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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)}}
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{{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
|No. of spectators = >27,000
|city= [[University of Warwick]]
|country= [[United Kingdom|UK]]
|website= [http://www.oneworldweek.net One World Week official website] 
}}

'''One World Week''' (OWW) is the "''World’s Largest Student-run International Event''" hosted annually at the [[University of Warwick]].  The week consists of a variety of radically dynamic and diversely interactive celebrations in the separate four elements: Forum, Sports, Arts and Festival. It is an independent organisation, with an initiative that aims to stimulate personal development and inspire a worldview based on liberal toleration, cultural acceptance and appreciation of the world’s heterogeneous mosaic of cultures. The organisation also aims to promote cultural awareness and action on global issues which affect our world, while encouraging visitors to learn and appreciate more about the variety of cultures the world has to offer. This year, it is sponsored by [[Barclays Capital]], [[KPMG]], [[Deloitte]], [[Credit Suisse]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Bacardi]] and the Warwick Graduates Association. 

[[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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'' '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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Application of a method of [[immanent critique]], however, unravels the contradictions and tensions that inhere within the dogma of One World Week.⏎
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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){{University of Warwick}}


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