A series of courses has been developed by the UNESCO Centre at the University of Ulster to meet the challenge of placing ‘A Shared Future’ at the centre of organisational cultures within the voluntary sector.
'A Shared Future' is founded on partnership, equality and mutual respect
The challenge of anchoring ‘A Shared Future’ in the organisational cultures within the voluntary, community and public sectors has been identified as a need in the Good Relations Forum established between NI Community Relations Council (NICRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI).
To deal with this challenge the NICRC under the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, Measure 2.1: Reconciliation for Sustainable Peace is funding the ‘Common Ways’ project to offer a range of courses.
‘Common Ways’ is linked with the UNESCO centre at the University of Ulster and is providing:
These courses are a great opportunity for you if:
There are two different types of courses: short courses and the Masters Level courses. Both cover the same topics:
This course will enable participants to understand the practical relevance of the values of Equity, Diversity and Interdependence to organisational governance, vision setting and objectives, management and team supervision and practical community relations / good relations practice.
This course will enable participants to examine a number of available models of good practice developed in local councils, the voluntary and community sector and public bodies. This will draw on the earlier work of Future Ways, as well as other models of Good Relations practice developed by other groups and agencies.
There are 4 Short Courses of two days. Each course is limited to 30 people. On the first day of the course participants will explore and understand the the value of Equity, Diversity and Interdependence. On the second day participants will explore models of Good Relations Practice .
The Masters Level course is limited to 25 people and comprises of five days per module:
The MSc assessment will be by a written paper and a practical project within the participant’s organisation or agency.
Each module will give 30 Credit Points towards a Postgraduate Diploma / MSc.
The procedure for getting involved differs depending on what course you wish to attend:
The initial cohort of participants will be invited and selected by NI Community Relations Council (NICRC). The short 2-day courses are funded by the EU Measure 2.1 Reconciliation for Sustainable Peace.
The £250 which must be contributed by participants, CANNOT be sourced from / paid by / paid for using Measure 2:1 funding / grant aid.
The participants on the MSc Modules will be selected by NICRC and University of Ulster on submission of a completed nomination form. The full course fee for each module is £500 .
Bursaries will be awarded to successful participants on a 50% basis. The remaining 50% of course fees must be met by the participant or their organisation. A letter of commitment to pay the 50% fee will be signed off by the organisation / participant at the outset of the course.
For further information and course forms please contact:
Ms Loretto Blackwood
B120, South Building
Universityof Ulster
Cromore Road
Coleraine BT52 1SA
t: 028 7032 4550
f: 028 7032 4674
e: l.blackwood@ulster.ac.uk
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