Valuing Design and Conducting Evaluation Online Short Course

Course description

How can we articulate the value of our work? How can we assess the difference we make? How can we demonstrate that our work is worthwhile? For those who work in design, and other fields, the value of what we do may be self-evident, and yet we often lack the tools and language to express this convincingly to others. Furthermore, it is rare for those leading projects and interventions to routinely invest time and energy in systematically reflecting on impact and effectiveness.

This course will explore value and evaluation, providing new insights and perspectives on the challenges of evaluating change. We will focus on social design but the course content is relevant to everyone working on social change projects. The course will encompass both theory and practice, with a focus on applying key principles and tools to carry out a context-sensitive evaluation.

This short course is run by the UAL Social Design Institute (SDI) and is informed by research from the SDI and other UAL research centres.

You will have access to:

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course you will:

Who should attend:

This course is aimed at people working in social design, or commissioning social design, who are keen to understand how to more robustly evidence the impact of their work. It is also suitable for people working in the public sector (national and local) and the charity sector who are interested in articulating the social, environmental and democratic value of the work they do.

This is an introductory level course and no previous experience or knowledge of design or evaluation is necessary.

Please note that all courses are taught in UK time.

Online courses are closed to all new bookings 48 hours prior to the course starting.