Polymathy as Curriculum Strategy

Recover the historical model of the polymath — training students to move between mathematics, medicine, philosophy and the arts — and embed that breadth deliberately in university programmes as an alternative to narrowly vocational tracks. The aim is not casual interdisciplinarity but a structurally supported loop where methods and assumptions from one field are tested in others to build more adaptable thinkers. — If adopted, it would shift higher‑education policy debates from 'job training now' to designing schooling that builds long‑term civic and scientific adaptability in a volatile world.