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| August 2008 |
| 9 August |
International Day of World’s Indigenous People. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 12 August |
International Youth Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 13 August |
Food for Thought at Priest House Hotel in Castle Donington. Light buffet at 6.30pm then 7-9pm. |
| 16 August |
Cross Cultural Event at Babington Community College, Leicester. Find out more... |
| 16 August |
Leicester, City of Sanctuary at Nether Broughton Village Fair, Leicestershire. |
| 23 August |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 24 August |
Charnwood Mela 2008. Market Place, Loughborough. Find out more... |
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| September 2008 |
| 2-5 September |
Social Enterprise World Forum. Edinburgh.
Find out more. |
| 8 September |
International Literacy Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 8-11 September |
'All Our Futures' conference, University of Plymouth. For further information contact Jerome Satterthwaite at jsatterthwaite@plymouth.ac.uk, tel: 01752 238890, 01752 823091, 07708107564. |
| 9 September |
Diversity Hub workshop. Leicester. Find out more... |
| 11 September |
Open Farm Sunday – Past reflection, future direction.
To share experiences and outline ways in which you can get involved in Open Farm Sunday on the 7th June 2009. 9.45am at The Conference Room, St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London , W1J 9LL. Find out more at www.openfarmsunday.org |
| 16 September |
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 17 September |
Conference - Shifting margins, Shifting centres: Negotiating difference in education in the 21st century. Download more information and an application form. |
| 17 September |
Does faith have a role in community cohesion? Coventry.
This masterclass will critically examine the role of faith as a key component in building community cohesion. Find out more and book a place at www.coventry.ac.uk/icoco-masterclasses |
| 19 September |
Passport to Every Child Matters, Northamptonshire. Find out more... |
| 21 September |
International Day of Peace. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 22 September |
Catching the Knowledge Wave? International Dialogue on Education in the 21st Century.
9:30am - 4:00pm at Friend’s House, Euston, London. For advisors, teacher educators and school leaders involved with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Initial Teacher Education and Training (ITET). This seminar invites policy makers and advisors to engage in an international dialogue on globalisation, global citizenship and education, knowledge and learning in the knowledge society, meeting the needs of 21st century learners, and enquiry, critical reflection and independent thinking in the knowledge society. For more information, please contact Sharifa Khanom, Humanities Education Centre on 020 7364 6405 or at hec@gn.apc.org. |
| 22 and 25 September |
Free teacher training programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Museum in Docklands, London. Anti-Slavery International and Inner Vision are offering these four INSET days to support and empower established and trainee teachers to deliver classes on the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Key Stage 3 History curriculum. For further information, and to book a place, contact Michaela Alfred-Kamara on 020 7501 8935 or at m.alfred-kamara@antislavery.org. |
| 27 September |
ONE8, Renaissance East Midlands young people's festival. Find out more here. |
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| October 2008 |
| 2 and 6 October |
Free teacher training programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Museum in Docklands, London. Anti-Slavery International and Inner Vision are offering these four INSET days to support and empower established and trainee teachers to deliver classes on the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Key Stage 3 History curriculum. For further information, contact Michaela Alfred-Kamara on 020 7501 8935 or at m.alfred-kamara@antislavery.org. |
| 4-10 October |
World Space Week. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 6 October |
World Habitat Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 7 October |
Introduction to Faith Tourism course, Leicester. Find out more and download the leaflet. |
| 8 October |
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 14 October |
Global Citizenship Advocates course for teachers & local authority advisors, Oxford. For further details or to book, contact Liz Allum on 0118 958 6692 or at liz@risc.org.uk The course will be held on three Tuesdays: 14 October, 13 November and 2 December 2008. |
| 15 October |
Teaching Citizenship Through Human Rights - Free CPD training. NUT Head Office, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London. Amnesty International UK, The British Institute of Human Rights and the National Union of Teachers are holding this free teacher training event for those involved in delivering Citizenship education at Key Stage 3. Find out more... |
| 16 October |
World food Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 17 October |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 17-19 October |
Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty and Inequality. For more information contact Tim Gee, BOND Campaigns and Communications Officer or visit www.standagainstpoverty.org. |
| 9-22 October |
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. Find out more here |
| 22 October |
Fostering community cohesion and global citizenship through teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
9am to 5pm, Museum in Docklands, London. This free conference is a follow-on from Anti-Slavery's four INSET days. Keynote address from Sir Keith Ajegbo, author of Curriculum Review: Diversity and Citizenship. Workshops will be held on:
• Overcoming the personal challenges in teaching about the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Exploring Recovered Histories resources for teaching about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, meeting learning objectives, strengthening citizenship, and social cohesion
• Using the physical environment to teach about the slave trade
• The role of fiction in increasing students’ understanding of the slave trade
• Teaching approaches to conveying the slave trade accurately and sensitively
The Recovered Histories education pack will also be launched at the conference and all delegates will receive a free copy. Please contact m.alfred-kamara@antislavery.org for further information. |
| 23 October |
The Global East Midlands Network celebration event, 12noon - 8pm at the Peepul Centre in Leicester.
Download the programme, flyer, poster and booking form. |
| 24 October |
United Nations Day and World Development Information Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 24-30 October |
Disarmament week. Find out more at www.unac.org |
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| November 2008 |
| 5 November |
Community cohesion: a retrospective. Coventry.
Professor Ted Cantle, Executive Chair of iCoCo.
This masterclass will attempt to analyse the key drivers on community cohesion before and after Ted Cantle’s seminal report of 2001. Find out more and book a place at www.coventry.ac.uk/icoco-masterclasses |
| 6 November |
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 12 November |
Free Global Youth Work Conference in Leicester. Download more information and a registration form. For more information, please contact Joanne Drury (De Montfort University) on 0116 257 7864 or at jdrury@dmu.ac.uk. |
| 16 November |
International Day of Tolerance. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 17-23 November |
Enterprise Week: A worldwide celebration of enterprise, which aims to unleash young people's enterprising ideas to address some of society's biggest issues. Find out more at www.enterpriseweek.org.uk and www.makeyourmarkchallenge.org.uk |
| 20 November |
Universal Children’s Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 25 November |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Find out more at www.unac.org |
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| December 2008 |
| 1 December |
World AIDS Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 2 December |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 3 December |
International Day of Disabled Persons. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 9 December |
International Anti-Corruption Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 10 December |
Human Rights Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 18 December |
International Migrants Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 19 December |
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. Find out more at www.unac.org |
| 20 December |
International Human Solidarity Day. Find out more at www.unac.org |
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January and February 2009 |
| 12 January |
Introduction to Faith Tourism course, Leicester. Find out more and download the leaflet. |
| 31 March - 2 April |
UNESCO World Conference on education for sustainable development. Bonn, Germany.
This conference will mark the halfway point in the UN's Decade for Education for Sustainable Development. Find out more. Please send expressions of interest to Tobias at t.troll@deeep.org. |