Post by Saeed Nayeri

I've been quiet on LinkedIn lately... Three initiatives over the past few months reminded me of a conviction I keep returning to: students learn what matters most by doing, not by being told. 🍽️ A live catering challenge: students from three schools tackling real operational problems inside our University's own restaurant. No invented case studies; genuine briefs the team wrestles with daily. 💻 Microsoft Project training: hands-on sessions turning methodology into a concrete, demonstrable skill our MSc students can carry straight into interviews. 🌍 A Turing-funded study trip across Germany and the Netherlands: behind-the-scenes visits to BMW, the Port of Rotterdam, Tata Steel and more, building the intercultural, AI-resistant capabilities employers increasingly value. Different settings, one spine: each puts students in front of a real problem and a real audience. Each rewards judgement over recall. And each ends with a student who can say, truthfully, "I've done this." In an age where AI absorbs recall and routine tasks, human judgement is the differentiator; and judgement is rehearsed, not lectured. Full article below 👇 I'd love to hear how others are engineering these moments for their students. #HigherEducation #ExperientialLearning #ProjectManagement #Employability #LearningByDoing #StudentSuccess #FutureOfWork #GraduateSkills #TuringScheme #BusinessEducation #TeachingAndLearning #PowerSkills #UniversityOfNorthampton #MicrosoftProject #ProjectSimulation #MSc #PostGraduation #UON