Events Calendar

DFID Global School Partnerships - Global Education in Partnership For teachers with experience of school partnerships.  The course will explore global learning approaches and consider the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward.  The day will look at ways of working together with partner schools to develop curriculum plans.

This day course is designed to support schools with their planning for global school partnerships.  They are offered in partnership with Bridges – making global connections and DFID Global School Partnerships.

Tide- Global Learning: Science & Technology - Global learning for science and D&T teachers ~ connected curriculum development at KS3. This course is an opportunity for pairs of Science and D&T teachers, from the same school, to explore and try out creative curriculum development at KS3 through global learning.  There will be opportunities to develop classroom ideas and contribute to a publication sharing experiences with a wider audience. 

We Were There. Northamptonshire Black History Association (NBHA) is delighted to confirm that it will be hosting the national We Were There exhibition at Northampton Guildhall. This exhibition was created by the Ministry of Defence in 2006 and has been touring the country ever since.

It highlights the important contribution made by Britain's minority ethnic communities to defence over the past two hundred and fifty years. It has also helped to promote better understanding between communities by showing how men and women from Africa, Asia, the West Indies and other Commonwealth countries fought and served alongside British forces during many major conflicts.

The exhibition offers a wider and more inclusive perspective of Britain's military past. It demonstrates how people from different religions, races, and cultures came together to help create and defend the British Empire then fight two World Wars.

The exhibition will open between Wednesday 3rd March 2010 and Saturday 6th March 2010 in the Great Hall, Guildhall, Northampton. Find out more...

Lincolnshire Sustainable Schools Showcase (SSS) at the EPIC Centre, Lincolnshire Showground.

Lincolnshire are inviting School Councils and Eco-Committees to the SSS.

In 2009 this event brought together 103 national, regional and local exhibitors who can support schools on all aspects of the Sustainable Schools Framework - find out more...

World Book Day. A day to celebrate the joys of books and reading. Schools can send off for an activity pack and book tokens from the World Book Day website

Why not celebrate World Book Day at school by using books with a global theme? Have a browse through the resources listed on the Global Dimension database under the subject 'English: story/literature'.

Tide- Global Learning: Music and Dance- Global learning through Music and Dance

Day workshop for primary teachers in partnership with Music for Change to explore ways of enhancing the opportunities visiting artists provide.  We will be joined by Indian Kathak dancer, Sujata Banerjee and Calypso singer Alexander D Great.  

Empower Young People To Lead - Effective Participation & Engagement Methods: Children and Young People Now in partnership with the University of the First Age invite you to join them for the national Youth Leadership UFA conference, which features practical and interactive workshops delivered by young people and expert speakers.

Involving young people in the planning and delivery of the conference, we will explore the latest innovative case studies from schools and organisations across the country where young people are leading learning, showcasing practical examples where young people are progressing their leadership skills and making a positive contribution.

Course will be held at NCSL Headquarters, Nottingham and will cost from £229+VAT. Find out more...

Activist Geographies. Engaging Geography - ESRC sponsored seminar series Seminar 3. This one-day seminar aims to showcase and interact with campaigners, researchers and activists who are developing engaging ideas, tools and techniques that aim to bring about a more socially and ecologically just world. It is aimed at people inside and outside universities alike who work in engaged, collaborative and innovative ways.

Speakers: Heather Brooke (journalist behind MPs expenses scandal), Lawrence Cassidy (community activist), John Jordan (art-activist) and Jai Redman (Creative Director of the Ultimate Holding Company).

The seminar will be held at the School of Geography, Univeristy of Leeds.

To attend this seminar you need to complete and return an application form by 16 February 2010. Places are limited to 50 participants. There is no charge for the seminar, but participants are expected to meet all their own costs. Twenty travel bursaries of up to £50 for second class travel are available for postgraduate/unwaged participants or people without access to funding for such activity.

For further information, email P Chatterton.

Global Poverty, Seeking Justice.Jubilee Debt Campaign's National Multifaith Spring Conference, with Jehangir Malik, UK Manager, Islamic Relief, and Joel Edwards, International Director, Micah Challenge.

The conference aima to bring people of different faiths together to better understand:

• What are faith groups doing about global poverty?
• What methods can we use to seek justice?
• New voices from the global south

It will be held at West Midlands Fire Service HQ, 99 Vauxhall Road, Birmingham.

To book a place, visit the website, phone 020 7324 4722 or email events@jubileedebtcampaign.org.u

Commonwealth Day. An annual event in which the fifty-three member countries of the Commonwealth celebrate their links with one another. Visit the Commonwealth Secretariat website for further details and resources.

If you would like some ideas to help your school celebrate Commonwealth Day, have a browse through the Global Dimensions resources database using the keyword 'Commonwealth'.

