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A day in the life of an IDBE student

5 April 2023 - Sonia Green-Browne is a Principal Engineer with Graphite Engineering Ltd and a student on the Master of Studies in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE). Sonia has shared her experience of the programme and has detailed what an average day looks like for her during one of the residential workshops in Cambridge, UK.

Read more at: Supervisor Q&A: The value of a sustainability education
Tutor Q&A: The value of a sustainability education

Supervisor Q&A: The value of a sustainability education

CISL supervisors and contributors have extensive experience working to implement sustainability responses and are drawn from leading practices in industry, academia and civil society. We asked our sustainable business supervisors about the importance and impact of sustainability education for...

Read more at: Knowledge, motivation and mindset: How the IDBE Master’s opened doors and broadened my horizons
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Knowledge, motivation and mindset: How the IDBE Master’s opened doors and broadened my horizons

11 March 2020 – Andrew Martin works in the Major Bridges International department of consultant COWI A/S in Denmark. He looks back upon the impact that his time studying for the Master of Studies (MSt) in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) had in empowering him to develop an interest in sustainability in parallel with his established career in bridges and civil engineering.

Read more at: Focusing on social sustainability and changing my life trajectory
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Focusing on social sustainability and changing my life trajectory

21 January 2020 – Mike Rogerson is a chartered accountant with a decade of experience working in finance and operational management across three continents. He shares his experience of studying the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains, and how his time with CISL nurtured his interest in social sustainability and led him to pursue a PhD focusing on corporate accountability.

Read more at: “I signed up for a course and left with a new network.”
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“I signed up for a course and left with a new network.”

Helen McTaggart, Senior Sustainability Manager at Amazon reflects on how undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains (PCSVC) at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in 2015 enabled her to strengthen her professional network. PCSVC is now offered as an elective stream of the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business.

Read more at: Learn how to lead change with a University of Cambridge part-time course
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Learn how to lead change with a University of Cambridge part-time course

Applications for the 2021 part-time Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate are now open. Leaders today are making decisions in a world which is more volatile, complex and uncertain than ever before. Many organisations are recognising the need to better understand this changing context and equip...

Read more at: A life-changing experience: the impact of studying CISL’s Master’s in Sustainability Leadership
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A life-changing experience: the impact of studying CISL’s Master’s in Sustainability Leadership

15 January 2018 – Minette Bellingan, Director of Global Sourcing at Amazon, reflects on how the course helped her, as a leader, to deepen her sustainability knowledge and build credibility in the workplace.

Read more at: How Jaguar Land Rover ditched traditional supply chain thinking to create a closed loop value chain
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How Jaguar Land Rover ditched traditional supply chain thinking to create a closed loop value chain

As part of our Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains, Paul Cassell, Vehicle Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover, evaluated the REALCAR project: a closed-loop value chain collaboration between Jaguar Land Rover, Novelis, Innovate UK and other partners, with the aim of introducing more closed-loop aluminium into Jaguar Land Rover cars.

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