Students for Cooperation, a network of student co-operatives across the UK, has launched a new website – www.students.coop. www.students.coop aims to act as a central hub for student co-operation movement. The site features news and updates from student co-ops, a library of useful resources, profiles of every UK student co-op, and a micro social network …
The Co-operative Enterprise Hub, which provides significant support to fledgling co-ops, has suspended its application process pending a review by its beleaguered parent company, The Co-operative Group. More info can be found via the Co-operative News.
Aberdeen University’s new food co-operative, The Corner, has won NUS Scotland’s annual Innovation & Enterprise Award.
Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative has successfully recruited 106 members to live in the co-operative from September. Lucy Eskell, a medical student at Edinburgh University and one of the co-operatives co-founders, said “The quality and quantity of applicants was overwhelming. It was incredibly difficult to make the final cut from such a talented pool of passionate individuals.”
In June 2013 the initial meeting of student co-operatives was held in Leeds to go over the first steps of creating the Students For Co-operation network. The event was hosted by members of Leeds Green Action and had participants from Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds and Sheffield in attendance. MinutesStudents For Co-operation Founding Meeting, Leeds 16/06/13 …
Co-operative News has launched a student’s guide to starting a co-operative. The guide provides an overview of the key steps to be taken by anyone starting a student co-operative, alongside case studies and videos. The guide has been sponsored by Co-operative Education Trust Scotland (CETS), an organisation working to embed co-operative values and principles and the …
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The Students For Co-operation Founding Conference brought together, for the first time delegates from across the country to discuss the direction of the new organisation, get to know each other, and participate in a whole host of valuable and in depth workshops. Modelled on the NASCO Institute which occurs every year in Ann Arbor Michigan, …
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