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In this issue of GSP News we are delighted to share with you the positive results of independent research into the impact of Global School Partnerships on global learning, which were published at the end of August. Go to Latest News to find out more about their findings.
 * || == Welcome to GSP News ==

In this newsletter, you can find out about the support available for your school at every stage of the partnership journey. Don’t know anything about Global School Partnerships? The Teacher Taster sessions are for you. Just want to get started? Find out about the Starter Grant. Interested in finding a partner? Take a look at the Partner Finding Country Conferences. Want to visit your partner school to plan curriculum work? See the deadline for the Reciprocal Visit grant? Want to develop your practice? Read about the opportunities to attend CPD workshops, online courses and for accreditation. All the information you need for your partnership, is right here. To keep up-to-date with breaking news and new event dates, keep visiting the Global School Partnerships website. || Independent research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) confirms that the Global School Partnerships (GSP) programme successfully supports schools in developing UK pupils’ understanding of the big global issues. // “The evidence from this research indicates that the GSP programme has made a significant positive impact on the learning and attitudes of girls and boys in primary and secondary schools throughout the UK.” // Read the full NFER report here || Find out about the support available to your school through the Starter Grant which can be used to cover training costs. View information on Starter Grant here || We want to bring you the most up to date information, particularly relevant to you and your partner school. As you enter the new academic year and re-establish the correspondence with your counterpart(s) at the partner school: The next and last deadline under the current programme, for the Reciprocal Visit grant is a rolling one. The Grants Team will be accepting applications from 1 November until 9th January 2012, with grant preparation support available in each region of Britain in the autumn term. Apply for RV grant here. Enhance your work and get inspiration from our participatory and online courses. Whilst participatory workshops provide invaluable opportunities for sharing experiences with others, the online courses provide flexibility and plenty of space for reflection. Keep an eye on our website for dates of events! || The Secretary of State for International Development of the UK Government would like to invite young people, who have been involved with DFID programmes through their school, to enter DFID’s Christmas card competition this year. The theme for this year's vibrant design is: How we can all work together to change lives and make the world a better place. More information and application form here. || We hope you have received your copy of Global Schools magazine. If not, you can download your copy here. We would really appreciate your feedback – so take two minutes to complete our survey. Fill in our quick survey here || The launch of British Council Schools Online, (formerly Global Gateway) offers a one stop shop for:
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 * || [[image:http://i4.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/news_thumb1.png width="120"]] || == Global School Partnerships has positive impact on UK pupils’ global learning ==
 * [[image:http://i7.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_2.194523.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == Does your school want to start exploring the benefits of school partnerships? ==
 * [[image:http://i8.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_5.194559.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == If you have registered your partnership with GSP in the last six months… ==
 * Actions and next steps**
 * Get back to regular communication
 * Exchange term date calendars of both schools for 2011/2012
 * If you haven’t started yet, initiate drafting a Partnership Agreement
 * Start or re-establish classroom project work – some ideas here, (always discuss which ideas will be beneficial for both schools and ensure both can equally participate in them)
 * Funding**
 * Professional development and networking opportunities**
 * [[image:http://i9.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_6.194651.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == DFID Christmas card competition ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_7.194719.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == Global Schools 2011 magazine survey ==
 * [[image:http://i1.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_3.194827.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == British Council Schools Online goes live! ==
 * Partner finding
 * The International School Award
 * Online forums and project spaces
 * Professional development and other resources

Global Gateway, International School Award online applications, eLanguages project spaces and Connecting Classrooms Online have moved to British Council Schools Online. Existing users do not need to take any action as your profile and login will remain unchanged Browse the British Council Schools Online website || || || || || > Reciprocal Visit grant deadline ||
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 * * ** 1st Nov 2011-9th Jan 2012 **
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 * * Ghana
 * * Ghana
 * Kenya
 * Malawi
 * Nigeria
 * Sierra Leone
 * South Africa
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Rwanda
 * Bangladesh
 * India
 * Nepal
 * Pakistan
 * Sri Lanka
 * Jamaica
 * Trinidad & Tobago

