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Learn how to develop the skills and knowledge to engage critically with climate change discussions and challenges for an equitable transition toward a resilient, low-carbon future for all.
These three areas shape, how we think, what we value, and how we live. This programme brings together the public discourse, professional life, politics and culture that revolve around these ideas of our age.
Learn how different scientific disciplines can be used to investigate and develop the best professional practice in epidemiology, public health and the social science of health.
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