Leo Hickman is returning to Oxford! Plus news of new Speaker Training dates confirmed, a new webpage dedicated to COIN workshops/training and specialist speakers, an intern recruitment update plus the COIN Staff webpage updated...

Leo Hickman will be launching his new book, 'The Final Call: in search of the true cost of our holidays' at the Vaults & Garden Organic Cafe on June 4th 2007, 7-9pm. Tickets (£5/£3 concs) will be available shortly from Blackwell's Bookshop Customer Services Desk. For more information, see our Projects drop-down and click on 'Speaker Events 2007'. Will at the Vaults will be serving up a selection of delicious organic food from 6.30pm, so please come hungry!

‘Excellent. One of the clearest and most sobering analyses I've ever seen of the environmental, social, and economic damage done by tourism...This is a necessary book.’Philip Pullman

The Speaker Training webpage has bee updated and we have new Speaker Training dates - one in Oxford on Saturday June 16th (note this date has changed) - and one in Exeter on Friday June 29th. Book now as places are limited! See our Projects drop-down and click on 'Speaker Training' for details.

COIN has a new webpage dedicated to the range of workshops and training we can offer, as well a growing number of specialist speakers. To find the page, go to the Projects drop-down and click on 'COIN workshops and specialist speakers'.

COIN has now closed the application process for Interns and hopes to announce its new interns once the recruitment process is complete at the end of the month.

The COIN Staff webpage is now up-to-date - take a look and meet our new Executive Director, Tim Baster, by clicking on 'Staff & Volunteers' in the About Us drop-down.

Old May news

The COIN/Agora Speaker Series is launching May 10th in Bristol - see NEW Speaker Events 2007 in the Projects drop-down for details. It should be a great and very interesting series!

The COIN/Ruskin course was a great success and we are doing another such course from the 23rd-25th of July.