1. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship
Henry Maitles
University of the West of Scotland

2. Global Citizenship: UN Convention
on Human Rights
Global Citizenship, June 2013

3. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Never Again
‘I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what
no man should witness. Gas chambers built by learned
engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians.
Infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot
and burned by high school and college graduates. So, I am
suspicious of education. My request is: help your students
become more human. Your efforts must never produce
learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated
Eichmanns. Reading, writing, Arithmetic are important
only if they serve to make our children more humane’.
Global Citizenship: humanity

4. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship: democracy

5. Democracy – Tahrir Square
Global Citizenship, June 2013

6. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship: enterprise?

7. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship: social justice

8. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship: equality

9. Global Citizenship: racism
Global Citizenship, June 2013

10. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship:Islamophobia

11. Global Citizenship: rights
and responsibilities
Global Citizenship, June 2013

12. Global Citizenship, June 2013
R.E.S.P.E.C.T

13. Global Citizenship:
Responsibility of all
Global Citizenship, June 2013
Consideration of GC issues should be part of
re-validation/SHR processes. Programmes will be
expected to show that their students will be
Developing global citizenship understandings. A
Template to allow this to become embedded in our
programmes should be developed for use in session
13-14, taking into account our regulatory and quality
frameworks.

14. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Global Citizenship: main themes
Knowledge and Understanding
•Social Justice
•Diversity
•Globalisation
•Sustainability
•Peace and Conflict
Skills
•Critical thinking
•Ability to argue effectively
•Ability to challenge injustice
•Ability to act and participate in
the community
Values and Attitudes
•Sense of identity and self esteem
•Empathy
•Commitment to social justice
•Respect for diversity
•Concern for the environment
•Belief that people can make a difference
(OXFAM: A curriculum for global
citizenship)

15. Global Citizenship: beyond the core
• we will develop for session 2014-15 (piloted in trimester
2, 2014) an optional module on global citizenship.
• we will develop a UWS certificate comprising of 3 20-
credit level 7 modules to be undertaken voluntarily by
students over the course of their studies at UWS. One
possibility would be the new module, the one piloted by
HNM/HEA and a specific SAUWS organized one.
These will be facilitated by an SFC
funded
Secondment. Global Citizenship, June 2013

16. Global Citizenship: embedding
Modern Languages
• a fixed term appointment funded by
SFC will take this forward in discussions
with all schools and programmes.
• Linked to this, we are taking forward
opportunities to develop shorter
‘working abroad’ experiences for
students.
•
Global Citizenship, June 2013

17. Global Citizenship, June 2013
Education for Citizenship:
butterfly or caterpillar?
‘Adding wings to caterpillars does not create
butterflies - it creates awkward and
disfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are
created through transformation’
(Stephanie Pace Marshall (1996)