Teen Innovators- The KHDA Needs You!
Calling all budding- innovators, inventors and designers - this event series is just for you!
This month, the Knowledge and Human Development Agency plans to bring together some of Dubai’s young innovators in their new Saturday Club concept.
Inspiration for the Club has come from the UK’s National Art & Design Saturday Club, and the KHDA is working in partnership with the Dubai Design & Fashion Council, d3 and Dubai Creative Clusters Authority to implement their own Dubai version.
Dubai Saturday Club will offer young people aged 13 to 16 the opportunity to focus on themed topics twice a month on Saturdays over the next three months.
Dr Abdulla Al Karam, said, “to keep making progress in education, we have to come up with creative ideas and innovative solutions where we inspire school students to think outside the box and work collaboratively. Students will find real-life solutions by showcasing their innovation and creativity at the Saturday Club.”
The themed workshops and masterclasses will include; wellbeing, creativity & design, entrepreneurship and technology.
Hind Al Mualla, Chief of Creativity, Happiness and Innovation (CHI) at KHDA said, “one of the strengths of the Saturday Club is that it helps students to get away from their usual school routine and meet students from other schools. It values them and gives them an insight into a world of work they would not normally have.”
Explaining the idea further, Hind Al Mualla said, “we want to nurture young people’s talent, build self-esteem and show them pathways and careers in the creative industries. This is a new range of careers they would not necessarily have thought of.”
How can students participate in Saturday Club?
Entry to the Saturday Club is free and the first event will take place on March 5, 2016. For more information contact 800 KHDA or email: info@khda.gov.ae.
