Hello all! Hope you had a great festive season, mine was fantastic. I'll count some of the action when I can wrap my head around it again. This post is to give you some info about the programme I am taking, and I encourage you to jump on-board for an extraordinary year - you obtain an amazing master's degree, while studying with international colleagues in a beautiful part of the world!
Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Karlskrona, Sweden offers two groundbreaking Master's programmes. These programmes come with the great opportunity of being free for all EU/EEA and Swiss citizens.
Campus Gräsvik by the water's edge and close to nature trails.
BTH is a top ranked sustainability research and education institution currently recruiting bright, early – mid career professionals for their cutting-edge Master's programmes.
The Master's in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) and the Master's in Sustainable Product Service System Innovation (MSPI) are underpinned by the science-based Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (widely known as The Natural Step Framework), developed by scientific consensus and initiated by Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, MD, PhD, cancer scientist, Founder of the NGO The Natural Step (TNS). He is a professor of sustainability at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), and the chairman of the international research program Real Change.
Here is a TED sustainability presentation by Dr. Robèrt:
MSLS explores the baseline science of strategic sustainable development coupled with the skills required for organizational change. The programme produces graduates who can deliver organizational leadership for strategic change towards sustainability.
The programme is about taking a whole systems perspective. This means taking a view that is large enough in space (society in the biosphere) and long enough in time (as long as it takes). To this end, the programme has explored concepts for systems thinking, strategic planning, decision-making, organizational learning and change, transformative public policy, strategic business management, etc. from the context of how they may contribute to a sustainable society in the biosphere.
MSPI enables students to design and innovate for positive socio-ecological impacts of products, services, and product-service systems throughout their life-cycles. This programme produces graduates who can deliver outcomes that meet user needs while generating competitive advantages in the expanding sustainability-driven market.
The Swedish state kindly pays for tuition fees for these Master’s programmes for European students and courses are taught in English. BTH is located in the beautiful coastal city of Karlskrona, a UNESCO world heritage site on the southeast coast of Sweden.
Online applications open on the 1st of December 2010 and close 17th January 2011.
Please see our website portal www.bth.se/sustainability for more information.
We've had an amazing time here since August 2010, check out my photos of many good times in Karlskrona:
A massive party among others: Halloween
One of the most valuable aspect has been the presence of people from all backgrounds, and they all had something unique to bring; experience, world view, skills, which really allow you to challenge yourself; your thoughts and the way you 'operate'. Meet this kind of people here:
Being here also allowed for so many activities - often free and provided thanks to fellow student's expertise - yoga, pilates, rock-climbing, dancing (salsa, tango and more), hiking, ice-skating, snowboard/skiing etc...
On top of that, being in Europe means many enriching yet cheap trips; notably Paris and Stockholm on the way here, a cruise across the Baltic to Poland (for SEK480!! - organised by BTH), party in Copenhagen, NYE in Berlin, and a couple more to come - check out my photos page for illustrations!
On top of that, being in Europe means many enriching yet cheap trips; notably Paris and Stockholm on the way here, a cruise across the Baltic to Poland (for SEK480!! - organised by BTH), party in Copenhagen, NYE in Berlin, and a couple more to come - check out my photos page for illustrations!
I'll count some more when I get a chance, please forward this post to anyone you know might be interested!!
Happy new year!
Xav
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