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Category: Co-operatives Globally

New recruitment opportunity: International Programmes Manager

An International Programmes Manager is being recruited to manage the College’s projects in East and Southern Africa.

College introduces Zambian visitors to the UK co-operative movement

A group of visitors from the Zambian High Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry recently visited the Co-operative College on a fact-finding mission.
Dr Linda Shaw, Vice Principal – Research and International at the Co-operative College, welcomed the visitors, giving an overview of the co-operative movement in the UK.
The guests then saw co-operative buildings [...]

Visiting the Co-operative College in Vilnius, Lithuania

Emma Willder, Vice Principal – Finance and Resources at the Co-operative College, has been finding out about co-operatives in Lithuania.
Emma was in Vilnius to give a presentation themed ‘From Rochdale to a Global Movement’ at a conference organised by the Lithuanian Co-operative Union. The conference was entitled Co-operative: International Experience and Prospects for Development in [...]

Co-Cycle: documentary film about co-operative cyclists seeks sponsors!

A grassroots documentary film called To the Moon will be following a group of college students called Co-Cycle as they lead a group of cyclists across America, starting from San Francisco and ending in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The cyclists will be conducting research about local co-operative businesses and helping spread awareness by staging workshops and community events.
The [...]

College visits University of Zululand

Stirling Smith, International Programmes Manager, recently addressed the Co-operative Management Students Society at the University of Zululand in South Africa.

The Other Way Home: a film about Australian housing co-operatives

The Other Way Home is a new film telling the story of co-operation and the difference it can make to people’s lives.
The Other Way Home teaser

The Statement on Co-operative Identity adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance in 1995 states that co-operatives are there to meet the common, economic, social and cultural needs of their members [...]

College Principal addresses housing co-operatives conference in Australia

Mervyn Wilson spoke at the 2012 National Housing Co-operatives Conference at the start of March.

College Principal fronts training videos on ‘Co-operation in Practice’

Co-operative College Principal and Chief Executive Mervyn Wilson talks viewers through co-operative values and principles in action for a new series of training videos.
The series, called ‘Co-operation in Practice’, was made by the SouthEast Housing Co-operative in Melbourne. As well as defining each value and principle in a practical sense, it covers governance; co-operatives’ relationships [...]

Introducing new faces: Spanish placements

Ana Rey and Ana Torrado, recent graduates from Andalucía, are working at the Co-operative College until July on the relaunch of the Pioneers Museum and event management.

The Co-operative College launches blog

Find out about the people behind the Co-operative College by reading our new blog, which offers personal, behind the scenes insights into who we are and what we do.

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