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| July | CASTME. Launch of new website |
| July 1 | RCS. Deadline for entries into Young Commonwealth Competitions: Film. |
| CEC/CSCUK. Meeting of CSFP Support Group ACU offices, 20-24 Tavistock Sq., 12 noon | |
| July 5 | ROSL/The
Round Table lecture series. No 5. The Modern Commonwealth. Chief Emeka Anyaoku,
Commonwealth Secretary-General, (1990-2000). Royal OverSeas League, Park Place, St James, London. 1900-2030. Open to all, free. |
| July 8 | CEC. Governing Board meeting. |
| July 9-11 | BELMAS
(CCEAM affiliate) New organisations, new leadership? Wokefield Park, Reading, UK. |
| July 12 - 13 (TBC) | CAM. AGM & Working session on Distance Learning Programme. Victoria, BC, Canada |
| July 12 - 13 | CCfE/LCD/Open Society Foundation in partnership with Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture. Education in Zimbabwe: working together for a better future. First in series of two seminars. Meikles Hotel, Harare. |
| July 19 - 20 | Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group. First meeting, London. |
| CAM. AGM & Working session on Distance Learning Programme. Victoria, BC, Canada | |
| July 20-23 | VUSCC. Transnational Qualifications Framework (TQF) senior officials meeting |
| July 21 | CEC/Commonwealth Parliamentary Assn. (UK Branch). Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture: Rebuilding education in Zimbabwe: facing the challenge with the help of friends. CPA Offices (off Westminster Hall). 5p.m. |
| July 22 | Commonwealth Association. AGM. 4pm Marlborough House |
| July 22-23 | CCfE/LCD/Open Society Foundation. Education in Zimbabwe: working together for a better future. Second in series of two seminars. Freshfields, Fleet St., London. Attendance by application (£50). Contact beth@lcd.org.uk |
| July 23 | ICS. Seminar Series on Language Policies/Practice in the Commonwealth. Concluding Symposium. Commonwealth and the language challenge: identity, governance and global partnerships. Symposium. Venue: Room G16, Senate House, 1000-1300. |
| July 23-25 | ACLALS (Malaysian branch). Conference: Found in translation: a common voice in a multicultural world.. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| July 23and 26 | COL. Partners Consultative Meeting on Teacher Education, Vancouver, Canada. |
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| August | RCS. Winners of Young Commonwealth Competitions announced. |
| RCEAM
(CCEAM affiliate) and Bhagwan Mahaveer Institute of Education, Excellence in Education Surat, India. |
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| August 17-20 | UCEAM (CCEAM affiliate) Excellent Test Takers or Good People: The Role of Educational Leadership. Kampala, Uganda. |
| August 30-31 | CUSAC Members' Meeting: Student Mobility in International Education. University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| August 31 | CASTME. AGM and Executive Committee meeting. |
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| September 5-15 | RCS. The Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme. Kigali, Rwanda |
| September 11-16 | ACLALS/Bhasha Publication and Research Centre (Vadodara). 3rd Chotro Conference Local knowledge, global traditions, the imagination and the images of indigenous communities in the 21st century. Delhi, Shimla and Keylang (Himalayas), India. |
| September 13-23 | VUSCC. Bootcamp in educational management and leadership |
| September 24-26 | CYEC. Youth Conference. State of Imagination: Beyond your Exchange.. |
| Sept 25-26 | CCEAM. Biennial Board Meeting. Sydney, Australia. |
| Sept 27-28 | CCEAM. International intervisitation programme, Biennial conference. Sydney, Australia. |
| Sept 29-October 1 | CCEAM. Biennial Conference and AGM. Hosting and harvesting: creating the change we wish to see in the world. Sydney, Australia. |
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| October | ACLALS (Sri Lankan branch SLACLALS). Conference. Postcolonial or postmodern? Kandy, Sri Lanka. |
| October (date tbc) | RCS. Young Commonwealth Competitions Gala Award Ceremony. |
| October 19 | CEC. Support Group on Commonwealth Scholarships. ACU, 20-24 Tavistock Sq. 12noon |
| October 25 | CEC. Half-day Seminar, led by Prof Michael Crossley. Celebrating progress in education in Commonwealth small states. Bristol. |
| October 26-29 | NAEAP (CCEAM affiliate). 34th annual conference. Educational Management, Environmental Literacy and Climate Change. Port Harcourt |
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| November | CTG. Steering Group Meeting (London |
| November 4 | CHEC. Annual General Meeting |
| CASTME. Dennis Chisman Memorial Lecture, University of Westminster | |
| November 10-12 | Commonwealth Foundation, CSCUK/ACU, ICS . 2010 Commonwealth Conference. Theme: Citizenship and the Commonwealth. Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. By invitation. Conference management: ICS. |
| November 13 | CCLEF. in association with spouses of CW High Commissioners. The Commonwealth Fair, Kensington Town Hall, 11:30-18:00. Admission £5.00. To raise money for girls secondary education in the Commonwealth - Details at www.ccl-int.org |
| November 13-15 | RCEAM (CCEAM affiliate) and School of Education, National University, Jaipur. Women's Leadership in the New Millennium. Jaipur, India. |
| November 14-15 | CSC. Welcome Day for new Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows. University of Edinburgh, UK. By invitation |
| November 18 | ComSec/Commonwealth Foundation. Bi-annual CSO Consultation Meeting. Marlborough House, London |
| November 19-23 | VUSCC. Interlocutors and Management Committee meeting. Kochi, India |
