Course summary

With almost 8 billion people on earth, and rising, how can we all live well without compromising the life support systems of our planet? This unique and cutting-edge programme will enable you to tackle global problems in a multidisciplinary way. It will equip you to address causes, consider preventative approaches, and implement suitable responses. Addressing complex global issues We live in an increasingly complex, often contradictory, fast-changing world:

• we have experienced unprecedented economic growth but inequality grows between and within nations

• we know more than ever about the natural environment, yet we may be on the cusp of irreversible changes caused by human activity

• more people than ever before are living longer, healthier lives, while billions suffer from hunger, malnutrition and disease

• PgCert Global Environment Challenges

• PgCert Global Health Challenges

• PgCert Global Development Challenges

• PgCert Global Development Challenges: Global Development Challenges considers the increasing economic, social and political inequalities in many parts of the world, and the need for new ways of thinking about and addressing development from a global perspective. The programme is offered by the School of Social and Political Science.

• PgCert Global Environment Challenges: Global Environment Challenges considers how human activity is changing the natural environment at an unprecedented rate and the impact of this on human wellbeing and development. The programme is offered by the School of Geosciences.

• PgCert Global Health Challenges: Global Health Challenges considers the connections between local and global health challenges, and our changing understanding of health and wellness in the context of the health of the planet. The programme is offered by the Usher Institute within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.