Ocean Ambassadors partnered with UCL's The Knowledge Economy: Student Consultantship to learn from final year undergraduate students under the supervision of Professor Tim Jordan.
Ocean Ambassadors project brief for the group was to advise on how to develop the Ocean Ambassadors Primary Curriculum, with a special emphasis on marketing and fundraising. Irene Facchin, Louise Hottinguer, Amber Shaw and Millie Stimpson produced a thorough and professional report which we will be implementing in the coming months. Thanks!
Here is some words about their experiences so far:
“I instantly knew that it would be my top choice – combining education and marine conservation!”
My name is Irene and I am a finalist in the BASc Arts and Sciences degree. I am a Societies major and am focusing my degree on studying the issue of educational inequality through modules in education studies, development, public policy and economics. Next year I’ll be starting teacher training with Teach First. As a hobby I love watching nature documentaries, especially about marine life so when I saw Ocean Ambassadors as one of the consultancy project options I instantly knew that it would be my top choice – combining education and marine conservation! I did not know exactly what to expect from this project, however, I have learned so much about developing an education curriculum – from the content side, but also from the delivery, funding and marketing sides. Besides that, developing a relationship with our “clients” (Charlotte and Henry) has been excellent. From initially working together to define the project aims to then, throughout the whole project, presenting our findings and progress to Charlotte and Henry, the whole project has been such a positive learning experience. I have also really enjoyed working with my team mates and learning to manage our individual strengths and weaknesses.
Irene Facchin
I chose Ocean Ambassadors to acquire a concrete experience in the field of education.
Louise Hottinguer
I’m currently a final year undergraduate studying Arts and Sciences (BASc) at UCL. I'm mainly interested in philosophy and public policy. Specifically keen to learn more on the practical aspect of shaping impactful public policies, I chose Ocean Ambassadors to acquire a concrete experience in the field of education. Precisely, I wanted to investigate the potential strategies to develop in order to deliver and spread such a curriculum efficiently. Ocean Ambassadors was, also, an evident choice to me as I am particularly concerned with marine conservation.
Louise Hottinguer