Join a CAT student teaching week and explore the energy requirements and carbon emissions of different international contexts and their potential to meet their energy needs more sustainably.
Through a series of lectures, discussions, and practical activities you will learn alongside our postgraduate students on our MSc Sustainability in Energy Provision and Demand Management.
You will experience what it might be like to study on one of our postgraduate courses at CAT and gain invaluable knowledge and skills around existing global CO2 emissions related to energy provision and demand.
Key information
- Duration: five days
- Upcoming dates: Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July 2025
- Start and finish times: starts at 9am and ends at 3pm on the last day
- Fees: £700
- Includes: tuition, all materials, lunch (accommodation can be booked separately)
- Full board accommodation is available for this course: £325 for a single person bedroom. (This option will become available once you click “Available” or “Book Now” below)
- What to bring: good boots and waterproof clothing is advised
- Terms and Conditions:
Who is this course aimed at?
This week is aimed at people who wish to have a taster of studying at postgraduate level at CAT and want to gain knowledge in sustainable electricity provision.
What you will learn:
You will be exploring the key aspects of global energy provision and demand in the context of CO2 emissions. You will also gain develop an understanding of future global energy provision and demand scenarios in short, medium and long-term contexts.
You will also explore the interconnections between Minority World and Majority World energy demand, provision and resource availability.
Topics covered include:
- Existing global CO2 emissions related to energy provision and demand
- Applicability of emerging sustainable energy systems to Majority World nations
- Justice, ethics and responsibilities in global energy provision, including the role of states, corporations and the third sector in energy provision transition
- Environmental and social impacts of energy provision as experienced across international and interregional boundaries
- Funding and economics of global energy provision transition;
- Examples of technical and nature-based solutions
How will I learn:
Through pre-reading and some pre-recorded introductory lectures, live in person lectures, discussions, group activities and practical activities at CAT.
This short course is part of the teaching week for the MSc module ‘Transformational International Energy Management’. Please be aware there may be some activities and content during the week only available to students, where an activity isn’t appropriate for the short course attendee, we will endeavour to arrange a replacement activity.
Meet your tutor:
Sam is an alumnus and former lecturer of the Graduate School who returned to CAT in 2021 as a senior lecturer. She returns from a decade of academic geography as a passionate learning facilitator with research specialisms in value systems, nature-culture relations, polar and rural regions, globalization and participative research.
Alan is a Charted Energy Engineer and his research ranges from numerical modelling of sustainable energy systems and resources in Europe, to developing international sustainable energy policy and strategy in post-conflict/post-disaster areas of South East Asia. He primarily teaches renewable energy systems.
Other tutors
Alongside the module leader and expert Graduate School staff, teaching sessions are led by a range of guest speakers and lecturers currently working in the sector and academia who join students on-site or through live streams.
