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GTMU Online Youth Meetups: Seeking the Perfect World

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Join  weekly online meet ups with teens from other countries to learn from each other and build friendship networks as you discussi global challenges and possibilities as we Seek the Perfect World. 

Each session pushes you to look at the world's most pressing problems and exciting opportunities through an interdisciplinary  lens, drawing on history, economics, science, philosophy, politics, and lived experience. Because the problems facing our world don't sit neatly in one academic box, and neither should the thinking we bring to them.

By the end of the programme, your group won't just have had better conversations (and some good laughs) — you'll have built something together. Every cohort is guided to develop a team project that translates your shared thinking into a concrete vision or proposal. It's the difference between discussing the world and starting to shape it.

The full programme asks for around 24 hours of your time — one hour-long session each week, plus roughly two hours of work outside of sessions (time you will spend reading, researching, and working on your team project on your own - not in online classes). That's about three hours a week for two months: a meaningful commitment, but one that fits around study and work.

And alongside all of that, you'll have made friends — real ones, across borders — who help you see the world differently, more richly. 

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Why Join?

Meet Global Peers

Connect with intellectually curious young thinkers from every corner of the planet.

Practice Dialogue

Develop essential 21st-century civic skills through facilitated, deep conversations.

Explore Big Questions

Dive into challenging global topics and uncover shared opportunities for change.

Next Seeking the Perfect World Cohort

Saturdays at 12:00 (noon), UK time

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From October 10th 2026 for 8 weeks. Times shown in UK time (London).

Standard

£160

Subsidised

£20–£35

Scholarship

Fully funded

How to Participate in
Seeking the Perfect World

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We are thrilled to welcome you to our Founding Cohort. This is more than just a meetup—it's a PILOT PROGRAMME where your voice truly matters. By joining, you aren't just a participant; you are a pioneer helping us refine and perfect this experience for future generations.

To join our next cohort, please fill out the application below. 

Please note, if you are accepted, you are making a commitment to show up to each session ready and willing to participate, and to work with other Thinkers to create a project during the weeks of the programme. This is a serious commitment as only a few spots are available in each session. (Autumn 2026 cohort: Saturdays, 12pm UK time, October 10th-November 28th)

Shape the Future

Your feedback directly influences how we develop and grow this programme for others.

Evolving Together

Sessions may evolve as we refine our approach—we will communicate any changes clearly.

Meaningful Research

Anonymised reflections may help improve global youth engagement strategies.

Celebrating Voices

With your consent, your participation may feature in materials that help us share this work and inspire others

Application

About You

Current situation * — please tick one:
Secondary school student
Home educated
Other (please specify below)

Some Topics of our Seeking the Perfect World Meetups

Ethics in the Age of AI
Building an education for the future
Image by Jeremy Bishop
Global Climate Action Dialogue
Image by Tim Mossholder
Image by Growtika
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