Nepal India || ||
 * **Country Newsletters**

Apply for RV grant between 1st November 2011 and 9th January 2012. More information and application form available here || Interested in finding a partner school in Nigeria, Bangladesh or Rwanda? Dates of Partner Finding Conferences in November are available now on the Global Schools website. These free one day conferences present an exciting opportunity for schools wanting to embark on a global school partnership. Experienced personnel from the UK and partner countries will be present to offer first hand experience, advice and information. Schools will leave the conferences with information and contact details for their new partner school. Early booking is advised. Please contact Sarah Hamlet at sarah@ukowla.org.uk or tel +44(0)1460 55449 for further information about any of the above events. Alternatively book online || These one day seminars are for schools and their local communities who want to form new global school partnerships. Schools will be supported by their local community as they go on to register their partnerships with Global School Partnerships - and beyond. Eight seminars have already been held across the UK in 2011, proving very popular with schools and communities. Further seminars are being run in Edinburgh on September 9th and in Newcastle on September 21st. See full details and book your place. || The orange flames of a traditional oil lamp signifying good luck lit up the hall as academics from the University of Colombo, officials from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education and Provincial Departments of Education, British Council and Global School Partnerships staff, and teachers, gathered for the official launch of the Diploma in Teacher Education for Global Learning at the British Council in Colombo. Read more || Eleven GSP teachers from a mix of rural and urban schools in Enugu State have just completed a residential two week course in global education and partnerships at the Institute of Education, University of Nigeria. Read more || Making a difference A few miles from Edinburgh, the pupils of Campie Primary School are engrossed by the television images of Burmese migrants being walked to refugee camps by armed Thai soldiers. Say Hei, a teacher from Thailand, sits with the children and their teachers in Campie, watching as the camera pans across the boarding houses where she and her children live together with 80 of her pupils from refugee families... Read full case study here || From touch down at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Monday 30 May 2011 till departure the following Monday the Islington local authority team of three never had a dull moment during their seven day visit to their link in Dutse, Nigeria, in May. Read full case study here || Keep us up to date with exciting partnership activities you have planned in advance and we can help secure recognition for your partnership through your local newspapers, radio and television. Whether it’s a visit to or from your partner school, a themed day at your school, a community initiative or a celebration event, contact Elizabeth.Bananuka@britishcouncil.org at least 2 weeks before your event or school visit. See below for partnership stories that were recently featured in the media. || Stanmore College, in Middlesex, and Rajagiri Public School, its partner school in India, plan to develop joint classroom-based projects via the internet focusing on human rights. Four teachers from Jamaica visited Scotland to get a taste of Scottish life and to observe the teaching methods and programme. A Kenyan Head teacher led an assembly and was involved in teaching classes at a South Devon school. Teachers from six Cumbrian schools were inspired by visits to their partner schools in the Akosombo region of Ghana. We want to hear from you about the work your partnership is doing for the December issue of GSP News. We would like to share your experience to encourage and inspire other partnerships. Tell us about Please send your partnership’s story to globalschools@britishcouncil.org by 7th November 2011 || There are currently three online courses that teachers can participate in at times that are convenient to them that cover each stage of the partnership journey: Introduction to GSP Equitable, diverse partnerships Sustainable partnerships Read teachers' experiences here. || **Share your recycling story with schools across the world!** GSP schools are welcome to share stories and pictures of their recycling/environment related initiatives through the Global Stories section of The Grand Banyan project, a mega paper recycling project for schools in India. The project is an initiative of the British Council in collaboration with the NGO I Love My Mother Earth (ILMME) Foundation. Selected international stories will be included in the cover design of the notebooks that will be produced from the recycled paper and distributed to less advantaged children. More information. || The Jubilee Time Capsule is a unique social archive of the 60 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Commonwealth Society wants to gather contributions from people all over the world about their lives and experiences. By March 2012, Queen Elizabeth will have reigned for over 22,000 days and they want to gather stories about each and every day. It will become a permanent archive for people to learn about life in The Commonwealth and the very best content will be launched in the presence of the Her Majesty The Queen used as part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 2011. More information || The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding in Seoul, Korea, is inviting submissions for their Story Collection Project. Through its project, the Centre has found story-telling to be one of the most effective methods in educating our children to grasp the many broad and abstract concepts of Education for International Understanding. Stories submitted before 30 September 2011 will be eligible for an award. More information. || This website is a guide to books, films, posters and web resources which support global, intercultural and environmental understanding for all age groups and subjects. From climate change to poverty, water to fair trade, you can find a huge range of teaching resources and background material. Visit Global Dimension site. || Rafi.ki is a moderated online learning community which helps schools and youth groups around the world to connect with one another for collaborative learning. Rafi.ki offers a safe and fully moderated environment for mutual exchange of work and ideas. Also available - lesson plans and educational resources on global issues, such as Climate Change, Global Health and Peace & Conflict to help you bring a global dimension into your classroom. Download resources and start connecting here. || The School Enterprise Challenge offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your school partnership by developing parallel, student-led businesses that will grow year on year. A cross-curricular enterprise project, it is a global competition with the goal of creating groups of globally aware, socially responsible young entrepreneurs. Teach A Man To Fish will provide you with a variety of resources to help you establish a sustainable school-based enterprise, and to integrate the project into your classes – no matter what subject you teach! More information, visit the School Enterprise Challenge website or send an e-mail || SoundAffects Education Topics are recorded audio of children in the global South describing the detail of their daily lives, and talking about how they’re affected by global issues ranging from Fairtrade to the HIV / AIDs epidemic. Read more in Sector Resources and Visit SoundAffects website. || Visit the full list of Sector Resources on the GSP website. ||
