Global Challenge Pathways - information for current students
Many of our courses include the option to choose exciting routes of elective study called Global Challenge Pathways. These allow you to explore current debates, enhance your understanding and employability, and complement your chosen subject.
Global Challenge Pathways are Keele’s ground-breaking brand of elective study, which eligible students can take alongside their core degree programme to complement and enhance their studies at Keele.
From Climate Change and Sustainability to Social Justice, our pathways allow you to explore the global challenges that we face. You will develop the skills to address these challenges with confidence and critical insight.
These pathways are available to eligible undergraduate students and are just one of the ways in which we provide additional opportunities for Keele students to stand out from the crowd. Many of our students are able to study one of the five pathways from the start of their course, with some courses offering GCP from the second year where module credits don't allow it in the first year.
Each pathway is designed to enable students to engage with a global issue or challenge which connects them directly to societal issues, often working with staff and students from different subject areas.
Students on the pathways can take part in research-driven and external-facing projects which address current controversies and debates.
Global Challenge Pathways give you the opportunity to:
- Work with a range of international experts and employers to develop your skills in problem solving, leadership, collaboration and team working.
- Work on real-world projects, produce creative outputs of direct relevance to business and industry, and learn how to drive change in society.
- Enhance your digital and creativity skills for the workplace.
- Link your studies to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which offer a blueprint for a more sustainable future.
Please note, Global Challenge Pathways are only available to eligible students with a certain amount of free modules in their curriculum, and not all pathways are available to all students; please check your programme course page for details.
