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Learning with IATL

Learning with IATL

Read on below to find out about learning with IATL and our transformative educational experiences.

Following these principles, all of IATL’s modules embed holistic, academically rigorous and inclusive experiences.

IATL’s focus on learning beyond disciplinesLink opens in a new window and learning beyond bordersLink opens in a new window means that you will use your disciplinary expertise to work with students from different cultures, countries and backgrounds, value each other’s perspectives and integrate your different forms of knowledge in inter-, trans- disciplinary learning spaces. Students in IATL modules will co-create with other students and staff across Warwick to address challenges facing our world.  

By learning beyond disciplines and borders, you will find that you are often led to new ideas, new approaches, new questions, and answers, as you, alongside other students and staff, explore issues and topics in new ways that bring together and merge disciplinary viewpoints. IATL promotes a research-infused curriculumLink opens in a new window, where you will develop your research skills through writing an abstract on your inter-, trans-disciplinary research as well as explore alternative forms of assessment that showcase your unique abilities and interests. The challenges facing the world require collaboration between disciplines, global approaches and, at the same time, demand a dynamic culture of student-led research.

We also value students’ capacity for innovation and enterpriseLink opens in a new window, and seek to support the development of new projects, new products, new business ideas, and new social enterprises. IATL is committed to developing engagement practicesLink opens in a new window on its modules to bridge between Warwick and the outside community.

The majority of IATL’s current modules, by nature of our inter- and trans- interdisciplinary provision, feature elements of education for sustainable developmentLink opens in a new window. Some examples are the modules Thinking WaterLink opens in a new window (PGT), Design Thinking for Social ImpactLink opens in a new window, and Understanding WellbeingLink opens in a new window. IATL has a long-standing interest in sustainability and offers modules that include a focus in Sustainable Development Goals such as Gender Equality, Good Health and Wellbeing, and Quality Education. Learning with IATL will provide you with the tools for doing justice to complex problems and big questions, knowledge for academic, personal and professional life, and the confidence to contribute to the research community at Warwick and beyond.