Hear more on intercultural competence in new speaker series

Have you ever considered how your culture and the community you live in shapes your identity, values, beliefs and preferences?

Developing your intercultural competence is arguably one of the most valuable skills you can develop for the modern workplace.

World-renowned Emeritus Professor Mike Byram is the inaugural guest in the Distinguished Speaker Series from the OU’s School of Languages and Applied Linguistics on Thursday 17 February (13:00).

You will learn more about what it means to be interculturally competent and why an ‘internationalist’ approach to working across cultures might be exactly what we all need!

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May 21

CVSL Conference 2026: Voluntary Sector Leadership - what next?

Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 10:00 to 16:30

The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Join us at this year’s annual conference as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of CVSL. Together we’ll reflect on a decade of impact and look ahead to the next ten years, featuring insights and reflections from former CVSL directors.

Sep 2

Caring Feminisms Across Borders Conference

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 09:00 to Friday, September 4, 2026 - 17:00

University of Donja Gorica, Oktoih 1, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro

This academic conference hopes to draw feminist scholars, activists and communities together to consider what caring feminism across borders might mean now and for the future.

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