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Introduction to Interfaces - Bachelor in Interfaces - Master in Interfaces - Doctorate in Interfaces From Unidisciplinary Excellence to Holistic Multicultural Integrated Interdisciplinary Competence Introduction Our Planet Earth and civilisation are faced with problems that have reached such a level of complexity as to become unmanageable. Our civilisation cannot deal with global complexity. Academics, experts, politicians and the citizens are getting completely out of their depth - why? - because they are all confronted with holistic multicultural integrated interdisciplinary challenges, something that their education has not prepared them for. A degree even when it is deserved - which is not always necessarily the case - does not automatically mean competence. Besides, demonstrated proficiency in a restricted branch, yet feeling completely out of your depth when it comes to dealing with the vast expanse of data that lies both before and within you in countless other fields, can you call this competence? "Competence" today needs
to be redefined. Indeed,
all
the knowledge, philosophies, cultures, religions and technologies that have been
accumulated since the beginning of mankind notwithstanding, the World System has
turned our planet earth into a ticking time bomb.
The astounding number of experts and researchers, research projects, PhD/Master theses, books, articles, papers, institutions and
organisations worldwide have not prevented our civilisation from making a thorough mess of this world
with no one knowing what to do! Education has created fragmented human beings, fragmented minds, fragmented
mentalities, a fragmented world, fragmented competencies, artificially yet very
convincingly disconnecting the interconnected. Education has provided - and is
still providing unfortunately - fragmented unidisciplinary excellence bathing in
a sea of holistic multicultural integrated interdisciplinary incompetence. So there is a problem. There is a problem in the very way we think, in the very way we process data. There is a need to look elsewhere. Where? The State of Mind (SoM) or Mindset. Our consciousness. The SoM (Mindset) which can be considered as one of the emergent properties of the Nutri-neuro-immuno-vasculo-endocrino-epigenetic-exposomic System (NNIVEE System), determines the way you process - collect, assimilate, understand, articulate together - data, whatever the data. So there is a need to optimise the SoM (Mindset) for complex avant-garde holistic multicultural integrated interdisciplinary challenge processing. This is the kind of training that is needed today. This is what we offer. Time to turn to the Education of Tomorrow (EdoT): Interface Education. My conclusion following a three day colloquium at the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences and Arts on “La Pensée Rationnelle et la Pensée Emotionnelle” (Rational and Emotional Thought) was that the Human Being’s inability to deal with the complexities of the challenges he/she was facing had profound consequences at multiple interconnected levels: personal, family, neighbourhood, local, regional, national, continental and world levels. The challenge of today is therefore how to manage global holistic multicultural integrated interdisciplinary complexity at all these levels simultaneously. This is outside mainstream education competence. To my mind,
the worldwide educational system - a formidable commercial and political
enterprise - has perhaps become the greatest worldwide swindle of all times,
smothering the citizens' full potential and leading them astray, in fact
preventing them from adequately managing the holistic complexities of real
everyday life. Interface Education shall in due course replace the existing
educational system altogether. The whole degree system shall be revised because
obsolete. If mainstream education does not prepare the education transition now,
the latter shall have serious economic consequences for all schools and
universities. An introduction to EdoT is our Master in Interfaces (MI). The full complete doctorate forms part of the Interface Assimilation Programme (IAP), a futuristic education and research project requiring highly advanced technology that shall be pursued at the International Interface Research Center (IIRC). The IMNRC is the only institution in the world that delivers a Master in Interfaces (MI) just as the IIRC shall be the only institution to deliver the DI in its final form. It is noteworthy that the DI is already becoming increasingly recognised as the equivalent to a fully holistic integrated interdisciplinary qualification blending traditional degrees in medicine, science, law, arts and sports together. For example, a DI qualifies for a medical doctorate (MD); not the other way round.
---> Places are strictly limited. Early registration is recommended <--- Interfaces We are
basically interested in interfaces. An interface is what is between... and since
interfaces are not only omnipresent but also the interconnecting principle that
integrates the infinitesimally small with the infinitesimally large,
understanding interfaces requires a fundamental state of mind (or mindset)
change. This means unlearning and relearning, optimising the state of mind (or
mindset) for complex holistic multicultural integrated interdisciplinary
challenge processing, something that the existing education does not provide.
This Interface Mindset has the potential to set up a universal algorithm using a
common language - the interface - that elegantly articulates the multitude of
fragmented parts of the “Universe” together. The Interface Paradigm
elegantly illustrates the fundamental natural interconnectedness between all
“things” - interfaces - in the Universe and how by creating an artificial
yet convincing discontinuity, replacing it by a conceptual interconnectedness
thereby confusing the orders of abstraction and losing him/herself in a
conceptual maze, the Human Being is leading civilisation - and Planet Earth - to
its doom. The interface is not only an extraordinarily powerful investigating
tool, it is probably the key to understanding the Universe including therefore
ourselves and the Life Sciences. Applications of Interfaces are multiple,
ranging from fundamental research to new governance. *** Master in Interfaces (M.I.) The Master in Interfaces (MI) is a one year course that begins in October, January and April. In other words, there are three overlapping one year MI courses per year. This is possible because of the very nature of the MI course. The theoretical material is the same; only the order in which the student shall attend the "Interface Events" (please see below) shall change. Holistic thinking is not mainstream which is why an entrance examination and interview is required. Those who feel uncomfortable with the Admission Procedure shall be invited to ask for private tuition and reapply later. Applications are welcome but very competitive for lack of space. Selection of applicants is based on profile and integrated interdisciplinary potential. The
MI includes five parts:
1.
An
introduction to Interfaces.
2.
An
introduction to Interface Education. 4.
The
whole series of Interface Events.
Each
Interface Event is followed by cross-disciplinary
discussions.
Bachelor in Interfaces (B.I.) The
Bachelor in Interfaces (BI) is similar to one MI term but at a lower level. The
course takes place in Autumn, Winter and Spring. There are no Entrance
Examinations for the BI course. The BI course is very useful for the following
reasons:
*** Monthly Courses / Summer Courses Monthly
Courses are available all year round. Summer
Courses can be organised on demand but with a minimum of ten participants. There
are no Entrance Examinations for the Monthly/Summer Courses. These
light courses offer an excellent general
introduction to the more advanced Master in Interfaces that follows. Duration:
one month. *** Fees. Fees follow the existing EU and Non EU registration fees applied to private academic institutions. The IMNRC is a private institution that is nonetheless open to public/private partnerships. We would very much like to award scholarships and other payment facilities, but this depends on external funding from national and international institutional and government sources including the private sector (philanthropists, patrons, sponsors and donators).
Agenda. Master in Interfaces (One Year)
Bachelor in Interfaces (One Term)
Introduction To Interfaces (One Month)
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need any further information. ***
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