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UKSCS conference grapples with question of co-operative growth

The conference included contributions from Cooperatives Europe, Co-operatives UK and Co-operative Alternatives

‘Co-ops will be the best-kept secret no more!’

Nicholas Milton reports on the recent online international symposium on Co‑op Identity and Energizing the Co‑op…

Symposium looks for ways to energise the co-op brand

'We’re in a time of poly crisis ... so it feels like a really important time…

HF Holidays funds outdoor kits for 10 English primary schools

'“For many families, the cost of waterproofs and wellies are simply out of reach, meaning children…

Members vote to dissolve the UK’s Co-operative College

'We've educated generations of co-operators ... but nostalgia alone doesn't educate a movement'

Funding crisis stops Barefoot co-op training in its tracks

Specialist advisor Suzanne Orchard warns the root problem is a lack of funding to the co-operative…

What next for co-op education? Lessons from Icbec

Colin Talbot looks at the International Co-operative Business Education Consortium, which features on the next Co-op…

Cataloguing the long legacy of the UK’s Co-op College

Proposals to wind up the UK’s Co-operative College will bring to a sad end a vibrant…

Lessons in education from the Cooperative University of Kenya

We speak to Prof. Kamau Ngamau, vice chancellor of the Cooperative University of Kenya, about its…

Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education

In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives

Co-op College announces meeting to vote on winding up 

Remaining funds would be transferred to a different charity, which would use the funds to make…

USDA issues $250k grant to farm co-op scheme to supply veg to schools

Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative will supply minimally processed produce to schools throughout the state