Tutors and Contributors

“Our task is to look at the world and see it whole”, EF Schumacher, from A Guide for the Perplexed. For the date of our next MSc Open Day – click here Introduction         What you will learn         Course content         Structure         Entry and fees         Tutors and contributors

The programme tutor, who will provide a continuing presence throughout the programme as well as teaching some of the sessions, will be Martin Sandbrook, MA, MBA, MSc, Fellow Higher Education Academy

Martin Sandbrook has explored many areas in his professional work, he has been an accountant, a senior manager in both public and private sectors, a process consultant and a lecturer in Business and Management at Bath Spa University. In 2007, he took time out from his working life to study the Responsibility and Business Practice MSc at University of Bath, an experience that changed his life and professional direction. He now combines his passion and commitment to the ideas of sustainability and systems thinking with his experience in management, supporting individuals and organisations to make the shift to a more systemic approach to action and change. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ian Roderick, who is the Director of the Schumacher Institute, will also contribute to the programme. He is the past president of the UK Systems Society. His early career was in Operational Research, and he co-founded a successful software company in 1982. In 2002, he also completed the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at Bath University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Visiting Speakers will be central to the way the course is delivered. Using the extensive network of connections, including the Schumacher Circle of organisations, we will hear from a wide range of visiting speakers on all aspects of sustainability and systems thinking.