Econominds Club
The Minds Underground Humanities & Law Club is an engaging enrichment programme for secondary school students who want to explore law, politics and the humanities beyond the school curriculum.
Each week, students will investigate fascinating legal cases, contemporary debates, historical developments and some of the biggest questions facing society today, drawing connections across law, politics, history, philosophy, ethics, international relations and current affairs.
What to expect?
Expert-led discussions and debates
Exploring landmark and contemporary legal cases
Engaging with current affairs and real-world controversies
Learning how to question sources, evidence and assumptions
Analysing and constructing persuasive arguments
Developing and defending informed opinions
Designed for intellectually curious students interested in Law and the Humanities, the club develops:
Critical and analytical thinking
Argumentation and reasoning
Research and source analysis
Debate and discussion skills
Confidence engaging with challenging ideas
Students will learn alongside like-minded, academically curious peers in a welcoming and stimulating environment. Rather than following a rigid syllabus, sessions will respond to major events in the news, emerging legal and political debates and the interests of the group, allowing the host to get to know students and shape discussions around the topics that most excite them.
Ria is an Oxford Economics & Management graduate and current Cambridge Law student, with an exceptional academic background spanning economics, business, quantitative analysis and law. Ria completed her first degree in Economics & Management at Christ Church, University of Oxford, where she studied a broad range of disciplines including microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, quantitative economics, entrepreneurship and innovation, accounting and statistics. Her academic and commercial ability saw her selected as one of Targetjobs’ Top 10 Management Undergraduates of the Year, from more than 600 applicants nationally. She is now continuing her studies at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, where she is undertaking an affiliated degree in Law. Alongside her academic achievements, Ria brings valuable real-world commercial experience to EconoMinds. She has worked in operations and accounts, with responsibility for financial transactions, VAT, payroll and cash-flow projections, and has also held account management experience and founded her own small business.
Meet our Host
Ria
Why Join our online Econominds Club?
For students fascinated by economics, business, global markets and the forces shaping our rapidly changing world, the Minds Underground EconoMinds Club offers an opportunity to take their intellectual exploration far beyond the school curriculum.
Sessions challenge students to grapple with major economic questions, real-world market behaviour, global events and the decisions shaping businesses, governments and societies. From inflation, inequality and financial markets to behavioural economics, technological disruption and the future of work, students will explore how economic thinking can help us understand some of the most important challenges of our time.
Students are encouraged not simply to learn economic theory, but to apply it critically to the world around them: interrogating data, questioning assumptions, evaluating competing explanations and developing sophisticated arguments of their own.
EconoMinds is designed to cultivate the qualities of an exceptional Economics student: analytical rigour, intellectual curiosity, quantitative confidence, independent thinking and the ability to connect economic theory with the complexities of the real world.
Econominds Club Details
Senior Club (15+)
