Course Title: Creative and Lateral Thinking
Course Description
Sometimes you run out of ideas when you are researching. This course helps you to think outside
the box and to generate new ideas and to combine different approaches with the questions you
have been working on.
On successful completion of the unit you should be able to:
 Describe the thinking styles known as creative and lateral thinking, and the correspondences
and the distinctions between the two.
 Recognise the stages of the creative process research and incorporate these into your
research.
 Engage group creativity through appropriate ideas exploration activities.
 Utilised individual creativity techniques.
 Develop creative solutions and generate plans to implement the solutions in your research.
Target Audience: This course is intended for students at any stage of research
Pre-requisites: n/a
Session preparation: n/a
Format of Delivery: Face to Face
Please remember to arrive on time for a course – places are limited and offered on a first come
first serve basis.
Don’t forget to keep a record of your attendance as this will count towards the Postgraduate
Research Skills Award