multidisciplinary
solutions. The program included various
modules, such as: master classes, cultural
and social activities, and technical classes
designed to equip students with tools to
creatively solve real problems with peers
from across the Pacific Rim with diverse
backgrounds.
Students learned techniques of observation
(hands-on exploration), experiment and
build prototypes (manual thinking), and
incorporate the concept of “seriuos play”
in their experience. Overall, students
enhanced their critical thinking and soft
skills observe, understand, learn, interpret,
create, evoke, empathy.
Awards Ceremony
Master classes
Master classes