The course consists of a week in Oxford from 6 to 10 July. Some pre-course preparation will be required before this. After the week in Oxford you will then take part in online discussions through the course Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
From 22 June: Pre-course preparation (10 hours)
All participants will be given a list of relevant resources (websites, papers, videos etc). You will have the opportunity to ‘meet’ the other members of the cohort via the VLE, and to discuss your reading with them and a tutor online.
6 – 10 July: Oxford study week (full time)
You will have a week of intensive presentations, discussions, small group study, coursework and simulations, led by the course tutors and invited international speakers. This may include an opportunity to contribute to a piece of shared written work intended for publication.
Until 21 August: Post-Oxford online teaching and discussions (20 hours)
You will have the opportunity for further asynchronous online discussion with a course tutor, supporting your individual learning goals and, where relevant, your preparation of the assignment. If you are taking the course for accreditation, you must submit a written assignment of around 4,000 words by 21 August.
Oxford study week
We advise you to arrive in Oxford on Sunday 5th July, to ensure that you are able to attend the programme of teaching and interactive workshops beginning on the morning of Monday 6th July.
Schedule
Monday 6th July (Rewley House, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education).
- Introduction to the global health landscape, particularly in resource-limited contexts, and the role of health governance.
- Discussion of Global Health Diplomacy policy frameworks, exploring the impact that each framework may have on approaches to, expectations of and outcomes from GHD.
- Introduction to the multilateral diplomatic landscape, sufficient to situate GHD within it and to understand the role of States and other actors.
Tuesday 7th July (Rewley House, OUDCE).
- The role of GHD in health equity, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- The World Health Organisation (1): its role and strategy as a centre for GHD, with a focus on non-communicable diseases..
Wednesday 8th July (Rewley House, OUDCE).
- Simulated negotiation exercise: negotiating a diplomatic solution to a global health issue.
- Exploration of the practical operation of global health diplomacy in a specific region or situation.
- Course dinner and networking event.
Thursday 9th July (Rewley House, OUDCE).
- The World Health Organisation (2), with a focus on GHD and climate change, including the impacts of climate change on social and environmental determinants of health and the prospects for diplomacy in mitigating those impacts.
- Exploration of the practical operation of global health diplomacy in a specific region or situation.
Friday 10th July (Rewley House, OUDCE).
- Student presentations on the role of GHD in a specific context.
- Individual tutorials and private study, to consolidate the week’s learning and preparation for the assessment.
Please note that this is a provisional outline, subject to change.
Course leaders
Course Director - Mrs Kate Jones
Kate Jones is Director of Oxford University’s Diplomatic Studies Programme, which offers postgraduate degrees in Diplomatic Studies that for many years have brought early- and mid-career diplomats to Oxford from all over the world. She teaches Diplomatic Practice and Public International Law.
Kate is also a member of Oxford University’s Law Faculty and conducts teaching and research in public international law and human rights law. Her current research focus is the role of human rights law in responses to online distortions of democratic debate.
Kate was formerly with the legal cadre of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. At the FCO she provided legal advice in London on a wide range of matters, served in Geneva as Legal Adviser to the United Kingdom’s Mission to the United Nations and in Strasbourg as the United Kingdom’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe. She originally qualified as a commercial litigation solicitor in the City of London, and after qualification spent several months as a judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Course Leader - Dr Lyndsay S. Baines
Lyndsay Baines has a background in medical sociology and psychology and specialises in global health diplomacy and the psychosocial aspects of civilian and military trauma.
As an early stage researcher, Dr Baines was embedded with the solid organ transplant team at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, where she established one of the first ward based counselling services for organ transplant patients. Dr Baines continues her research into psychosocial aspects of solid organ transplant, digital healthcare and patient engagement at Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn and Enduring Freedom, Dr Baines relocated to the United States, where she worked for The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, based with the Combat Wounds Team at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Her role included working with wounded veterans and their families returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dr Baines continues her research collaboration pertaining to global health diplomacy and human security as director of the global mental health programme at Uniformed Services University.
Course Leader - Professor David J. Kerr
David Kerr contributes to Oxford as Professor of Cancer Medicine, where he has worked with colleagues to build a new Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cancer Hospital. He is also Adjunct Prof of Medicine at Weill-Cornell College of Medicine, NY and Honorary Professor of Oncology at the 2nd Military University, Shanghai and Xiamen University. He has an international reputation for the treatment of and research into colorectal cancer and the quality of his work has been recognised by the award of several international prizes and the first NHS Nye-Bevan award for innovation. He has published over 400 papers and has an H-Index of 80 associated with over 25,000 citations. He has founded 3 University spin outs; COBRA therapeutics, Celleron Therapeutics and Oxford Cancer Biomarkers. He has made a significant contribution to reforming the NHS as a Founding Commissioner for Health Improvement; Chair of the National Cancer Services Collaborative, Instigator of the Department of Health’s networked approach to clinical cancer research and developed a 20 year plan for the future of the NHS in Scotland, the “Kerr Report”.