Global Issues Seminar Series

Thursday 14 February 2008

Thursday 03 April 2008

6.00pm

7.30pm

Room 206 Peter Froggatt Centre

£10 (waged)- £5 (student)

Event

Want to learn more about international development? Want to participate in discussion on the big international issues of the day? If yes, then this seminar series is for you.

The Centre for Global Education, in partnership with the Suas society at Queen’s University Belfast, has organised a Global Issues Seminar Series beginning on 14 February and finishing on 3 April 2008. The six seminars will take place on Thursday evenings at 6.00 pm in Room 206, Peter Froggatt Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast (except the final session which will be in Room 211).

The series is an interactive course designed to give participants an overview of a range of global development issues. The seminars are aimed at individuals and organisations in civil society involved or interested in international development. No prior knowledge of the issues is required.

Seminar details

14 February: Is the media an agent of development or contributor to poverty?

21 February: Health for all is possible: The Cubans show us how

28 February: Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution, a new path to development?

6 March: Forced to Flee: Asylum-Seekers and their experiences in Northern Ireland

13 March: Aid: Who gets it and what is it for?

3 April: Internationally approved racism: The case of Palestine

Registration

Cost for all six seminars: £5 (students), £10 (waged).

To register for these seminars please complete a registration form available from Jenna Coriddi,Centre for Global Education, 9 University Street, Belfast BT7 1FY, E: jenna@centreforglobaleducation.com, T: 028 9024 1879.