But students still campaigning for socially-oriented economics education By Charles Hanks, Collaborator in the Social Economy in Higher Education project The prospects of the social and solidarity economy in France… Read More »
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey. So far we have responses from: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, East Timor, Germany, Guinea Bissau, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, San… Read More »
Universities can be laboratories for a new kind of economic development Professor Simon Denny from the University of Northampton, UK, has identified an important role for universities: delivering local economic… Read More »
As well as teaching and researching about social enterprise and cooperatives, it is important that universities explore ways of practicing the social economy. In the case of cooperatives, these lead… Read More »
Legislation has been passed in 2013 in the Basque Country in Spain allowing students to form workers’ cooperatives called ‘Junior Cooperativas‘. The aim is that these can be a real… Read More »
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey. So far we have responses from: Argentina, Colombia, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, San Tome, Spain, United Kingdom! and they include:… Read More »
In this final article written by university students from Colombia, Diana Meza writes about the values and practices of the local Permaculture movement. The social/solidarity economy in higher education project… Read More »
This is the fourth article written by students of social communication from Bucaramanga, Colombia, as part of their collaboration with the social/solidarity economy in higher education project. The project aims to… Read More »
If you work in a UK-based social enterprise (such as a social business, a community enterprise… Read More »
This is the third article in a series of five from students of social communication from Bucaramanga, Colombia. The students found local organisations operating in the social economy (known as… Read More »
In November the Erasmus Mundus social economy project, led by York St John University, UK, was highly commended the UK Times Higher Education International Collaboration of the Year 2013 an award that ‘recognises exceptional projects carried… Read More »
The Erasmus Mundus social economy project is delighted to present the first in a series of articles written by students from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bucaramanga, Colombia. The students of… Read More »
Students at Manchester University rebel against single diet of orthodox free-market teaching An assumption behind the Erasmus Mundus social economy project is that a one-dimensional view of economic wealth & well-being… Read More »
The Erasmus Mundus social economy project aims to enhance the teaching and practice of social economy on university campuses. An important aspect of this is to consider how to best… Read More »
The Erasmus Mundus social economy project has recently been shortlisted for the UK Times Higher Education International Collaboration of the Year 2013. This shortlisting is very meaningful for me… Read More »