About NWGEN

NWGEN vision: A global education for every child

NWGEN aim: To support teachers to include a global dimension in their work


The overall aim of the project is to provide North West teachers with more effective and sustained support for incorporating a global dimension into their teaching, by adopting a more strategic approach to provision of support throughout the region.


This will ultimately, in the long term, enable all children experience the global dimension across all phases of their education across a variety of school activities.


NWGEN is one of 11 regional programmes funded by the Department for International Development, aiming to assist teachers in meeting the challenge of educating children in the 21st Century, developing their capabilities to lead fulfilling lives in a changing world, building their skills to make positive contributions to local, national and global communities, and enabling them to continue to learn, adapt, and influence. This is done through working in partnership with the statutory and voluntary sectors, enabling teachers, initial teacher educators, advisors, other educators and learners to develop their own responses, and support schools and colleges to integrate these approaches into curriculum and development plans.


NWGEN Management Group oversees the project at a strategic level. It is composed of educators with an interest in global education. Any NWGEN member can request copies of the minutes of the Management Group meetings. We are always seeking new members, and are particular interested in recruiting teachers at the moment. If you are interested, please contact Eddy Richards for further details.