Students for Cooperation has put together a new in-depth guide giving a detailed overview of the role and responsibilities of a secretary in a student co-operative – though most of the guide applies to non-student co-ops as well. It is aimed at secretaries and any other members of a co-op carrying out secretarial tasks. The …
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We’ll be hosting an online co-op get-together at 6pm on Weds 12th October 2022. It’ll be a relatively casual affair bringing together student co-operators from across the movement (food co-ops, housing co-ops etc.) to hear about one another’s work, ask for advice, and share ideas. All are welcome! Any questions? Then email [email protected] There’s also …
We’re really excited about the upcoming Co-operative Ways Forward conference in Manchester on the 20th and 21st of October. The focus of the two-day event is co-operative and community-led responses to the climate crisis. Students for Cooperation will have a presence at the event – it will be a great opportunity to meet up with …
An update from the Students for Cooperation national gathering held in Edinburgh in April 2022.
The Students for Cooperation 2022 Annual General Meeting will be taking place at 6.30 pm on the 18th of May 2022 via Zoom.
We’ll be hosting an online co-op get together at 6pm on Weds 2nd March 2022. It’ll be a relatively casual affair bringing together student co-operators from across the movement (food co-ops, housing co-ops etc.) to hear about one another’s work, ask for advice, share ideas and feed into the planning of the national gathering in …
The first national student co-operative gathering in three years will be taking place in Edinburgh from the 1st-3rd April. Join us in Edinburgh for a weekend of training, workshops, brainstorming and a general meeting. Aimed at student co-operators and those interested in the co-operative movement. All are welcome. Register here: https://nextcloud.eshc.coop/apps/forms/3RZxaK4QTK65xzxt Preliminary schedule as follows: …
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At long last, we can now offer co-ops who are members of Students for Cooperation free email and web hosting with @students.coop email addresses and .student.coop websites! Eg. [email protected] and hedgehog.students.coop. Inboxes can be accessed via webmail (Roundcube and Horde), as well as IMAP and POP so you can access it via Outlook, Thunderbird etc. …
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The old students.coop website was horrifically out of date and was developing some unhealthy glitches so we decided to start anew. The former front page was very dependent on news articles and blog posts, which we don’t produce enough of! So on the new front page, we are going to go first and foremost with …
Improving our communication In this section, we’ll explore what we can do to minimise conflict with others and deal with it effectively before it escalates. We will be looking at tools and skills to improve communication that will help to de-escalate a conflict. Conflict in the early stages can be de-escalated by rebuilding connection and …
