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Slide 2 Co-operative College Annual Meeting Slide 3 Developing Members and Managers Board skills audits and performance reviews Revising the College member learning programmes Piloting new methodologies for member development Extending elearning programmes Slide 4 Developing Members and Managers New partnerships to deliver vocational learning Providing learning programmes for consumer, housing and worker co operatives and credit unions Slide 5 Working with Co-operatives Globally Partner in the Coop Africa programme Reviews of African Co operative Colleges Kenya supporting smallholder tea producers Research and policy unit Slide 6 Youth and Student Co-operative Forum in Lesotho Programmes in New Zealand and Australia European partnerships - MOSE Working with Co-operatives Globally Slide 7 Learning from our Heritage Co-operative Heritage Trust established and key collections assigned to it ROCHDALE project receives stage 1 approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund Museum receives VAQAS and Accreditation awards Slide 8 Learning from our Heritage Cataloguing of the Archive collections gathers pace Museum and Libraries and Archives Council projects enable NW schools to develop use of the archive More volunteers and placements Slide 9 Working with Schools and Young People New models for Young Co-operatives New ASDAN Co-operative Studies qualifications From the first Co-operative Trust school to many! Co-operative National Challenge Trusts Slide 10 Partner in the Enterprise Network New resources on Fair and ethical trade disseminated nationally Extending global links Europe and Africa Working with Schools and Young People Slide 11 Going forward Providing funded vocational learning programmes to all parts of the co-operative sector Securing the stage 2 HLF approval Mainstreaming co-operative schools Building our global partnerships Extending our research capacity To be a well governed, effectively managed and financially stable charity Slide 12 Cultivating the Co-operative Spirit 90 years of the Co-operative College Dr Linda Shaw Slide 13 Cultivating the co-operative spirit Origins of the College Why a College? Key features Survival of the fittest Looking forward Slide 14 Origins Patchwork of formal educational provision during the nineteenth century at society level but golden age of informal learning Co-operative Union providing courses nationally from the 1880s Debates over the purpose of co operative education Slide 15 Citizenship education c1900 Slide 16 Co-operative Union 1910 The objects of co-operative education are, primarily, the formation of co operative character and opinions by teaching the history, theory, and principles of the movement, with economics and industrial and constitutional history in so far as they have a bearing on Co-operation; Slide 17 Why a College? Modelled on Ruskin College? Other Co-operative Colleges established in same decade No other college met needs of the movement Slide 18 Manchester based Slide 19 Consistent focus for the College on: Leadership education training officials, tutors International programmes Publications Correspondence courses Research Slide 20 Move to Stanford Hall Similar moves made by unions More facilities Introduction of government funded programmes for international students Courses for Directors of Societies were offered, regarded as very useful but failed to attract participants. Marshall,1967 Slide 21 Co-operative Colleges set up in more than 14 countries Slide 22 Survival of the fittest College enjoyed many successful years but a changing environment and movement challenges Some Colleges disappeared eg Canada, others struggled eg across Africa Challenge to remain innovative and responsive to needs of movement Slide 23 Co-operative Colleges for the 21 st century UK College eg schools work and as guardian of movement heritage Renewal of membership and international work Revival also happening with African Colleges Slide 24 Co-operative College for the 21 st century We now have a real opportunity for a renewed global profile not just for the UK Co-operative College but for Co operative Colleges globally Slide 25 90 years of the Co-operative College xx Slide 26 Co-operative 2009 International Schools Conference Slide 27 Slide 28 Slide 29 Slide 30 Slide 31 Invitation to Plymouth 2010 Slide 32 Slide 33