As careers stretch across longer lives, many experienced leaders reach a moment where the familiar metrics of success no longer easily answer the question of what comes next.
4-Quarter Lives, hosted by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, explores how longer lives are reshaping everything from careers and relationships to how we understand learning itself. The podcast brings together academics, practitioners, and individuals actively redesigning their own “4-quarter” lives.
In a recent episode, Stewart McTavish and Alison Wood, co-founders of the University of Cambridge Better Futures Programme, join Avivah to discuss the programme’s foundations—and how Cambridge’s collegiate, interdisciplinary community creates the conditions for a meaningful pivot for accomplished individuals.
Listen to the 4-Quarter Lives podcast episode
The University of Cambridge Better Futures Programme is a highly personalised six- or twelve-month programme at the University of Cambridge, designed for accomplished leaders exploring the next phase of their impact. Key information as follows:
- You work with an academic mentor to create a bespoke selection of courses that are relevant to you – drawn from undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education options across Cambridge.
- You are hosted at a Cambridge college, with bespoke tuition (one-to-one supervisions).
- You take part in a core programme with your cohort of accomplished peers, designed to help you focus your time on a project of both personal and societal benefit
- Discounts available to partners taking the programme together
Applications are now open for the 2026/27 cohort, commencing September 2026.
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