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Build your own escape room: (critical) thinking outside the box

Course information

Critical thinking is critically important.  How you can practise, improve, and evidence your critical thinking to stand out in professional contexts?

This interactive workshop will cover key theoretical principles before putting you into teams to develop your own escape room themed around 'the Lost Charter: a quest to re-discover the founding document of the University of St Andrews before time runs out!'  You'll work together to create a series of puzzles to bewilder and entertain, maintaining a focus on working within a set brief and applying the foundations of critical thinking to constructively challenge your audience.

The puzzles will be tested in a following workshop: DIY escape room testing and evaluation: can you break out of negative feedback cycles.  Successful puzzles will be featured in an escape room to raise money for charity during the University's Raising and Giving (RAG) week!

Aims and objectives

Saints Professional Development is a programme of skills development workshops focused on experiential, interactive learning and tangible outcomes. Don't just take notes - take part, and take away new skills and ideas to build your future.

Learn: evidenced principles to improve critical thinking and its application
Do: work in a team to design and create a functioning escape room 
Leave with: new problem-solving strategies; the chance for your escape room puzzles to be used to raise money for charity during RAG week 2026!

Tutors

Heather Curtis

Venue

Small Rehearsal Room, Students' Association

Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk