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re-imagining new services, new contexts
Awards
Engine Award
Value: £4,000
If an internship:
Duration: 12 weeks
Location: London
Founded in 2000, Engine is one of the world’s leading service design and innovation consultancies.
Based in London, Engine comprises a diverse team of designers, strategists, researchers and visualisers who have developed an expertise in service innovation, customer experience, co-design, the innovation process and gaining customer insights.
Engine has a diverse client list from a very wide range of sectors - from insurance services to schools, from mobile service providers to credit card companies, from international airlines to think tanks.
www.enginegroup.co.uk
Design Council Award
Value: £5,000
The Design Council is the national strategic body for design.
We aim to strengthen and support the economy and society by demonstrating and promoting the vital role of design in making businesses more competitive and public services more effective. Our goal is that UK managers are the best users of design in the world, supported by the most skilled and capable design professionals.
Our work includes:
A national programme of design support for managers
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A ten-year public design promotion in UK regions
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Campaigns to accelerate innovation and transformation in industry and the public sector through practical interventions promoting the strategic use of design
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Projects generating new thinking on how design can be used to tackle key economic and social challenges
The Design Council is funded by grant-in-aid from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
www.designcouncil.org.uk
NCR Internship
Value: £4,000
Duration: 12 weeks
Location: Dundee, Scotland
NCR Corporation is a global technology company leading the way businesses interact with customers. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio with specialised research and development facilities distributed globally. The research and development centre for financial industry assisted and self-service solutions is located in Dundee, Scotland. Solutions developed in this facility have enabled NCR to maintain leadership in the global market for 20 consecutive years.
One of the winning students in this category will have the opportunity to further develop their skills during a 12 week internship with the Design, Usability + Accessibility (DU+A) team located in Dundee. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team including product designers; usability specialists; environment designers and multi-media designers the successful student will gain invaluable experience and insight to design in a global context.
www.ncr.com