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 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_importantdates_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Reciprocal Visit grant deadline ==
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 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Partner Finding Conferences   ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Expanding Communities Partnerships Seminars  ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == A beacon of light ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Success: Certificate in Global Education and Partnerships in Nigeria ==
 * [[image:http://i1.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_featured_case_study.jpg width="679"]] ||
 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/casestudy_3.194939.jpg width="75" height="75"]] || == How to embed global education in the curriculum ==
 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/case_study_thumb.png width="77"]] || == Local Authority link - Islington meets Dutse, Nigeria ==
 * [[image:http://i8.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_school_partnerships_header.jpg width="679"]] ||
 * == Help with Press and PR ==
 * == Stanmore College links up with India ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Welcome to Wishaw for Jamaican teachers ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Pupils get taste of Africa thanks to exchange scheme ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Cumbrian teachers enjoy Ghana experience ==
 * Read more ** ||
 * == Share your stories in the next GSP News ==
 * How your partnership has contributed to a fairer and more sustainable world
 * What your partnership has done to raise awareness about health issues, such as HIV & AIDS, TB, malaria or water borne disease
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 * == PROGRAMME RESOURCES  ==
 * GSP on-line courses - get partnership support and new curriculum ideas !**
 * == SECTOR RESOURCES  ==
 * == Contributions wanted for the Jubilee Time Capsule ==
 * == Stories wanted on Education for International Understanding ==
 * == Visit Global Dimension for global learning resources ==
 * == Rafi.ki – online learning community ==
 * == The School Enterprise Challenge ==
 * == New Environmental Sustainability Resources recorded in Kenya available for download ==
 * == EVEN MORE RESOURCES... ==
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Independent research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) confirms that the Global School Partnerships (GSP) programme successfully supports schools in developing UK pupils’ understanding of the big global issues. // “The evidence from this research indicates that the GSP programme has made a significant positive impact on the learning and attitudes of girls and boys in primary and secondary schools throughout the UK.” // Read the full NFER report here || Find out about the support available to your school through the Starter Grant which can be used to cover training costs. View information on Starter Grant here || We want to bring you the most up to date information, particularly relevant to you and your partner school. As you enter the new academic year and re-establish the correspondence with your counterpart(s) at the partner school: The next and last deadline under the current programme, for the Reciprocal Visit grant is a rolling one. The Grants Team will be accepting applications from 1 November until 9th January 2012, with grant preparation support available in each region of Britain in the autumn term. Apply for RV grant here. Enhance your work and get inspiration from our participatory and online courses. Whilst participatory workshops provide invaluable opportunities for sharing experiences with others, the online courses provide flexibility and plenty of space for reflection. Keep an eye on our website for dates of events! || The Secretary of State for International Development of the UK Government would like to invite young people, who have been involved with DFID programmes through their school, to enter DFID’s Christmas card competition this year. The theme for this year's vibrant design is: How we can all work together to change lives and make the world a better place. More information and application form here. || We hope you have received your copy of Global Schools magazine. If not, you can download your copy here. We would really appreciate your feedback – so take two minutes to complete our survey. Fill in our quick survey here || The launch of British Council Schools Online, (formerly Global Gateway) offers a one stop shop for:
 * || [[image:http://i3.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_latest_news.jpg width="494"]] ||
 * || [[image:http://i4.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/news_thumb1.png width="120"]] || == Global School Partnerships has positive impact on UK pupils’ global learning ==
 * [[image:http://i7.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_2.194523.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == Does your school want to start exploring the benefits of school partnerships? ==
 * [[image:http://i8.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_5.194559.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == If you have registered your partnership with GSP in the last six months… ==
 * Actions and next steps**
 * Get back to regular communication
 * Exchange term date calendars of both schools for 2011/2012
 * If you haven’t started yet, initiate drafting a Partnership Agreement
 * Start or re-establish classroom project work – some ideas here, (always discuss which ideas will be beneficial for both schools and ensure both can equally participate in them)
 * Funding**
 * Professional development and networking opportunities**
 * [[image:http://i9.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_6.194651.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == DFID Christmas card competition ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_7.194719.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == Global Schools 2011 magazine survey ==
 * [[image:http://i1.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/news_3.194827.jpg width="111" height="111"]] || == British Council Schools Online goes live! ==
 * Partner finding
 * The International School Award
 * Online forums and project spaces
 * Professional development and other resources

