It's not about good vs. bad, optimism vs. pessimism, global vs.
local ...
...it's about all of us talking to more people and asking more
questions about what it truly means to live in a global
economy.
Below are a handful of external organisations and websites we
hope you find interesting and thought provoking.
The International Forum on
Globalization (IFG) is a North-South research and
educational institution composed of leading activists, economists,
scholars, and researchers providing analyses and critiques on the
cultural, social, political, and environmental impacts of economic
globalisation. They have recently released a study
jointly prepared with the Post-Carbon Institute, Searching for
A Miracle - Net Energy Limits and the Fate of Industrial
Society
The UN Human
Development Report 2009 Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility
and Development
Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an
increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates,
and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). Read
and download the report from the website.
openDemocracy.net publishes
'high-quality news analysis, debates and blogs about the world and
the way we govern ourselves'.
The
BBC World Service has an excellent space on it's website
dedicated to globalisation. Have a look and enter the
debate on how the multinationals that dominate the global economy
affect the world around us and will shape our future.
Languages Work is a new
website dedicated to helping to show and encourage how
languages can be used in a wide variety of careers. Whether you are
a student, a teacher or any other profession, you will find plenty
of information, advice and resources to help.
Globalization101
is a USA-based project which aims to provide students and teachers
with information and resources to tackle 'this complex
phenomenon'.
The World Bank is an international
financial institution that provides leveraged loans to poorer
countries for capital programmes. The World Bank has the
stated goal of reducing poverty.
Globalization: A
peer-reviewed journal devoted to the examination of social,
political, economic, and technological aspects of the topic, by the
International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic
Publications.
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As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 Enterprise UK
Ambassadors from A Suit That Fits.com are challenging
school age students to come up with their next PR stunt.
This video introduces the company and the competition. For
similar activities, please visit http://www.gew.org.uk/education
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TALENT IMPERATIVES IN EDUCATION
1. We have an
education system that assumes its purpose is to identify and
develop talents in everyone.
All young people not only deserve but need to
leave education with the personal capabilities which will be the
building blocks of their future chances in life.
2. Young people in the UK will have to become better
able to take up opportunities in a high-tech world.
The sharp contrast of the new global economies'
rise in numbers of engineering and technology graduates with the
UK's struggle to recruit qualified science teachers. The
competitive challenge this presents to Briatin is not a
question of numbers: it is in the fact that these countries are
re-inventing themselves through these skills. The aspiration of
many of their students to improve their life chances is by taking
up these subjects.
3. It is time to move creativity, in all its forms, to
centre stage in the education system.
At its simplest, there is value in the education
system making the link to the cultural and creative industires as a
growth sector for the UK - representing over 6% of the economy
today and employing almost 2 million people. It's imperative we see
beyond the obvious expression to the expressive arts and
highlighting the creativity which is intrinsic to science and
technology. The real opportunity is for the education system
to embrace the fact that inventiveness and flexibility will be key
sucess factors in all the jobs and industries of the future,
including the creation of 'green solutions' and the digital
economy.
4. We have to connect the education system with the
outside world and, in particular, with the world of
work.
The significance of this issue goes beyond
the vital importance that young people understand and hold
realistic ideas about the world of work - it goes to the heart of
the aspirations they hold. It also informs our understanding
of the broader problem that too many young people become disengaged
from their education because they feel that what happens in the
classroom is not relevant to the real world - and the real
world is what excites them and what they want to learn
about.
5. Young people need to grow up understanding how
the major trends driving globalisation will affect their lives
directly.
Who can deny that every major challenge in society
will only be tackled properly in a global context - including
climate change, fuel and food, terrorism and security, disease and
poverty, the instant worldwide reach of communications and the
speed of technological change?