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Week 1 Introduction: An ethic of care for the world – Hannah Arendt. Week 2 Introduction: There’s a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up - Malala. Week 3 Introduction: It always seems impossible until it is done – Nelson Mandela. Week 4 Introduction: A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm – Henrik Ibsen. Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is aimed at anyone interested in globalization and citizenship, but may be of particular interest to students who are looking to develop their transferable skills for the workplace and general day-to-day life. You can use the hashtag #FLglobalcitizenship to talk about this course on social media.

• Citizenship: what does it entail and can it be global?
• Equality and Difference: how should we approach global challenges?
• Peace and Conflict: the challenges of global responses and responsibilities.
• Forming Societies: questions of nations and nationalism.
• Connected World: relationships and tensions between local, national and global interests.
• Demographic Challenges: migration and the issues surrounding inequalities in wealth and resources.
• Health and Well-Being: working to overcome global inequalities.
• Technological Advances: to share or not to share?
• Climate Change: the physical challenges of living on a changing planet.
• Freedom of Speech: is it a basic human right?
• The Religious and the Secular: past, present and future.
• Democracy and citizenship: the issues and challenges of our global age.