Global Challenges and the Future of Humanity Short Course
Keywords: Global Challenges, Future of Humanity, Environment and Climate Change, Global Economic Governance, Global Ethics, International Stability, Public Health and Society, Disruptive and Emerging Technologies, Urbanisation
This course is designed to equip talented university students and professionals aspiring to leadership positions with a critical understanding of the key global challenges shaping the future of humanity and with relevant skills and experience to help tackle these challenges. These include challenges such as environmental and climate change, public health, global economy, international relations, ethics, the impact of disruptive and emerging technologies, and urbanisation.
Leading experts from relevant research fields at the University of Oxford and other top research institutions in the UK will help attendees learn to critically assess these challenges from a historical, interdisciplinary, and global perspective through interactive lectures.
The course also helps attendees develop important leadership skills, including research, communication, cross-cultural, project management, and problem-solving skills. Outstanding young scholars and professionals will share their experiences. As an integral part of the course, attendees will be guided by supervisors in working on research and practice-based projects to learn to help tackle relevant global challenges and make contributions to sustainable urban development.
All the attendees who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion from the University of Oxford Network for the Future of Cities together with the course module sheet which attendees may use to apply for academic credits at their home institutions.
The courses have enriched attendees’ academic and professional experiences, whilst facilitating the fulfilment of their academic and career goals. Hundreds of talented students and professionals hailing from Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and the Middle East have attended and benefitted.
The course is co-hosted by the University of Oxford Network for the Future of Cities in collaboration with two Oxford-based organisations devoted to sustainable urban development: Summit Education Enterprise (SEE) and Oxford Sustainable Enterprise. Responsible for developing and managing the courses, SEE is an education organisation accredited by the British Accreditation Council and specialises in providing academic and professional short courses for university students and professionals.
APPLY ONLINE BY 30 JUNE 2021
Course cost: £1,550 per student, £1,950 per professional
* Early bird discount: A discount of £100 will be available for applicants who submit their applications and are accepted into the course before 31 May 2021.
* An additional discount of £150 will be available for applicants who apply for and are admitted into a second Oxford Future of Cities summer course.
*A certain level of scholarship is also available to applicants with strong academic or professional profiles.