| November 22-23 | ACU Human Resource Management Network conf. Successful universities in a changing world: HR drives the future. Melbourne, Australia. (www.acu.ac.uk/conferences) |
| November 24 | ACU joint networks conference. Analysing and enhancing internal communications. Melbourne, Australia. (www.acu.ac.uk/conferences) |
| November 24-28 | COL/Indira Gandhi National Open University. The Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) Access & success in learning: global development Perspectives. Le Méridien Cochin Resort & Convention Centre (Kochi, Kerala), India. |
| November 25-26 | ACU PR, Marketing and Communications Network conference. Changing times, changing markets and changing priorities. Melbourne, Australia. (www.acu.ac.uk/conferences). |
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| December 7 (tbc) | CEC. 50 years of educational progress in Nigeria. The Gladwyn Lecture. Palace of Westminster. Details to be confirmed. |
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| January | ACLALS (Indian branch). Annual conference. New Delhi. |
| CASTME STME seminar at International Day of Association of Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference at University of Reading | |
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| March 14 | COMMONWEALTH DAY |
| March/April | ACLALS (West Indian branch). The 30th Annual West Indian Literature Conference. Venue to be announced. |
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| April 26-30 | ACLALS. European ACLALS Triennial Conference. Under construction: gateways and walls. Istanbul, Turkey. |
| April-May (tbc) | CAM. Triennial General Assembly. Venue tba. |
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| June 29 | CYEC. Annual Forum and AGM. |
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| July | CASTME. Generator. Mauritius |
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| October | CHOGM. Perth, Western Australia. |
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| March 12 | COMMONWEALTH DAY |
| Date tbc | 18th
CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION MINISTERS (18CCEM). The Bahamas. |
| Date tbc | COL. The Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7). Venue tbc |
| Contacts/Key to acronyms (* = CCfE members, + = Associates) | TOP |
ACS* - Association of Commonwealth Studies email: michael.twaddle@sas.ac.uk
ACEAB* - Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies
ean21@cam.ac.uk
ACLALS* - Association of Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies
email: Ranjini.Mendis@kwantlen.ca
ACU* - Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk
BECM* - British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol www.empiremuseum.co.uk
BELMAS * - British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration
Societybuild-online.org.uk
CAM* - Commonwealth Association of Museums www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/
CAPA* - Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa polymis@swiftkenya.com
CASTME* - Commonwealth Association of Science, Mathematics & Technology
Teachers www.castme.org
CBC+ - Commonwealth Business Council www.cbcglobelink.org
CCE - Centre for Commonwealth Education, U.Cambridge www.commonwealth.org.uk/CentreForCE/ci
CCEAM* - Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management
www.cceam.org
CCEM - Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers
www.15ccem.org and www.16ccem.org
CCfE - Commonwealth Consortium for Education www.commonwealtheducation.org
CCL - Commonwealth Countries
League www.ccl-int.org
CCLEF - Commonwealth Countries' League Education Fund www.ccl-int.org.uk
CEC* - Council for Education in the Commonwealth www.cecomm.org.uk
CET Commonwealth Eduction
Trust www.commonwealth-institute.org
CF - Commonwealth Foundation www.commonwealthfoundation.com
CHEC* - Commonwealth Human Ecology Council www.chec-hq.org
CHOGM - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CI+ - Commonwealth Institute www.commonwealth.org.uk
COL - Commonwealth of Learning
www.col.org
ComSec- Commonwealth Secretariat www.thecommonwealth.org
CPSU* - Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit www.cpsu.org.uk
CRT+ - Commonwealth Rel;ations Trust (of the Nuffield Foundation) www.nuffieldfoundation.org)
CSCUK - Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
www.cscuk.org.uk
CSFP - Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
CTG + - Commonwealth Teachers' Group
CUSAC - Commonwealth Universities Study abroad Consortium www.acu.ac.uk/cusac
CYEC+ - Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council www.cyec.org.uk
ESU* - The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth www.esu..org
ICS* - Institute of Commonwealth Studies www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies
LCD* - Link Community Development www.lcd.org.uk
LECT* - League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers www.lect.org.uk
NAEAP - Nigerian Association for Educational Administration and Planning
www.naeap.net
RCEAM - Rajasthan Council for Educational Administration and Management
RCS+ - Royal Commonwealth Society www.rcsint.org
ROSL+ - Royal Over-Seas League www.rosl.org.uk
UCEAM - Ugandan Council for Educational Administration and Management
VUSSC - Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth www.col.org/vussc
This Calendar is compiled on behalf of the Commonwealth
Consortium for Education by
Peter R. C. Williams Hon. Sec., Commonwealth Consortium for Education, www.commonwealtheducation.org
Personal contacts: peterrcwilliams@onetel.com
Telephone: +44 (0)1306 501788
PLEASE ADVISE THE COMPILER OF ANY APPROPRIATE EVENTS
FOR INCLUSION.
THE NEXT EDITION OF THE CALENDAR IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE IN OCTOBER 2010.