International Women's Day. This Day, declared by the UN General Assembly, aims to highlight the importance of creating conditions for the elimination of discrimination against women and for their full and equal participation in social development. Each year the Day has a different theme.

For further information, visit the UN International Women's Day web pages or the separate International Women's Day website.

If you would like to find teaching resources to help your school celebrate International Women's Day then have a browse through the Globale Dimensions resources database under the topic of 'gender'.

Development Education Research Centre Critical Global Educator. A seminar discussing and responding to issues emerging from the research being undertaken by Maureen Ellis, a doctoral student at the Institute of Education on the theme of the critical global educator. Maureen's research is specifically looking at the professional and personal development of the informed and engaged global educator, particularly teachers.

At the seminar Maureen would like to test out various models and approaches for gathering data related to self- reflection and critical dialogue.

The seminar will be held at 5 to 6.30pm at LIDC, 36 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Find out more by emailing d.bourn@ioe.ac.uk

Developing Community Cohesion your school and the wider world. A free course for Primary and Secondary Schools at The Quad, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS, funded by the British Council.

Creating a sustainable school: Leadership for a school that encourages caring for oneself, each other and the environment. A national college regional event in Nottingham that will:

• Develop the understanding and leadership skills needed to secure eco-sustainability at the heart of your school's work.
• Give insight into the global sustainability agenda and the national framework for sustainable schools.
• Share good practice to help all school leaders meet their responsibility to establish fully sustainable schools by 2020.

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Introduction to Global School Partnerships. An introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established global school partnership will share their experience.

The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a global school partnership and will be held at Alison House, Cromford, Matlock, Derbyshire.

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National Science and Engineering Week. A ten-day celebration of science, engineering and technology, with events, experiments and activities across the UK. A great opportunity for people of all ages, areas and organisations to take part in science, engineering and technology activities. The theme for 2010 is 'Earth', and you can't get much more global than that!

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Why not give your school's Science Week a global spin, with resources from the Global Dimension database?

Schools for the Future Conference. Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme. The aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England.

The conference will be held at Beauchamp College and will cost £50 per person, including catering and all refreshments.

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‘Anatomy of Prejudice’ Seminars with Jane Elliott in Central London, 10am - 2pm.

• Seminar Fee is £150 + VAT at current rate
• Voluntary Sector is fee £120 + VAT at current rate

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Activist Geographies: Engaging Geography - ESRC sponsored seminar series Seminar 3.This one-day seminar aims to showcase and interact with campaigners, researchers and activists who are developing engaging ideas, tools and techniques that aim to bring about a more socially and ecologically just world. It is aimed at people inside and outside universities alike who work in engaged, collaborative and innovative ways.

The seminar will be held at the School of Geography, University of Leeds.

For further information, email p.chatterton@leeds.ac.uk.

To attend this seminar you need to complete and return an application form by 16 February 2010 at the very latest. Places are limited to 50 participants. There is no charge for the seminar, but participants are expected to meet all their own costs. Twenty travel bursaries of up to £50 for second class travel are available for postgraduate/unwaged participants or people without access to funding for such activity.

Involving Communities, Nottingham. This one-day workshop session considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships.

For more information and to book a place on this workshop please visit the website, email Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA or call 01460 55449.

Introduce Japanese at schools - Head Start 2010. A free one-day course on introducing Japanese at schools, plus a Japanese language taster. This course will give information about introducing Japanese at schools - either as a club or as part of the curriculum - and will also provide further advice for those schools that have recently introduced it.

The course will be from 10am – 4pm at the Japan Foundation London Language Centre, Russell Square, London.

For more information download the flyer and to reseve a place please complete the application form.

Introduction to Global School Partnerships. An introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established global school partnership will share their experience.

The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a global school partnership and will be held at Horncastle College, Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

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Climate Change and the Curriculum. A workshop for primary and secondary school teachers to explore and try out a range of new curriculum resources on climate change for Key Stages 1-4.

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DFID Global School Partnerships -Introduction to Global School Partnerships. For teachers interested in developing a global learning partnership. The course will explore the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. We will be exploring the pros and cons and the preparation needed before finding a partner school.

This day course is designed to support schools with their planning for global school partnerships.  They are offered in partnership with Bridges – making global connections and DFID Global School Partnerships.

‘Anatomy of Prejudice’ Seminars with Jane Elliott in Central Glasgow, 10am - 2pm.

• Seminar Fee is £150 + VAT at current rate
• Voluntary Sector is fee £120 + VAT at current rate

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In 1966 the United Nations declared the first Day for the Elmination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate those who had been killed on 21 March 1960, whilst peacefully protesting against the Apartheid pass laws in South Africa.

To find materials to help your school combat racism, browse through the resources listed on the Global Dimensions database under the topics of  'racism' or 'discrimination' or  'diversity & inclusion'.

