HighWire

Today I came across a new Phd program launched by Lancaster University, UK. It has tag-line which says "Creating Innovative people for radical change". According to the university they have gone beyond traditional multi-disciplinary programs seeking creative fusion between three key discipline. They describe it as a cross-disciplinary users centric program. Even though I'm not sure whether I got the idea correctly, three disciplines are Computer Science, Design and Management. University is damn serious about this course, they have build a new 10M Pound building call HighWire specifically for this.

Is this the new direction education moving in new millennium? I believe YES. All those years as we know Phds are more about theoretical side, that may not 100% correct, but I think that is correct for majority of Phds. Professors say Pdh is about depth. This program is surely radical approach to conventional doctorates. I believe it would become a success. Today's world need more people with multidisciplinary knowledge to innovative new technologies and push human race forward as it as been for many millenniums.

take a look at it, http://highwire.lancaster.ac.uk/