IDEA1014: Big Ideas | When small experiences create a “Big Idea”

Climate change is becoming one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, with evident impacts on the environment, human health, and people’s lives. In the face of this challenge, VinUniversity equips students with interdisciplinary thinking, practical experiences, and a spirit of readiness to take action to address global issues.

Big Ideas – where VinUniversity students tell the story of climate change through personal lenses and solutions shaped by interdisciplinary thinking

Big Ideas (*): Climate Change, Nutrition, and Health offers students the opportunity to explore the connections between climate, nutrition, and health through experiential, interactive, and creative learning activities. With the course’s interdisciplinary approach, students are encouraged to connect academic knowledge with real-life issues, gradually developing critical thinking in response to environmental and social challenges.

Building on this foundation, the course approach is further expanded through creative projects in which students tell the story of climate change through their own “personal lenses.” Throughout the process of research and content development, students progressively enhance their capacity for analysis and problem-solving in addressing a global challenge.

Discover more about creative works that capture VinUniversity students’ voices on the future of our planet here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiHp4iqWh6NikZpa7wFrxwnYdXG7KSJie

(*) Big Ideas is a compulsory course within the VinCore program – the mandatory subject for all undergraduate students at VinUniversity, aiming at equipping students with critical thinking and ability to connect knowledge with real-world challenges. The course clearly reflects VinUniversity’s educational philosophy: positioning students at the heart of major global issues and encouraging them to generate real value from the beginning at university.