Global Gateway, International School Award online applications, eLanguages project spaces and Connecting Classrooms Online have moved to British Council Schools Online. Existing users do not need to take any action as your profile and login will remain unchanged Browse the British Council Schools Online website ||  ||   ||   ||  || > Reciprocal Visit grant deadline ||
 * [[image:http://i9.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/important_dates_right.jpg width="179"]] ||
 * * ** 1st Nov 2011-9th Jan 2012 **
 * [[image:http://i5.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/latest_events_right.jpg width="179"]] ||
 * * Ghana
 * * Ghana


 * Kenya


 * Malawi


 * Nigeria


 * Sierra Leone


 * South Africa


 * Tanzania


 * Uganda


 * Zambia


 * Rwanda


 * Bangladesh


 * India


 * Nepal


 * Pakistan


 * Sri Lanka


 * Jamaica


 * Trinidad & Tobago

Nepal India ||  ||
 * **Country Newsletters**

Apply for RV grant between 1st November 2011 and 9th January 2012. More information and application form available here || Interested in finding a partner school in Nigeria, Bangladesh or Rwanda? Dates of Partner Finding Conferences in November are available now on the Global Schools website. These free one day conferences present an exciting opportunity for schools wanting to embark on a global school partnership. Experienced personnel from the UK and partner countries will be present to offer first hand experience, advice and information. Schools will leave the conferences with information and contact details for their new partner school. Early booking is advised. Please contact Sarah Hamlet at sarah@ukowla.org.uk or tel +44(0)1460 55449 for further information about any of the above events. Alternatively book online || These one day seminars are for schools and their local communities who want to form new global school partnerships. Schools will be supported by their local community as they go on to register their partnerships with Global School Partnerships - and beyond. Eight seminars have already been held across the UK in 2011, proving very popular with schools and communities. Further seminars are being run in Edinburgh on September 9th and in Newcastle on September 21st. See full details and book your place. || The orange flames of a traditional oil lamp signifying good luck lit up the hall as academics from the University of Colombo, officials from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education and Provincial Departments of Education, British Council and Global School Partnerships staff, and teachers, gathered for the official launch of the Diploma in Teacher Education for Global Learning at the British Council in Colombo. Read more || Eleven GSP teachers from a mix of rural and urban schools in Enugu State have just completed a residential two week course in global education and partnerships at the Institute of Education, University of Nigeria. Read more || Making a difference A few miles from Edinburgh, the pupils of Campie Primary School are engrossed by the television images of Burmese migrants being walked to refugee camps by armed Thai soldiers. Say Hei, a teacher from Thailand, sits with the children and their teachers in Campie, watching as the camera pans across the boarding houses where she and her children live together with 80 of her pupils from refugee families... Read full case study here || From touch down at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Monday 30 May 2011 till departure the following Monday the Islington local authority team of three never had a dull moment during their seven day visit to their link in Dutse, Nigeria, in May. Read full case study here || Keep us up to date with exciting partnership activities you have planned in advance and we can help secure recognition for your partnership through your local newspapers, radio and television. Whether it’s a visit to or from your partner school, a themed day at your school, a community initiative or a celebration event, contact Elizabeth.Bananuka@britishcouncil.org at least 2 weeks before your event or school visit. See below for partnership stories that were recently featured in the media. || Stanmore College, in Middlesex, and Rajagiri Public School, its partner school in India, plan to develop joint classroom-based projects via the internet focusing on human rights. Four teachers from Jamaica visited Scotland to get a taste of Scottish life and to observe the teaching methods and programme. A Kenyan Head teacher led an assembly and was involved in teaching classes at a South Devon school. Teachers from six Cumbrian schools were inspired by visits to their partner schools in the Akosombo region of Ghana. We want to hear from you about the work your partnership is doing for the December issue of GSP News. We would like to share your experience to encourage and inspire other partnerships. Tell us about Please send your partnership’s story to globalschools@britishcouncil.org by 7th November 2011 || There are currently three online courses that teachers can participate in at times that are convenient to them that cover each stage of the partnership journey: Introduction to GSP Equitable, diverse partnerships Sustainable partnerships Read teachers' experiences here. || **Share your recycling story with schools across the world!