Seminars

Recognised for promoting the value of knowledge sharing, the Seminars that the Arkleton Trust hosts bring together people from all over the world with rural concerns to discuss and exchange views. We meet as individuals, sharing a common concern, so the seminar takes the form of a round table debate under Chatham House rules.

Prior to a Seminar the Trust prepares a paper, which reflects upon major issues recently raised, and what they mean, provided by our fellows, awardees and trustees. Furthermore, at the seminar the Trust is interested in hearing the views of the invitees (not their organisations), bringing together the participants to discuss commonalities in opportunities and challenges in their rural communities and discuss common thematic issues.  As with all Arkleton Seminars there will be external invitees to participate with a view to transferring the lessons from the grassroots level to the academic and policy arenas.  This offers a valuable opportunity to policy makers and academics to hear first hand from rural practitioners.

Rural Resilience and Insecurity Seminar 2017

24th April - 1st May 2017

  The seminar, hosted at Sandele Eco Retreat and Learning Centre in The Gambia (www.sandele.com), was split into two parts. Arkleton Trust hosted the first three days. An issues paper had been prepared in advance formed from information provided by the awardees who had been involved in recent exchange trips.  The issues paper reflected upon…


Rural Development in an Age of Austerity Seminar, 2012

Seminar report by Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill

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Community Adaptation to Climate Change Seminar, 2010

Seminar report by Julia Gottwald, Franziska Mannke, Hayato Kobyashi, Carol Kambites, Hilda Zara

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A cross civilisation dialogue of the effects of climatic change on rural communities – how can we dance together again? – Seminar, 2007

Seminar report by Rhona Barr, Christopher Madine

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Communities – Potential champions of their own destinies? – Seminar, 2002

Seminar report by Malcolm Moseley

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“Working with Rural Communities and with Bureaucracies” Seminar, 2001

Seminar report by Rhys Evans

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Rural Development and the WTO Trade Talks – Seminar, 1998

Seminar report by Luka Juvancic, John Bryden

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Towards an Integrated Rural Policy for the UK – Seminar, 1997

Seminar report by John Bryden

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Implications of the Information Highway for Rural Development and Education – Seminar, 1995

Seminar report by John Bryden, Tony Fuller, Frank Rennie

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Rural Poverty and Deprivation in Europe – From Analysis to Action, Seminar, 1990

Seminar report by Dr James Hunter

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Supporting and Animating Community-based Rural Development in Europe – Some lessons for Scotland? – Seminar, 1989

1998

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Partners for Welfare – examined the role which churches and clergy could play in rural development and rural communities’ expectations of their churches – Seminar, 1988

Seminar report by James Barnett

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New Technology and Rural Development Seminar, 1986

Seminar report by John Bryden, Tony Fuller

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Part-Time Farming in the Rural Development of Industrialised Countries, Seminar, 1983

Seminar report by Keith Abercrombie

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Institutional Approaches to Rural Development in Europe, Seminar, 1982

1982

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Can Education Change Rural Fortunes? A seminar on Education The Farmer and Rural Change, 1980

1980

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Disadvantaged Rural Europe – development issues and approaches, Seminar, 1979

Seminar report by David Moore

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Educating for the Year 2000 – Agricultural Education and Training in the European Community, Seminar, 1978

Seminar report by David Moore

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Rural community strategies for managing the economic and social impacts of climate change, Seminar 2007

Seminar report by Rhon

Seminar Report 2007

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