World Water Day. This day, declared by the UN General Assembly, aims to promote awareness of the extent to which water resource development contributes to economic productivity and social well being. The theme for World Water Day 2010 is 'Clean Water for a Healthy World".

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Lifelong Learning and Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship. A seminar organised by the Development Education Research Centre in association with the CCCI, London South Bank University.

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World Tuberculosis Day aims to raise awareness that tuberculosis remains an epidemic in much of the world, and is responsible for about 1.6 million deaths each year, mainly in the world's poorest countries. The date, 24 March, commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced his discovery of the TB bacillus, the first step towards diagnosing and curing a disease which at the time was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people.

HIV and TB are linked in that each speeds the other's progress. HIV weakens the immune system, so someone who is HIV-positive and infected with TB is far more likely to become sick with TB than if they were HIV-negative. TB is thus a leading cause of death among people who are HIV-positive, and in Africa, HIV is the single most important factor contributing to the increase in incidence of TB since 1990.

For further information visit the World Health Organization website or the Stop TB Partnership website, where you can find out more about the the Global Plan to Stop TB.

“Gay Awareness” course at Voluntary Action Leicestershire.

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SEAL & the Global Dimension training course. Introduction to DECSY’s SEAL & the Global Dimension project and a chance to review materials to embed a global dimension into the national SEAL project.

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Learning for a sustainable future - from early years to young adulthood.This is the second of NCB's policy influencing workshops which identify policy solutions for a sustainable future for children and young people. The aim is to help embed sustainable living values and approaches at national and local level in order to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Workshop objectives:

• Updates on the provision of learning opportunities for children and young people on sustainable living across the age ranges and settings
• Explore and identify opportunities to increase and improve these opportunities for children and young people, and synergies across members' work
• Shape policy messages
• Share knowledge, learning and expertise

The workshop will be hosted DEA, CAN Mezzanine, London from 9am for a 9.30am start, until 1pm, followed by lunch and networking.

To discuss the workshop please email Jo Butcher or phone 0207 843 9702 or to confirm your attendance please email fallyjaun@ncb.org.uk or call 020 7843 6309.

To subscribe to NCB's Climate Connections ebulletin please email fallyjaun@ncb.org.uk or call 020 7843 6309.

Ideas into action ~ Global learning in the primary curriculum.This nationally significant conference is for teachers, heads, LA advisors and others working with schools. It will highlight recent innovative practice from primary schools in response to developments in the curriculum, and raise questions about how we most effectively meet learners' needs in a changing global context.

The conference will be held at Millennium Point, Birmingham

To register your interest email or call 0121 202 3290.

"Widening Horizons" - Becoming global citizens: developing cultural intelligence. This Global Dimension Conference - for headteachers, educational advisors, senior school leaders and teachers with
responsibility for coordinating community cohesion or International School Award – will be held at The Long Eaton School, Derbyshire.

The keynote speakers are Frank Gardner OBE (BBC Security Correspondent) and Fergal Keane (award-winning journalist and BBC Special Correspondent). Both are able to bring first-hand experience of key world events from the past two decades, and to relate this to the challenges we face in preparing young people in our schools to be genuine global citizens in the 21st century. There will also be the opportunity to attend workshops (GED, Manchester Metropolitan University and British Council), together with case studies, display stands and information to take away.

The delegate rate is £80, with a reduced cost of £60 for Derbyshire schools. For more information and to download the booking form, visit the global education derby website.

Essential Equality and Diversity: A course to actively promote the principles of equality and diversity and to raise awareness of personal attitudes and feelings towards discrimination and equip learners with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to deal with discrimination.

The course will be delivered by an experienced professional, practitioner and trainer who has extensive knowledge on equality and diversity matters from the voluntary, private and public sector perspective.

The course will be held at LACBA, Melbourne Centre, Melbourne Road, Leicester, LE2 0GU - 0116 236 7414. The cost of the course is:
Public Organisations: £95.00
Private Organisations: £75.00
Charities: £60

To register for the course and to find out more please email Gladys, call 0116 2367414 or visit the website.

Hard to Reach? - Engaging Diverse Communities. A one day course about engaging with diverse and excluded communities on climate change and the environment.

The course will be held at NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL.

To book a place and to find out more email capacity, call 0203 117 0102 or visit their website.

Facilitation for Sustainability: developing the skills. This course is about being able to run creative facilitated events and workshops that help people develop new ideas that they can sustain by engaging in a learning process.

This course is for teachers, educators, local authority staff, NGO staff and environment/sustainability champions in organisations.

For more information please visit the SEEd website to download the brochure or contact Hermione Fricker

Me, My Community and My World: Developing Global Learners in the Early Years. A free ‘end of project’ conference open to Early Years Practitioners, Families, Local Authority Advisors, Academics, Students, NGO/DEC workers at South Forest Leisure Centre, Edwinstowe.