** GSP schools are welcome to share stories and pictures of their recycling/environment related initiatives through the Global Stories section of The Grand Banyan project, a mega paper recycling project for schools in India. The project is an initiative of the British Council in collaboration with the NGO I Love My Mother Earth (ILMME) Foundation. Selected international stories will be included in the cover design of the notebooks that will be produced from the recycled paper and distributed to less advantaged children. More information. || The Jubilee Time Capsule is a unique social archive of the 60 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Commonwealth Society wants to gather contributions from people all over the world about their lives and experiences. By March 2012, Queen Elizabeth will have reigned for over 22,000 days and they want to gather stories about each and every day. It will become a permanent archive for people to learn about life in The Commonwealth and the very best content will be launched in the presence of the Her Majesty The Queen used as part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 2011. More information || The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding in Seoul, Korea, is inviting submissions for their Story Collection Project. Through its project, the Centre has found story-telling to be one of the most effective methods in educating our children to grasp the many broad and abstract concepts of Education for International Understanding. Stories submitted before 30 September 2011 will be eligible for an award. More information. || This website is a guide to books, films, posters and web resources which support global, intercultural and environmental understanding for all age groups and subjects. From climate change to poverty, water to fair trade, you can find a huge range of teaching resources and background material. Visit Global Dimension site. || Rafi.ki is a moderated online learning community which helps schools and youth groups around the world to connect with one another for collaborative learning. Rafi.ki offers a safe and fully moderated environment for mutual exchange of work and ideas. Also available - lesson plans and educational resources on global issues, such as Climate Change, Global Health and Peace & Conflict to help you bring a global dimension into your classroom. Download resources and start connecting here. || The School Enterprise Challenge offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your school partnership by developing parallel, student-led businesses that will grow year on year. A cross-curricular enterprise project, it is a global competition with the goal of creating groups of globally aware, socially responsible young entrepreneurs. Teach A Man To Fish will provide you with a variety of resources to help you establish a sustainable school-based enterprise, and to integrate the project into your classes – no matter what subject you teach! More information, visit the School Enterprise Challenge website or send an e-mail || SoundAffects Education Topics are recorded audio of children in the global South describing the detail of their daily lives, and talking about how they’re affected by global issues ranging from Fairtrade to the HIV / AIDs epidemic. Read more in Sector Resources and Visit SoundAffects website. || Visit the full list of Sector Resources on the GSP website. || =Projects: A better way to work in classroom groups= By [|Carole] | Published: August 31, 2011 Several months ago, we locked our programmers away in a secret laboratory with a single, all-consuming directive: find a better way for wiki members to do independent classroom group work. We’re calling this new feature //**Projects**//. Whenever you have a particular assignment or activity, you can create a project for it, then define teams of members, each with its own unique pages, files, and permissions. Team content (that is, pages and files) are grouped together, separate from the main area of the wiki. That way, students in teams can do their group work completely independently from other teams. As of today, projects are available on all Education-plan wikis (both K-12 and higher education), Plus- and Super-plan wikis that are categorized as Education, and all education Private Label sites. Projects have been built specifically for classroom work, so we are rolling them out to our education customers only. If you’re curious about how Projects work, check out our project [|help documentation] — or keep