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One World Week (student event)
{{about|the University of Warwick student event|the UK development education charity|One World Week (development charity)}}
{{Infobox University
|name = One World Week 
|type = '''The World's Largest Student-run International Event'''
|image_name = OWW_generic_logo.jpg|thumb|
|caption = 
|established = [[1995]]
|No. of volunteers = 220 in 2009
(contracted; show full)nsored by [[Barclays Capital]], [[KPMG]], [[Deloitte]], [[Credit Suisse]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Bacardi]] and the Warwick Graduates Association. The sponsorship sources have caused controversy among the student population, given Barclays Capital's extensive investments in the arms trade. The organisers of One World Week, though, have responded by arguing that the benefits that Warwick students enjoy from the diverse and dynamic events they organise outweigh the negative effects of the arms trade
, which is to say that European elites having a bit of a laugh is more important than the moral hazard of profiting from the immense amount of suffering and misery caused by the use of small arms in the developing world.

[[Image:OWWCreditCrunch.JPG|thumb|<center>The One World Forum 2009 on the ''Credit Crunch: What is Beyond?''</center>]]
==Mission statement==
[[Image:OWWBustaMove.JPG|thumb|<center>The popular ''Busta Move'' University Dance-off during OWW 2009</center>]]
The aim of '''One World Week''' is: 
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(contracted; show full)==External links==
*[http://www.oneworldweek.net/ One World Week 2010]
{{University of Warwick}}

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[[Category:Education in Warwickshire]]
[[Category:Cultural festivals]]
[[Category:Thematic weeks]]