What difference can I make in a world where the challenges we face are as urgent as they are complex?

How can I better align my work and life with my values?

Learning how to affect positive change is essential to our survival as a species and to our happiness as individuals. This course will help you discover what agency you have, find common cause with others and learn to leverage the power, knowledge and wisdom we hold both as individuals and collectively.

Our team has developed this course around the UWC values of personal responsibility and integrity, respect for the environment, celebration of differences, personal challenge and a sense of idealism.

It consists of an intensive 4.5-day in-person workshop in Exeter followed by online guidance and engagement across two months on how to apply what we have learnt in our own communities.

By the end of the course you will have:

• A clear understanding of the strengths, experiences, skills and attitudes you and other participants bring to making the world a more just, sustainable, abundant and peaceful place.
• A positive road map for how to challenge the issues you see around you.
• Identified ways of bringing change to both your own life and your community.
• The practical and interpersonal skills to make these ideas a reality.
• The skills to build communities and create spaces for productive, equitable and inclusive exchange.
• Made lasting connections with other participants and the wider UWC movement.

This course is for you if:

• You see injustices and problems that you would like to address but are not quite sure where to start.
• You want to become clearer about your purpose and identify the values you want to strengthen in your life.
• You want to explore how to leverage your life experiences, skills, knowledge and influence to affect the change you want to see.
• You want to learn tools that help groups imagine solutions and make decisions together in a non-hierarchical and equitable way.
• You want to become part of a community committed to building a better world. Course requisites: • You are 18 years or older.
• You are open to learning from each other and to exploring different ways of working together and individually.
• You are committed to creating a mutually supportive, honest and creative environment for all participants.

DETAILS

Dates and location: Exeter, United Kingdom

Language of course facilitation: English

Course Eligibility: 

• You are 18 years or older.
• You are open to learning from each other and to exploring different ways of working together and individually.
• You are committed to creating a mutually supportive, honest and creative environment for all participants.

Course fee:  £1,750 (includes VAT, all activities, field trips, lunch and dinner throughout the course).

Scholarships: A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available for those otherwise unable to attend. While we would also like to assist with travel costs, please note that our funds for this would be very limited and unable to cover international travel. Please contact us for further information.

How to apply: To apply, fill out this application form

Application deadline: 30 August 2024

More information: Read the short course brochure or email us at changemakers@shortcourse.uwc.org