reading. If you’re an organizer of your wiki, it’s up to you to create and manage projects. As long as you’re logged in as wiki organizer, you’ll see the **Projects** icon in your action menu. Click on it to view, manage, and create projects on your wiki. //Creating a project// //Assigning teams// When you create your project, you have four choices about how to assign teams: No matter how you assign teams, you can always rearrange them later. You can even rearrange team memberships while the project is active, as many times as you want: As organizer, you and any other organizers on your wiki will be considered team leaders of all teams. You will not appear on the member list for any individual team, but you will have access to all teams and team pages. //Managing permissions// You have several options for team-level permission settings: You can change these permissions at any time. Just go to **Projects**, click on the project name, then click on the permissions link for the team you want to change. Remember that custom team permissions overrule wiki permissions. For example, if your wiki is set to private, but your custom team settings include “Everyone can view pages,” even people without membership to your private wiki will have access to pages on that team. Custom team permissions do **not** overrule Private Label site settings. If you’re a member of a wiki, you’ll only see the **Projects** icon if you’ve been assigned as a member of a team on an active project. Once you have been assigned to a team, you’ll see a list of the teams you belong to, and can follow those links to the home page for that team. //Adding pages// When your team is brand new, there’s nothing in it but a home page. As you work, though, you’ll probably want to add more pages. To add a new page, just click the **New Page** icon in the action menu. This will create a new page on the team (not on the main area of the wiki), so it will be protected by the same permissions as the rest of the team. To see a list of the pages on your team, just go to **Manage team** > **Pages**. //Adding files// Your team also has a special set of files, separate from the files for the main area of the wiki. If you upload a file while editing a team page, it’ll be added to the files for that team. To see a list of the files in your team (and upload more files), just go to **Manage team** > **Files**.
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 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_importantdates_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Reciprocal Visit grant deadline ==
 * [[image:http://i8.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_gsp_events_header.jpg width="679"]] ||
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Partner Finding Conferences ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Expanding Communities Partnerships Seminars ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == A beacon of light ==
 * [[image:http://i10.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/gsp_events_thumb1.png width="77"]] || == Success: Certificate in Global Education and Partnerships in Nigeria ==
 * [[image:http://i1.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/maintxt_featured_case_study.jpg width="679"]] ||
 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ei/r/71/444/5F9/csimport/casestudy_3.194939.jpg width="75" height="75"]] || == How to embed global education in the curriculum ==
 * [[image:http://i2.cmail4.com/ti/r/34/B5B/090/200204/images/case_study_thumb.png width="77"]] || == Local Authority link - Islington meets Dutse, Nigeria ==
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 * == Help with Press and PR ==
 * == Stanmore College links up with India ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Welcome to Wishaw for Jamaican teachers ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Pupils get taste of Africa thanks to exchange scheme ==
 * Read the full article ** ||
 * == Cumbrian teachers enjoy Ghana experience ==
 * Read more ** ||
 * == Share your stories in the next GSP News ==
 * How your partnership has contributed to a fairer and more sustainable world
 * What your partnership has done to raise awareness about health issues, such as HIV & AIDS, TB, malaria or water borne disease
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 * == PROGRAMME RESOURCES ==
 * GSP on-line courses - get partnership support and new curriculum ideas !**
 * == SECTOR RESOURCES ==
 * == Contributions wanted for the Jubilee Time Capsule ==
 * == Stories wanted on Education for International Understanding ==
 * == Visit Global Dimension for global learning resources ==
 * == Rafi.ki – online learning community ==
 * == The School Enterprise Challenge ==
 * == New Environmental Sustainability Resources recorded in Kenya available for download ==
 * == EVEN MORE RESOURCES... ==
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