A recent paper looks at the past, present and future of co-operative education, specifically the potential and historical context of co-operative schools, from the Rochdale Pioneers to the present. With an emphasis on what co-operative education provision means in practice, … Read more
A Young Co-operatives co-ordinator from Sittingbourne, Kent has written about the links her school is making with young people in Lesotho for the Fairtrade school uniform company Koolskools’ blog.
Sarah Palmer, Community Cohesion Manager at co-operative business and enterprise college Fulston … Read more
A year 11 student at Lipson Community College, a co-operative school in Plymouth, has written about how the co-operative values shape her school.
Writing in the Telegraph, Labour/Co-op MP Stephen Twigg mentions co-operative schools as an example.
Mervyn Wilson, Principal and Chief Executive of the Co-operative College, has returned from the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico, which he attended as Co-Chair of the ICA Human Resource Development Committee. It was an opportunity for … Read more
Congratulations to Whalley Range High School for Girls, a co-operative Business & Enterprise College in Manchester, whose staff and students have broken the world record for musical bumps.
Their record-breaking attempt took place earlier this summer. Find out … Read more
Students found out that the Rochdale Pioneers are just as relevant to their lives as they were 170 years ago.
Rochdale, home of the Rochdale Pioneers, has been voted the world’s capital of co-operatives at the International Co-operative Alliance’s General Assembly.
The global co-operative movement should embrace new technology and social media to spread the word about co-operative online during 2012, International Year of Co-operatives (IYC), recommended Barack Obama’s Blogger-in-chief.
Sam Graham-Felson, President Obama’s Chief Campaigner Blogger, ran the main campaign job … Read more
Co-operative graphic designers put their trust in each other to collaborate on a winning poster design which will promote 2012, International Year of Co-operatives (IYC). Each artist drew a different section of the poster on a piece of paper divided … Read more
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