The Global Environment, Politics and Society (GEPS) programme offers interdisciplinary exploration and immersion in social scientific inquiry used to understand and address environmental issues. Students have a great amount of latitude to design their own course of interest, and can take many methodological, disciplinary, and integrative approaches. The core coursework combines the following:

- environmental politics

- environmental sociology

- normative philosophy

But many students engage with a range of other social science disciplines as well. Students take coursework from fields across the University.
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The Masters in Earth Futures is an interdisciplinary programme that bridges knowledge across the social and physical sciences. It aims to equip students with the expertise, experience and skills to tackle the environmental and societal challenges of sustainable development in the anthropocene. Through a compulsory placement module, students will develop practical experience of working in social and environmental governance, activist and community sectors. This will be supported by research-led teaching covering key global challenges and ethical imperatives in sustainable community and environmental development.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- Our School of Geographical and Earth Sciences...

Global industrialization poses significant risks to the health and wellbeing of humanity. This threat calls for improvement to the management of industrial pollutants, their impact and their emission sources. This course is designed for aspiring industrial health and safety experts and also refreshes your skills if you already work in the sector. Enroll today to learn how to craft a comprehensive plan to mitigate health hazards and contamination.Industries are essential for the economic stability and security of any country. However, rapid industrialization on a mass scale also poses significant dangers and hazards to human health, the environment and safety. Such...

This programme explores the relationships we hold with our ‘wild’ environments, and how these evolved. You will develop a knowledge of environmental debates from both cultural and scientific perspectives, and learn to communicate environmental issues using a variety of tools and strategies. It is suitable for students with or without a specialism in literary or environmental studies.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- This interdisciplinary programme focuses on the emergent field of Ecocriticism and the wider Environmental Humanities, and aims to enable students to understand environmental issues from multiple perspectives.

- The School...

Explore the development of new energy technologies and discover key energy challenges with this online course.Discover how business and technology are taking on the world’s energy challengesIn a world facing pressing energy challenges, the need for alternative energy and new energy technologies has never been more pressing. This course explores the new and upcoming technologies that may help solve some of the world’s biggest energy challenges - examining them from both a business and technological perspective. Created by Grenoble Ecole de Management and Tenerrdis, alongside Air Liquide, GE Renewable Energy, CNR, Think Smartgrids, Yélé Consulting, Schneider Electric and Grenoble Institute...

Gain an understanding of building energy efficiency to understand its methods and the future trends in energy development.Learn the basics of thermodynamics to explore energy conservationIncreasing energy efficiency not only helps individuals and organisations lower operating costs, but it also reduces carbon emissions. On this six-week course from Taipei Medical University, you’ll develop your knowledge of sustainable building and energy-saving technology to understand the importance of energy conservation. You’ll explore the basic laws of thermodynamics before moving onto energy use from different perspectives. Then, you’ll be introduced to practical case studies to help you understand future trends in sustainable building...

Upon successful completion of the CSCS course, delegates will be awarded an SQA Level 1 Award certificate and a CSCS Labourer card, valid for 5 years.The CSCS course will enable delegates to have a better appreciation of aspects of health and safety within the building and construction industry . The CSCS course includes the following:Home Study for the CITB HS&E test-- Accident prevention/reporting- Other current relevant regulations- Manual handling- Working with electricity- Hand held tools and equipment- Noise and vibration- Personal protective equipment- Excavations and confined spaces- Health and hygiene- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - Working at...

Explore the global fashion economy and sustainability, creating a plan for fashion that nurtures wellbeing for people and nature.Explore the relationship between economics, fashion, people, and natureFashion is an integral part of the global economy, yet we know that dominant economic practices in fashion are contributing to the exploitation and degradation of people and nature, perpetuating inequality and contributing to the climate emergency. On this four-week course, you’ll explore fashion and economy from a design perspective. You’ll look at fashion in relation to concepts of value, use, access, exchange, regulation, work, and making. You’ll learn from alternative economic models and...

Countries and governments face increasingly complex, multifaceted problems - from the cost-of-living crisis and rampant inflation to the climate emergency and the erosion of democratic institutions.

Political economy, in analysing the relationship between political systems, institutions and markets, is an invaluable discipline in understanding these complex problems, the multifaceted nature of their causes and routes to potential solutions.

Our Political Economy masters will equip you with a systematic understanding of how political and economic systems interact. It encourages students to think of politics and economics as interdependent spheres in which governments, firms and...

Global Economy explores the history, shape and economic impact of contemporary globalisation, in a profoundly multinational, multilingual environment. The programme will enhance your understanding of the shape of the global economy and the institutions (formal and informal) that govern it. It is ideal for those who do not have a degree or background in economics or business but wish to explore the field.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- Central to the programme’s curriculum is an understanding of how economic growth is (and is not) stimulated and sustained under conditions of intense global competition, and how...