Read and hear from students about their experiences doing a SLICC. Student Quotes My Summer SLICC gave me additional motivation in my internship to set goals, work on them and eventually achieve them. It helped me to reflect and thus identify weaknesses and strengths, and act upon these findings. It was an incredible experience to look back at my work and see how far I have progressed. The key skill I feel I developed through my SLICC is reflective writing. Thinking about what I did and what I learnt from it on an almost day to day basis encouraged me to engage more actively but also provided me with useful basics for writing reflections in the future. Completing my SLICC not only enhanced my experience while working this summer but has also helped prepare me to enter the competitive job market. Reflecting on my work throughout the framework provided made me realise just how much I grew as a result and helped me identify specific examples which I have gone on to discuss during job applications and interviews. Student Stories Read about Alec's independent research project and why he recommends SLICCs Read the blog post below from Alec Edgecliffe-Johnson. Alec is a past Summer SLICCs student and was President of the Students' Association in 2016/17. Two years ago I became convinced that we are on the cusp of overcoming many of the “diseases” of aging and of living to ages of 150+. I decided to write a short book about optimising our diets, sleep and exercise to age gracefully and prepare for the scientific breakthroughs. Fortunately, I heard about the first ever pilot of the SLICCs program at the same time and, largely on a whim, I signed up to write this “book” for credit. It turned out to be one of the greatest decisions I’ve made at University. Here’s why:There are a lot more grand plans than grand actions. How many times have you heard people talk about, but never pursue, that business they want to start, that incredible summer opportunity, or that skill they’d like to learn? More often than not without a commitment device we find it hard to commit and stick to something. A SLICC is a commitment to do something and to do it well.We spend our entire lives being told what academic success looks like. We are told how an essay should be written, what answers to give to get a 70+ on your exam etc. SLICCs throw the “rules” for success out of the window. You dictate your criteria. You set your milestones. A SLICC is the ultimate tool for putting agency and creativity back into the curriculum.Aside from a three or four outside courses, we spend most of our University lives in a single academic silo. And that can constrain our thinking. Different skills and experiences give us different mental models to apply to our lives and academic subjects. A SLICC is a structured approach for interdisciplinarity and for learning by doing.The greatest value of the SLICC is that which outlasts the process itself: it enables you to learn how to learn. A SLICC is an incredible opportunity to receive credit for doing what you are passionate about and learning a whole lot in the process. It’s not an experience to miss! Alec Edgecliffe-Johnson Hear Tobias talk about his SLICC experience. Tobias talks about the benefits of SLICCs and what he learnt from his SLICC experience. My SLICC experience - Tobias Thejll-Madsen Read about Leo's internship and the principles he took from SLICCs Leo's story Make your life more interesting with a SLICC Jonny's SLICCs experience Read Students' Association President (2015-16) Jonny's blog on SLICCs. Let students lead their learning What to know more?Follow the link below to read other students’ 200-word learning abstracts, summarising what they did and learned during their SLICC.Learning Abstracts This article was published on 2024-08-05
