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Study activism and count it towards your degree.
Public Interest Advocacy (PIA) (LAW 10160)
My university–accredited activist training course is on again this December, 2019. It’s based on my book The Activists Handbook. It runs as a 5 day workshop at the Gold Coast campus of SCU, adjacent to Coolangatta Airport.
If you are a uni student (any uni many degrees) you can do it on HECS-HELP and count it toward your degree as an elective. If you are doing it as a citizen and dont need to count it toward a degree there are also options available. Check out the summer school website if you are interested,
https://www.scu.edu.au/school-of-law-and-justice/courses/summer-law-school/ or on the site for the Subject itself ; https://www.scu.edu.au/study-at-scu/units/law10160/
Intensive dates: 3-7 December 2019
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Gold Coast campus
Unit Info: www.scu.edu.au/study-at-scu/units/law10160/
Explores the theory and practice of community activism and social change with an emphasis on the intersection of law with these areas of social engagement and provides students with a broad based introduction to the skills and techniques necessary to bring about useful social change in a highly corporatised and technocratic society.
Presenter: Aidan Ricketts
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