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Is a university the solution for the Third Sector?

Third Sector Magazine editorial by Stephen Cook in April 2008

OTS hears call for sector university

Third sector magazine reports on PrimeTimers' briefing of the Office of the Third Sector regarding the creation of a university for civil society.

articles

What Kind of University for the Third Sector?
by Martin Albrow, Mary Chadwick and Brent Thomas, September 2006.

Agenda For Change in the Third Sector?

As part of its thought leadership activities PrimeTimers held a cross-sector conference in September 2005, entitled 'Leveraging business skills for the third sector.' Amongst the challenges for the third sector was an invitation for organisations to join together to campaign for an integrated lifelong learning approach to third sector education with the question.

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Is a university the solution for the Third Sector?

A report on an evening debate that took place on 14 April 2008

reports

The Case for a Civil Society University - a PrimeTimers Inquiry: A Preliminary Report

In November 2006 PrimeTimers undertook an initial assessment of the support for the possible establishment of a new civil society university. Interviews were conducted with 15 leading representatives from a diversity of third sector organisations. The support received as a result of these interviews encouraged PrimeTimers to continue to support and develop the concept. Click here to read the full report.