The Short Course Programme
The CCRI offers a short course programme. The short courses offered by CCRI are built upon solid academic and research expertise.
A new set of short courses is currently being developed and will be available as from January 2011
Examples of previous short courses
Understanding European rural policy and programmes: the future of rural development under the CAP:
A general introduction to the Rural Development policies of the EU and how they have been developed in the UK, in comparison to other EU countries. Participants will gain an understanding of the history and context for the current RD programmes as well as details about what they contain, and what kinds of policy outcomes they are seeking. It will also provide an overview of the longer term significance of this element of EU policy and funding, and what is likely to happen to it, in future, after 2013.
New perspectives on managing shared resources - exploring collective action from the local to the global :
An exploration of the concept of shared resources or 'resources held in common', where the property and access rights are not entirely in private ownership, or the use and management of the resource is shared in some manner. Shared resources can be found at global as well as local levels and include public open space, landscape, community land trusts, marine fisheries, and the global atmosphere.
For further information, please contact Dr. Matt Reed, telephone 00 44 (0) 1242 714138or the Short Course Unit at University of the West of England on 00 44 (0) 117 328 3210 or by email to: sc.unit@uwe.ac.uk
