We are a collaboration of five higher education institutions pioneering a learning community and resource on food systems thinking. Available to all post-graduate students at the participating institutions, IFSTAL – Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning programme – fosters a range of cross-disciplinary, intra- and inter-institution activities, as well as skills for taking new learning into the workplace.
Through IFSTAL we aim to build a cohort – and a community – of professionals from a wide range of post-graduate backgrounds with skills in applying critical interdisciplinary systems thinking to issues of long-term food security.
- Find out more about IFSTAL and how IFSTAL works.
- Sign in to the IFSTAL portal now (requires access to your institution’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE): Weblearn, Blackboard or Moodle).
Latest news and blog posts
IFSTAL: Closing the feedback loop
Now entering its third year, IFSTAL continues to source feedback from students to improve what it offers both new cohorts and alumni students alike. Delivering our teaching and workshop activities to a diverse... READ MORE
IFSTAL Summer School: building a food systems community
The Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) programme, recently held its second summer school, a week-long fully-funded residential event for postgraduate students who have engaged with the programme in the preceding year.... READ MORE
PhD Away Day
June 13th 2017 With nearly two successful years behind us, IFSTAL entered the summer of 2017 with a PhD Away Day to discuss the achievements and challenges of interdisciplinary research, provide advice on... READ MORE
Relationships in food systems: 2017 IFSTAL Summer School
Guest blog by Gavin Wren, one of the participants at the 2017 IFSTAL Summer School. Gavin Wren is a food photographer and food blogger at Le Petit Oeuf whilst studying Food Policy MSc... READ MORE
