This article, published in the NECE Newsletter 02/11, addresses the responses in the Norwegian society to the terror attack on 07/22 and the consequences for future work in Citizenship Education

This paper explores the links between schools and voluntary sector organisations with particular reference to Citizenship Education. It will benefit schools and teachers who are looking to draw on the resources and expertise of the voluntary sector. The paper explores ways in which the two sectors could work better and closer together. It also considers the mutual benefits that schools and voluntary sector organisations can gain when they work together.It suggests that when school and voluntary sector partnerships are strong they can help enrich the citizenship education experience of students.

This resource has some stories and dilemmas which may be used by primary or secondary practitioners. Each story has a theme linked to moral character (explicit in the title) and may be utilized to encourage children to make the right decision in certain dilemmas. Each story can be used with a particular year group or in whole school situations such as Key Stage, Phase or Whole School assemblies.

We do not learn and teach languages simply so that pupils are able to converse when they go to the country: language learning is far more than that. It is through learning a foreign language that we grow in our ability to understand our own language and culture, and for many pupils it is the first, and possibly only, opportunity to explore the world through the eyes and ears of another. It is also a time when pupils recognise that they might even be that "other".

Education for Democratic Citizenship is a subject that has achieved significant prominence and interest within the Council of Europe and individual member states. The resulting increase has led to the widening of the debate and the inclusion on new partners in the field. This glossary is offered as a tool to support the promotion of EDC policy in member States.