The University of Queensland is offering a free online course on Future of Mining. This course aims to explore the risks, challenges, and opportunities facing the mining industry over the next few decades.
With this course, you will learn about scenario planning and how to use this approach as a strategic tool to consider a range of possible futures for the minerals sector, against the backdrop of uncertain future environments.
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( votes)In this five-week course, applicants will build scenarios to explore the possible future for the mining sector in 2040. This course will start on April 2, 2019.
Course At A Glance
Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 4-5 hours pw
Subject: Engineering
Institution: The University of Queensland and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $99
Session: Course Starts on April 2, 2019
Providers’ Details
The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is one of the world’s premier teaching and research institutions. Striving for excellence through the creation, preservation, transfer and application of knowledge UQ ranks in the top 50 Universities as measured by the QS World University Rankings.
About This Course
What will the mining and minerals sector look like in 2040?
This course aims to explore the risks, challenges, and opportunities facing the mining industry over the next few decades.
Why Take This Course?
Students will also explore the current significant challenges for the sector as well as the impact of rapidly changing technologies, and how these combine with changing societal expectations and global trends in several possible futures.
Learning Outcomes
- The role of minerals in society and their contribution to sustainable development.
- The current issues and challenges confronting the sector.
- Emerging technologies and their impact across the value chain.
- The contribution of mining to the concept of the circular economy.
- New frameworks and policies for resource developments in the 21st century.
Instructors
- Glen Corder: Associate Professor at the University of Queensland
- John Steen: Associate Professor at the University of Queensland
- Peter Knights: Professor at the University of Queensland
- Saleem Ali: Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland
- Robin Evans: Program Leader, Knowledge Transfer, The University of Queensland
- Elaine Wightman: Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
- Glen Corder: Associate Professor at the University of Queensland
- John Steen: Associate Professor at the University of Queensland
- Peter Knights: Professor at the University of Queensland
- Saleem Ali: Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland
- Robin Evans: Program Leader, Knowledge Transfer, The University of Queensland
- Elaine Wightman: Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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