Inspiring co-operative enterprise through education
Educational Resources
- School.coop
- A wide range of additional co-operative teaching resources can be found here. Recommended resources include From Farm to Fork and Ethical Enterprises.
- www.school.coop
- EducationScotland
- Education Scotland is the principal curriculum body for Scotland, supporting the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence, Assessment, Community and Lifelong learning and the innovative use of Glow and other learning technologies.
- www.educationscotland.gov.uk
- Determined to Succeed
- Determined to Succeed is the Scottish Executive's strategy for enterprise in education. It aims to help Scotland's young people develop self-confidence, self-reliance and ambition to achieve their goals - in work and in life.
- www.determinedtosucceed.co.uk
- The Enterprise Village
- The Enterprise Network aim and purpose is to add value to existing enterprise education initiatives and to support all sectors of education 5-19. The aim in supporting enterprise education in schools and colleges is to equip young people with the skills, attitudes and capabilities which will enable them to contribute to UK PLC in the 21st century as an employee, employer or entrepreneur.
- www.enterprisevillage.org.uk
- The Co-operative College
- The Co-operative College is non-traditional college which works from its home in Manchester with learners and co-operatives all over the world, from schoolchildren to African worker co-operatives. The Co-operative College is dedicated to the promotion of Co-operative values, ideas and principles within co-operatives, communities and society, from managing the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, birthplace of the modern co-operative movement, to pioneering work with schools and young people.
- www.co-op.ac.uk
- Young Co-operatives
- Young Co-operatives give young people a practical introduction to co-operative enterprise by helping them to set up and run their own businesses. They have a number of excellent resources, in particular Recon and Greenfingers.
- www.youngco-operatives.coop
- The University of Aberdeen
- The University of Aberdeen is today at the forefront of teaching, learning and discovery, as it has been for 500 years. The university has recently acquired a knowledge transfer partnership to promote co-operative studies further in the university.
- www.abdn.ac.uk
- University College Cork
- University College Cork is one of the few higher education institutions in the world to offer courses in co-operative studies. Its Centre for Co-operative Studies contains an excellent links section and a very detailed book on co-operation in general called 'Helping Ourselves'.
- www.ucc.ie
- Saint Mary's University
- Saint Mary's University Nova Scotia runs an innovative co-operative studies program at postgraduate level, the Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions, essentially an MBA in everything but name.
- www.smu.ca
- Kent University � Ohio Employee Ownership Centre
- The Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) is a non-profit, university-based program established in 1987 to provide outreach, information, and preliminary technical assistance to Ohio employees and business owners interested in exploring employee ownership.
- www.kent.edu
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives seeks to increase understanding and encourage critical thinking about cooperatives by fostering scholarship and mutual learning among academics, the cooperative community, policy makers, and the public.
- www.uwcc.wisc.edu