SELWYN TIMES
Tuesday September 9 2014
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New programme to
tackle global
challenges
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW NATIONWIDE PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO ENGAGE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS with some of the most pressing issues facing humankind and the planet today.
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he Global Challenges Programme aims to put a spotlight on global concerns, such as food production and security, depleting resources, urban sprawl, climate change, the loss of biodiversity and pollution, by providing teaching resources that align with secondary school curricula. A key component of the Global Challenges Programme is the Global Challenges Scholarships. Every year, the university will provide up to 100 full tuition scholarships for ‘new to Lincoln’ students. Applicants are required to demonstrate an
Leadership: SchoolsLinc manager Fiona Scott and Lincoln University’s assistant vice-chancellor business d e v e l o p m e n t J e r e m y B a k e r, w h o a r e t h e d r i v i n g forces behind the Global Challenges Programme.
interest in, or sound awareness of, a global challenge and create a short video outlining how their studies at Lincoln will help with tackling this problem. Scholarship recipients will also act as ambassadors of the programme, actively contributing to ensure the programme produces tangible outcomes. Part of this will include working directly with schools and expanding the programme into the community via outreach activities aimed at encouraging grassroots action. “We think it’s important to get a large body of students consistently coming through who
are thinking seriously about these problems,” SchoolsLinc programme manager Fiona Scott says. “They are complex issues and come with very real consequences depending on how they are managed. For each generation, the stakes get higher.” The Global Challenges Programme is a manifestation of the three causes underwritten in Lincoln University’s teaching and research, namely feed the world, protect the future and live well. “We see the Global Challenges Programme and the scholarships as being something
quite unique,” Lincoln University assistant vice-chancellor business development Jeremy Baker says. “Often, these kind of initiatives are based around a very specific subject or they look at learning outcomes for a particular group of people. In this case, we are interested in a cause: one which is multifaceted and of interest to the entire planet.” Applications for Global Challenges Scholarships close on October 1, 2014. More information can be found at www.lincoln. ac.nz/Studying-at-Lincoln/Scholarshipsand-prizes/Global-Challenges-Programme/.
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