Month: April 2022

U Oxford: Diplomatic Studies (UK)

“JobAssistant Course Manager (Diplomatic Studies Programme),
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK. Deadline: 13 April 2022.

The Department for Continuing Education is seeking to appoint an Assistant Course Manager to be responsible for leading the smooth administration of the Diplomatic Studies Programme (DSP). The DSP comprises a number of postgraduate courses designed primarily for professional diplomats. You will ensure the efficient and effective administration of all key processes for the DSP in line with departmental and University requirements. The role includes daily contact with some 30-40 full-time students per year from all over the world. It offers the opportunity to accompany the students on their annual study tours within the UK and in continental Europe.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience of student administration within Higher Education or a similar environment, together with strong team work skills, significant experience of supervising staff, and excellent standards of accuracy. You also need excellent communication skills, including a high degree of intercultural communicative competence, and experience of conveying detailed and complex policies and procedures.

Intercultural Cities: Building Bridges not Walls

Applied ICD

Bogdanovic, N., & Wilson, R. (2022).  Mediterranean Intercultural Cities Network: Youth – sport – inclusion 2021. Intercultural Cities Unit, Council of Europe.

“The Intercultural Cities of Limassol, Haifa, and Ioannina, supported by the Intercultural Cities programme of the Council of Europe, have jointly worked during 2021 on unlocking the potential of sports for intercultural inclusion, in terms both of policy and practice…While sport can be a force for division where competition aligns with ethnic or other fault lines, it can be a much more positive factor for integration for a number of reasons.”

This example shows how sports – even competitive sports – can be a vehicle to develop overlapping solidarities among diverse individuals in a globalised world. It reminds us that while ‘identity politics’ can divide people into antagonistic groups in fact our identity is what makes each of us unique: we are all complex combinations of different elements. And so, the commonalities of interest which sport engenders can bring the most unlikely individuals together and build bridges when others want to build walls.