Croydon College
With the support of Worldaware, Croydon College developed their project around the A level Economics, Business Studies and Sociology programme.
The project provided opportunities for the students and lecturers to explore and raise their awareness of global and international development issues as well as increase their critical understanding of the challenges of globalisation for themselves and other people around the world. It culminated in a one-day conference entitled 'Constructive Dialogue on Globalisation Issues'.
Over 100 lecturers and students attended workshops exploring concepts such as global citizenship, interdependence, social justice and human rights with particular reference to djfferent subject areas.
These were facilitated by NGOs such as CAFOD, Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) and Friends of the Earth, and companies such as Nestlé and Marks & Spencer.
The project enabled a blend of formal and informal learning across the college that has led to the following outcomes and future plans:
- A marked increase of the global dimension in the Enrichment Curriculum for 16-19 year olds.
- Heightened awareness and understanding amongst students and staff of the global dimension of their subject area.
- A core college staff group has emerged to organise similar events in future years.
Future plans:
- The college plans to run a conference for all A level students as part of a college-wide Global Awareness Week.
- They are also considering developing a global awareness component to the college staff CPD programme.
More examples of practice:
- Devon Development Education
informal community education at the Global Centre in Exeter - Preston College and Lancashire Global Education Centre
Global Perspectives in English literacy programme - Walsall College of Arts & Technology
'Achieving Together' citizenship programme for young people - Amicus-MSF
distance learning course for trade union members - Cornwall College: working with trainee teachers in the post-16 sector
to develop their expertise to disseminate global educational values - Pendleton College and Christian Aid
developing a sustainable global learning strategy across the college - Wigan and Leigh College: Dispelling the myths
making links with FE instutions in India and China a springboard for teaching and learning about global interconnectedness.