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Development Education Links

Development Education Association - Umbrella body to raise awareness and understanding of global development issues in the UK. Comprehensive directory of resources for all education sectors.
Development Education Project - Provided by Manchester Development Education Centre, and includes activities and resources for classroom use (some on-line) to develop a global perspective.
The Global Teacher Project - Working with universities to bring global perspectives to teacher training and classroom curricula. Information on resources, training and newsletter.
One World Week - An international movement organising local events to celebrate, learn and act for a fairer world. Information about programme and activities.
Worldaware - Organisation raising awareness of international development issues. Information on its activities and resources to support teachers in development education, and its publications.
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It's just that they need more supervision. -- Lynn To keep your marriage brimming With love in the marriage cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it, Whenever you're right, shut up. -- Nash To keep your marriage brimming With love in the marriage cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it, Whenever you're right, shut up. -- Nash "Someday there will be girls and women whose name will no longer mean the mere opposite of the male, but something in itself, something that makes one think not of any compliment and limit, but only o Cute little babies that fall out of swings - These are a few of my favourite things. -- Oscar Hammerstein, working lyric for a piece from "The Sound of Music" Development Education A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. -- Walter Winchell There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job. -- George Crane "What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul." 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(Mel Ziegler, founder of Banana Republic) If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. -- Albert Einstein "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." (Helen Keller) Development Education Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. -- Oscar Wilde Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. -- Mark Russell The days just before marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book. Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner. -- Amy Bloom Development Education I'll sleep when I'm dead. - Warren Zevon "By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. 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