The University of Oxford has launched a cross-disciplinary course that aims to bridge the “divide” between science and humanities students.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium seeks to help students develop skills relating to numeracy, data analysis, critical thinking, curiosity, imagination and communication, and has been developed by the institution’s department for continuing education.
Over the next eight weeks, 200 undergraduates from across the university will join keynote lectures bringing together two professors from different disciplines to respond to a big question and illustrate how their respective fields and research methodologies provide insights. Students will also participate in college-based discussion groups led by doctoral student facilitators, and interdisciplinary team projects.
The inaugural edition of the programme focuses on the causes, impacts and solutions to the global climate crisis.