The conference will be heald at South Forest Leisure Centre, Nottinghamshire from 9.45 am to 2 pm.

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Schools as key actors in promoting global education - DEEEP Summer School in Hungary. The Summer School is organised by Development Education Exchange in Europe Project (DEEEP) in partnership with ARTEMISSZIO and HUNGARIAN INTERCHURH AID on behalf of HAND. The aim is to allow participants to gain a full picture over the existing role and future possibilities of NGOs in the promotion of Global Education in schools in order to foster global responsibility and critical, active citizenship amongst the young generations.

The detailed description of the DEEEP Summer School "Schools as key actors in promoting global education" to take place in Hungary on 6-13 June 2010 is now available on their website.

The DESS 2010 is open to representatives of NGOs engaged, or ready to engage in global education, active or interested in the above themes. Applicants in the UK should apply to Angela Higgins

Involving Communities, Leicester. This one-day workshop session considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships.

For more information and to book a place on this workshop please visit the website, email Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA or call 01460 55449.

Global Citizenship Advocates Course. Course for primary & secondary teachers and local authority advisers. Over the 3 days this course:

• introduces the theory and practice of Global Citizenship
• identifies opportunities for embedding issues of social justice and sustainability across the curriculum
• explores methodologies for measuring attitudinal change
• enables controversial issues to be tackled
• demonstrates how Global Citizenship contributes to ECM, SEAL, Community Cohesion and Rights Respecting Schools
• considers how change can be achieved and sustained

Course will be from 10.00 - 16.00 at RISC, 35-39 London St, Reading RG1 4PS

For more info and to book a place email RISC or phone 0118 958 6692 and ask for a member of the Education Team.

Tide- Global Learning: Science & Technology - Global learning for science and D&T teachers ~ connected curriculum development at KS3. This course is an opportunity for pairs of Science and D&T teachers, from the same school, to explore and try out creative curriculum development at KS3 through global learning.  There will be opportunities to develop classroom ideas and contribute to a publication sharing experiences with a wider audience. 

Global Citizenship Advocates Course. Course for primary & secondary teachers and local authority advisers. Over the 3 days this course:

• introduces the theory and practice of Global Citizenship
• identifies opportunities for embedding issues of social justice and sustainability across the curriculum
• explores methodologies for measuring attitudinal change
• enables controversial issues to be tackled
• demonstrates how Global Citizenship contributes to ECM, SEAL, Community Cohesion and Rights Respecting Schools
• considers how change can be achieved and sustained

Course will be from 10.00 - 16.00 at RISC, 35-39 London St, Reading RG1 4PS

For more info and to book a place email RISC or phone 0118 958 6692 and ask for a member of the Education Team.

Tide- Global Learning. Secondary Conference - Cities conference: Creative KS3 Curriculum development. This conference will build upon the work of the Cities Project~ creative KS3 curriculum, exploring innovative responses to the secondary curriculum and the idea of connected learning.

The day is of national significance and will bring together teachers, heads, LA advisors and others working with schools to explore issues and exciting new ideas around curriculum development.
 
Conference fee £150 ( **Early booking rate of £120 applies for all bookings made by 23rd April 2010**)

To find out more, please click here.

UKGLAS Conference 2010 - A New Context for International and Global Education in 2010. This year will see a new global learning programme, the expansion of LA-led school linking programmes and possible changes to the International School Award.

To find out more and book a place, click here.

Global Citizenship Advocates Course. Course for primary & secondary teachers and local authority advisers. Over the 3 days this course:

• introduces the theory and practice of Global Citizenship
• identifies opportunities for embedding issues of social justice and sustainability across the curriculum
• explores methodologies for measuring attitudinal change
• enables controversial issues to be tackled
• demonstrates how Global Citizenship contributes to ECM, SEAL, Community Cohesion and Rights Respecting Schools
• considers how change can be achieved and sustained

Course will be from 10.00 - 16.00 at RISC, 35-39 London St, Reading RG1 4PS

For more info and to book a place email RISC or phone 0118 958 6692 and ask for a member of the Education Team.

UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Third Annual Conference at London South Bank University.

The theme is Education of Hope: the impact of ESD/GC on the well being of teachers and young people.

"to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" Raymond Williams quoted by George Monbiot

Conference Themes:

• ESD/GC does it provide hope or despair, do we have to go through despair to get to hope?What do we mean by well being?
• What impact does ESD/GC have on the well being of beginner teachers and on young people, how can we evidence that impact?
• How can we develop a curriculum content and pedagogy that helps new teachers acquire the attributes they need to be able to enable young people to 'make a difference'? How can we mainstream this practice?

Speakers include David Hicks, internationally recognized for his work on global and futures perspectives and author of 'Teaching the Global Dimension' and 'Lessons for the Future'.

For further details, including a call for papers (deadline: 26 February 2010), visit the website.