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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)'' 'To stimulate personal development and inspire a view based on acceptance and appreciation of the world's mosaic of cultures.''<br>
''To encourage awareness of and positive action on issues which affect our One World.' ''

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==Origins==

One World Week started as a small-scale project at the [[University of Warwick]] in 1995.
 The project's beginnings were inspired by the critical pedagogy of theorist, [[Paulo Freire]]. The initial success of the event lead to a rapid expansion in subsequent years to what is now regarded as the '''World’s Largest Student-run International Event'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2006/01/16/one_world_week_launch_feature.shtml|title=BBC Coventry and Warwickshire - Students - One World Week launches|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]}}</ref>, involving 120 nationalities, more than 220 blue-shirted volunteers and in excess of 20(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]]