About the Masters

Main Components of the Masters

The main components of the Masters are:

• Four week-long residential workshops in Cambridge, usually in September and April of each academic year.

• E-learning via a virtual learning environment between the residential workshops.

• Two individual work-based assignments.

• A group project around an area of mutual relevance.

• An individual research dissertation.

The learning approach is highly interactive and designed to encourage reflection and debate. Participants are supported by a team of expert tutors, directors of studies and supervisors. The speakers, lecturers and facilitators are leading experts and practitioners from academia, business government and civil society.

A key feature of the Programme is the opportunities it provides for: shared-learning from peers; benchmarking against other organisations; and networking with the wide range of contributors.

Aims of the Masters

The Masters aims to:

• Provide current and future leaders with an essential understanding of the most urgent and critical social, environmental, ethical and economic challenges facing the world, and to equip them to respond more effectively. 

• Expose participants to a range of best-practice cases of how business, government and civil society are ‘future-proofing’ themselves and responding to these complex challenges. 

• Help participants to make a compelling ‘business case’ for sustainability in their sector and/or institutional context, and understand how best to put sustainability policies into practice. 

• Give participants insights into the leading-edge interdisciplinary thinking and research on sustainability, including some of the key scientific and technological issues, from leading Cambridge academics and other thought-leaders. 

• Link participants into the Cambridge Sustainability Network, including over 3,000 CPSL alumni, faculty and contributors from around the world, who are leading the way in turning sustainability thinking into practice.

Wolfson College 

Wolfson College

Wolfson College is likely to serve as the main host for the programme, although some teaching is held at the facilities at the associated Departments and elsewhere in Cambridge. Participants are offered accommodation at the host College, but are not obliged to take this up; however, staying in College is encouraged since it offers practical benefits and enhances the experience of Cambridge student life. College accommodation is of a good quality and rooms generally have en suite bathrooms; however it does not provide full hotel standards of service and convenience.

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