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2025
Clock In
Clock-In is a peer-led productivity tool co-created with UAL students to support the shift from overwhelm to organised action. Addressing cycles of fatigue and procrastination that often lead to loss of focus, guilt, and burnout, Clock-In creates a shared space where students can begin tasks together, turning intention into action through collective accountability.
Project Partners:
Outcome: A toolkit and workshop facilitation guide designed to integrate seamlessly into UAL’s existing ecosystem — including Library spaces, Arts SU wellbeing initiatives, course rep programmes, international student welcome weeks, and study support services.
Project Details:
Duration: 10 weeks
Team: Maitreyi Mandrekar, Rucha Ghadge, Adib Ghani Ahmed, Haerin Lee
The Problem
The Student Wellbeing Crisis- Students juggling responsibilities struggle to prioritise and visualise their plans, making tasks feel overwhelming and intimidating.
When we asked students what they felt, this is what they said...
To summarise...
Too many tasks, too little clarity… and no idea where to start
Our Process
We conducted 30 interviews and 4 iterations of co-design activities and discovered this:
The Pilot run (prototype):
How does this work?
The list was inspired from bullet journaling. It helped simplify the task and acted as a progress bar.
What Happens to Your Tasks
Inside ‘Clock-In’?
This is what the students had to say after the pilot run of the 'Clock In'
The Toolkit and workshop facilitation guide
Limitations of this service
My Takeways
This 8-week project brought together a multicultural team with diverse backgrounds, pushing me to critically examine not just what we were building, but how we were working together. It highlighted the gap between what I read throughout the project about collaboration and leadership, and how it actually unfolds in practice. Reflecting on this, I wrote an essay to develop my own evolving definition of design leadership for the future.
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