UN Tackles Climate Change Among Skill-Building Courses to Begin in January
Bernau bei Berlin, 4 December 2014 – The United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) and the Italian Universitá degli Studii Padova are among
new cooperation partners to usher in fresh courses at iversity.org this
January. The curriculum targets practical business and job-related skills
as well as competencies that can be applied to critical global issues such
as human rights and climate change.
Addressing global issues requires the active participation of both
international political stakeholders and local communities. In line with
the United Nations Climate Conference in Lima that started this week,
iversity announces the free online course “Disasters and Ecosystems:
Resilience in a Changing Climate”, set to begin 12 January 2015. The
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Cologne University of
Applied Sciences produced this MOOC as a large-scale effort to educate
course participants about disaster prevention and risk management in the
age of climate change. Italian Università degli Studi di Padova addresses
another key global issue with the course Human Rights: Global & Local
Protection. Students will be given insights into the international and
academic debate on human rights as well as learn actionable measures that
can protect them.
Other new partnerships bring courses that cater to professional
development. Online learners have access to skills for shaping business
opportunities, developing innovative ideas and gamifying complex
processes.
Procurro Solutions joins the platform to teach fundamental methods for
making well-informed business decisions with the course Business Analysis
101.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) targets another side of the
business field with Idea Generation Methods for realising new ideas and
propelling innovation.
The EU funded project SEGAN offers Serious Game Design and Development,
going beyond entertainment and applying game strategies to complex,
real-world problems.
Homuork offers Public Speaking, one of the most basic skill every
professional needs. Students who earn a certificate will be invited to
take these skills offline and participate in the exclusive Pitch Contest
in Barcelona, Spain.
More discipline-specific opportunities are also found in the expanding
course catalogue.
The Italian Accademia di Belle Arti (Abadir) will offer the first part of
a 3-part series, Architecture 101, as an introduction to space and
architecture through 101 exercises. This course will also offer students
the possibility to earn university ECTS credits.
Historians, archaeologists and curious minds also have an exclusive
opportunity to participate in Stonehenge, a course that allows students to
explore one of the most mysterious sites from the history of human
civilisation.
iversity's Co-Founder and Managing Director Hannes Klöpper comments on
iversity's January curriculum: “We're happy to have strong partners on
board bringing online courses that offer relevant and practical skills for
students and working professionals. Our academic partnerships network
continues to grow. It is exciting to see online learning become an
essential element of contemporary higher education.”
About iversity
iversity.org is Europe's leading platform for academic online courses. We
support universities on their way into the digital age. iversity enables
instructors from recognised institutions to teach interactive online
courses to thousands of students from around the world. In so doing, we
help to broaden global access to quality higher education.
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