Rapid Design Business Challenge

This is an outline of timings to expect for the course.  The day includes 5 hours of taught workshops, and time to socialise with fellow students during supervised breaks. 

9am - 9.30am: Arrival, welcome and sign-in 

9.45am: Groups will be taken to workshop locations (up to a 10-min walk across campus) 

10am – 12.30pm: Morning workshops 

12.30pm: Lunch break 

1.15 – 3.45pm: Afternoon workshops 

3.45pm: Groups will be collected from workshop locations 

4pm: Close, sign-out and collection 

Workshops on this course will cover the following topics:  

• Market awareness: identifying an opportunity gap. We’ll take a look at the design innovation process and at building personas / customer profiles.  
• Rapid design ideation. We’ll set a time limit and generate creative ideas, then discuss and refine these. 
• Storyboarding: creating visual representation of a user journey or set of interactions, a crucial part of the design thinking process. 
• Digital marketing and Pitching: creating compelling pitches and understanding the digital marketing strategic landscape. 

Expect an interactive business and design-focused day, where you’ll be working as a group and on your own on creative ideas. The day will be made up of structured learning workshops, whilst having fun in a supportive and supervised environment. This one-day course is structured with 5 full hours of teaching, with breaks for lunch and refreshments. 

Workshops are led by our experienced teaching staff at Falmouth, with all staff DBS checked. The day is designed to give you a taste of what it’s like to study at Falmouth University, with all workshops based on campus in our fantastic teaching facilities.  

Please ensure that you bring a laptop (and charger) that can connect to our wifi, or other device suitable for researching content on and working on plans (e.g. larger than a phone).  All other materials required are provided.  

You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you, and anything else you need to feel comfortable through the day. 

Please note: aside from bringing your laptop with you, we advise that other personal possessions are not brought to the course. All possessions (including your laptop or other device) brought with you are your responsibility and Falmouth University will not be liable for any loss or damage.  

Please bring a laptop with you, all other materials you will need are included in the course fee, together with refreshments and lunch (all dietary requirements catered for).

Refreshments and lunch are included in the course fee. All dietary requirements can be catered for. ​ You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you.

This course is taught in our fantastic business school facilities on our Penryn campus.   

​There is plenty of parking available on our Penryn campus and you can also reach us via a range of public transport options. You can find out more, here.   

​For campus maps and information on visiting us, please visit our How to find us page.​  

We will provide further information in your course joining email after your place has been confirmed. 

​​You will leave with a certificate of completion, available when you finish the day and sign out. 

This course is for 14 – 17 year olds only, and is suitable for all experience levels with no pre-requisite knowledge required.  

​​A parent or guardian must sign 14 and 15 year olds in and out, and be present for drop off and pick up.  If 16 and 17 year olds wish to sign themselves in and out then we will require written consent emailed to shortcourses@falmouth.ac.uk in advance of the course.  

Drop off is from 9am – 9.30am, pick up is at 4pm.

​​Once you have booked your place you’ll be sent a participant form for further information. You can tell us about any dietary, medical, or access requirements that we need to know about on this form and you’ll also be asked to confirm that you agree to our code of conduct for under 18s.  

​If you have any queries, would like further information, or would like to talk to someone before booking this course then please feel free to get in touch with our short course team.​