News and Events

 

 

Future meetings will be as follows:

 

 

All meetings will be held in the Town Hall.

 

Contact: Mike Smith

 

 

The Executive will be discussing arrangements for winding up SILC in its present form at their meeting in January.  If readers have any comments on this process please contact the Secretary.

 

N.B.  By resolution SILC will cease to exist following the AGM.

 

 

The Lord Mayor’s Reception for Overseas Students at Sheffield College, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield University will be held on Wednesday 15th February at 6.30 pm.  This is by invitation only.

 

Annual Schools’ Day will be held in 2009 on March 20th in the Town Hall.  Invitations to participate will be sent to schools in January.

 

 

A successful event, attended by about 40 people took place at the Development Education Centre, South Yorkshire on October 11th 2008.  Presentations were in considerable variety from a varied group of organisations including CAFOD, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, King Edward VII School and Language College, Languages Sheffield, Sheffield Esteli Society, Sheffield University Education Dept, Sheffield University students, Sheffield-Venezuela Information Centre and Wales High School.

 

Countries where projects are taking place and featured in the Seminar included Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Venezuela

 

Write-ups of some of the presentations can be found on the Development Education Centre (South Yorkshire) website. 

 

 

The Secretary spoke to a Council Committee on November 10th about the need for Sheffield to have an international strategy.  Other presentations on a similar theme were given by people from Creative Sheffield where a post of International Officer (Daniel Klemm) has been established.  SILC was one of the organisations contributing during a recent review of Sheffield’s International needs led by Creative Sheffield.

 

Mike Smith

Secretary,

Sheffield International Linking Committee

November 2008