Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford

Whitnall, Davina; Hurley, Ursula

Abstract

This paper presents the Flipping Failure project, which aims to challenge the negative perception of failure and promote its benefits for building resilience, insight, and action. The project involved students and staff who participated in failure-focused events that explored different aspects of failure in various contexts. We discuss the theory and practice of flipping failure to present it more positively and provide a practical toolkit with resources to help others adopt failure as a transferable skill-set. In sharing the outcomes and insights of the project, and its further development at The Festival of Learning and Teaching, we suggest ways to enhance and extend this work in the future.

Citation

Whitnall, D., & Hurley, U. (2024). Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford. Innovative practice in higher education, 5(3), 1-23

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Conference Name: Exploring authenticity in the context of: “practice”, “identity”, and “community”
• Conference Location: Salford, UK
• Acceptance Date: Dec 21, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 15, 2024
• Publication Date: Feb 15, 2024
• Deposit Date: Feb 15, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 19, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1-23
• Series ISSN: 2044-3315
• Edition: LTEC 2023 Post-Festival Publication - Exploring authenticity in the context of: “practice”, “identity”, and “community”
• Keywords: failure; confidence; resilience; reflection; transferable skills
• Publisher URL: https://journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ipihe/index