Unleash Your Potential: Global Citizenship
Find out how to make a difference on a global scale
As our world continues to face some grand challenges, how can we act as global citizens to create a fairer society for all?
Get an introduction to what global citizenship is, and what it means to be part of a global community, with this online course from the University of Bristol.
You’ll explore approaches to globalization and citizenship, and the opportunities and challenges that a global community creates.
You’ll learn about global inequalities in healthcare, science and technology, and the tensions between local and global issues.
Finally, you’ll find out what you can do to make an impact.
What topics will you cover?
Week 1 Introduction: An ethic of care for the world – Hannah Arendt.
- Citizenship: what does it entail and can it be global?
- Equality and Difference: how should we approach global challenges?
- Peace and Conflict: the challenges of global responses and responsibilities.
Week 2 Introduction: There’s a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up - Malala.
- Forming Societies: questions of nations and nationalism.
- Connected World: relationships and tensions between local, national and global interests.
- Demographic Challenges: migration and the issues surrounding inequalities in wealth and resources.
Week 3 Introduction: It always seems impossible until it is done – Nelson Mandela.
- Health and Well-Being: working to overcome global inequalities.
- Technological Advances: to share or not to share?
- Climate Change: the physical challenges of living on a changing planet.
Week 4 Introduction: A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm – Henrik Ibsen.
- Freedom of Speech: is it a basic human right?
- The Religious and the Secular: past, present and future.
- Democracy and citizenship: the issues and challenges of our global age.
