Study Science and Engineering for Social Change

"Our society faces complex challenges that are never perfectly defined, and which require input from a variety of individuals with a variety of perspectives and specialisms. Our graduates will have a unique advantage in having been taught how to holistically address these challenges by appraising a multitude of perspectives and how to make fair and inclusive decisions for improved outcomes in any scenario. I believe this to be highly valuable and rewarding for all those pursuing our programme. Importantly, students will collaborate amongst themselves and with staff, and will be working together with internal and external partners, which will give them an edge in being able to integrate knowledge from across several disciplines, bring people together in the decision-making process, and will ultimately raise their profile on the employment market."

"My modules on the programme focus on collective intelligence and social innovation. Collective intelligence is about joining the dots and seeing how things connect together. The module is designed to prepare the people the world most needs now: people who can understand how the world around us works in all its complexity – from climate change to pandemics - and who have a good grasp of how to change the systems on which we depend."