Find out what’s going at the Resident University this year by having a look at the prospectus for 2010/11.  Some dates and venues are still being confirmed, and further workshops and events will be added as the year goes on.

We have set out five key objectives for this year’s Resident University programme.  They are, to help residents and grassroots groups:

1. to influence decision makers more confidently;
2. to connect with and communicate with other people and groups from different communities;
3. to improve and sustain the way they secure and manage resources;
4. to collaborate more effectively in small groups and get better at managing themselves;
5. to find out about and develop new thinking and ways of applying it in practice.

We have organised the Prospectus into five corresponding programme streams.  Each stream will include different forms of learning, such as workshops, seminars, online courses, briefings and lectures.   The programme streams are:

1. 1. Influencing

How do we get better at getting our point across/knowing the right people to reach?

Helping groups and active citizens get better at being able to influence the decisions that affect them (and, where possible, to help local decision makers get better at listening).

1. 2. Communicating

How do we get better at listening and letting people know what we’re doing?

Getting better at networking and letting other people know what is being done (and that they can influence the decisions that affect them).

1. 3. Getting and Managing Resources

How do we get more time/money/skilled and committed people and manage better what we have?

Sustaining and managing resources – and, in particular, helping people develop employment and employability through community action.

1. 4. Group Working

Can we work better as a team and understand how to develop the group?

Helping groups and representatives, community ‘leaders’ and people with the potential to sustain and grow community action to take opportunities to get better at managing and developing themselves and their groups.

1. 5. Ideas into Action

Is there a way that might work of……………………

Inspiring, challenging, testing and rewarding new ideas relating to grassroots communities that could change the places we live for the better.

The table below gives you an overview of what will be happening in each of these streams.  Or, you can download a more detailed version.

RU Prospectus 2010/11

To book at place at any of the sessions, please contact us via the form at the bottom of the page, email info@residentuniversity.net, or call us on 07795 448 462

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