Leadership & Discovery
What is Leadership & Discovery?
Becoming a leader in society is not just about holding a role – it involves academic and cultural awareness that extends beyond your usual areas of expertise. These courses will develop the curiosity and interdisciplinary awareness essential for discovery, encouraging you to explore new ways of thinking and to engage with challenges that might sit outside your comfort zones. You will be encouraged to think creatively, collaborate with diverse groups of students on local and global challenges, and take action as an emerging leader. Through these courses, you will develop an appreciation that there are more ways to know and solve than you initially thought possible and this will help you build a portfolio of knowledge and experience for your future career and citizenship.
Below, you can find a sample list of C4L courses within the Leadership & Discovery theme. Please note that they are subject to change. The finalised list of courses and details (including course descriptions, assessment and timetabling information) will be available ahead of enrolment opening in August 2026. Keep an eye on this page for more information!
Future Leaders For A Changing World
Dynamic, impactful, and socially responsible leadership is essential to transform our future and to support the ambition of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals (SDGs 8,9 and 11). Future leaders need to be globally aware while being locally impactful. Interdisciplinary skills beyond leadership theory are essential to address the grand challenges, which are systemic, embedded and multi-faceted. This course will build a foundation of practical and interdisciplinary leadership skills, developing transferable social and emotional skills to create a new generation of leaders who have environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations at the heart of their leadership approach. With workshops to develop practical skills for problem solving, ethical decision making and creative thinking students will be provided with a set of reusable skills applicable in any workplace, at any level enabling students to begin to own their learning trajectory. The course will provide insight into the wider impacts of decision making to develop and enhance awareness of self, community, and positionality and to enable change that can confront the biggest societal challenges. Students will become creative leaders and change makers developing and driving solutions to sustainable futures. Students will develop the cognitive skills and curiosity to approach the most complex challenges with drive, ambition, and a desire to make a difference. Our new leaders will be able to collaborate, encouraging cognitive diversity, and limiting impacts of cognitive bias. Students will develop an agile mindset, essential for today’s rapidly changing world.
The IMPACT Project
This course is all about turning ideas into action. You’ll team up with students from different disciplines to help tackle complex health-related challenges by designing solutions and campaign strategies to implement them. Expect interactive and game-based practical classes, creative activities, realistic simulations, and real-world tasks like pitching your ideas to a mock funding panel. By the end, you’ll have a professional portfolio showcasing your skills in problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking (to name just a few!), perfect for impressing future employers! If you want a hands-on, inspiring experience that helps you grow as a change-maker and creative leader, this is the course for you.