The Short Course Programme
The CCRI will now be re-running the successful series of four one-day courses on the theme of 'Essentials of Community Development' in February and March of 2012.
The dates for the four sessions, which can be taken as a complete programme or individually, are set out below:
9 February 2012 - Session 1 -
Making Your Community Sustainable:
23 February 2012- Session 2 -
Projects & Partnerships:
8 March 2012 - Session 3 -
Collecting & using good quality information:
22 March 2012 - Session 4 -
Exploring alternative approaches to developing sustainable communities.
These four short courses can be taken as a complete programme or individually.
The courses are designed to give understanding, tools and skills needed to explore, develop and manage activities leading to more sustainable community development.
When the programme ran in February and March 2011, approximately 15 - 20 people attended each course from a variety of local authority and community interest backgrounds. The four courses operated as participatory workshops with participants undertaking a range of group activities and sharing knowledge and experiences with the course team. A number of CCRI researchers were involved providing specialist knowledge, including Matt Reed, James Kirwan, John Powell, Carol Kambites, Malcolm Moseley, and Katarina Kubinokova, along with Elisabeth Skinner and James Derounian from the Local Government Programme in the Department for Natural and Social Sciences.
The workshops explored the concept of 'sustainable community development' and the implications of various approaches to achieving higher levels of sustainability. Having developed knowledge and skills during the first three sessions, the fourth workshop explored the strengths and weaknesses of some more radical notions of ‘sustainable community’ and their applicability to urban and rural communities within the UK.
CCRI short courses are built upon solid academic and research expertise.
You can book online either for individual or the whole suite of courses.
Making Your Community Sustainable
Projects & Partnerships
Collecting & using good quality information
Exploring alternative approaches to developing sustainable communities
If you have any queries regarding this course, the booking process or payment method, please contact the Centre for Enterprise & Innovation on 01242 714104 or email shortcourses@glos.ac.uk
Alternatively, please email the Course Leader Dr. John Powell, or telephone 00 44 (0) 1242 714129, or ccri@glos.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0) 1242 714122.
