STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERING AND SOCIAL ACTION: 1960-2000

WITNESS SEMINAR
24 June 2010 | 2.00-5.00 | NCVO, Regent’s wharf, london
Register to attend at http://groupspaces.com/studenthubs/item/63438


A witness seminar brings together key individuals in a chosen field to discuss and debate issues as they remember them.
This witness seminar will consider the history of volunteering and social action by university students in Britain between 1960 and 2000. Topics will include Student Community Action, NUS, Student Volunteering England and campaigning.


Confirmed witnesses include Alan Barr - 1960s; Mike Day - 1970s; Mike Aitken - 1980s; Graham Allcott - 1990s; Kelly Drake - 1990s.


This is part of the Students, Volunteering and Social Action: Histories and Policies project convened by Student Hubs and the Institute for Volunteering Research. For more details see www.studentvolunteeringhistory.org
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We intend to host a one-day symposium in December 2010 on the topic. Those interested in speaking or attending should contact us.

There may be papers of interest at the Voluntary History Society Conference in July. Details should be released in February