Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their

students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and

Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

What we offer
Study Direct Co-operative is a not-for-profit education
consultancy and publishing service for: schools, teachers
and students. We work as a collaborative network for
teachers and educators to apply to join, to access benefits.
We welcome those who want to work with us to prepare
staff and management with an English-speaking ability to
professional level, in order to work, study, travel or do
business in Europe, Asia and the English-speaking world.

1. We provide an initial free course consultancy, and offer curricula

development for English as a Foreign Language courses and teaching.
2. Learners can access our award-winning EFL courses online, developed in
conjunction with leading European universities, on DVD or attend a
residential school at one of our campuses: in the UK, Czech Republic or
Greece.
3. Tutors are invited to work with us to design, produce and publish their own
courseware and workbooks based on structured preparation for
Cambridge, TOEIC or other exams as required.
4. We offer Career Support and Enterprise Support for all participating
organisations and their students.
5. We hold regular teacher training and self-publishing workshops from The
Design School of Central Europe at The Chateau, Slovakia.

The Design School of Central Europe at The Chateau, Slovakia is the venue we
use for Creative Workshops for: EU professionals, business mission advisors and
their corporate clients.

About you

1. If you are an organisation or corporate education provider and want to

work with us we can offer Career Support and Enterprise Support to your
students and graduates. We specialise in serving the needs of Social
Entrepreneurs, educators, Right Livelihood practitioners and those
committed to Fair Trade.

2. If you are an existing education provider: coach, tutor or language teacher

and want to train with us, we can show you how to develop curricula for
EFL and language learning and add clients to your portfolio and generate
revenue streams to your income.

3. Are you a student of business or want to study for an independent career?

You can work with Design School of Central Europe as a creative specialist
or business mission advisor. You can apply to enrol with us, attend a
seminar at The Chateau or enrol for a course of study in: UK, Central
Europe or Greece.

About us: Co-operative

As educators we are the interface between the traditional exam

board that sets standards and the next-generation learner
whose education and understanding holds the key to his or her
future prosperity.

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.
Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their
students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and
Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

We represent traditional professional standards, achieving which holds the key to

success. We also understand the need to have a secure and stable future.
We understand the needs and aspirations of learners, their communities of
interest, and the aspirations that can hep them make informed, responsible and
ethical career choices.

Our values are all about human-scale education, self-managed learning, whole
person development, Fair Trade, sustainable business development, eco-business,
multi-culture and learner-centred development.

As educators and language specialists committed to cultural understanding we

provide insight and analysis, career support, advice and resources, as well as
work placement and work experience for those students and graduates of the
schools that use our services.

We can introduce Service Providers: media partners and publishing relationships

for those who want to make inroads into designing, developing and publishing
new learning materials.
We advise course authors and materials designers, especially those who want to
service their home market.

The companies serviced by our chosen Service Providers

Clients of our Service Providers include: BBC, Channel

4, The Bank of England, MTV, John Lewis Partnership,
Hilton Hotel Group, Thomson Learning, Boston
Consulting Group, Cambridge University, University of
Philadelphia, AOL, London Business School, The
Economist, Institute of Directors and Goldman Sachs.

We especially welcome Co-venture applications from

those who train with us as education providers.
We welcome those who want to work with us to deliver lifelong learning, learning
on demand, by subscription as a Social Enterprise and not-for-profit.
We provide training in leadership and negotiation for diplomatic staff and public
servants. Our trainers are drawn from a range of backgrounds and include native
speaker: Chinese, Russians, Arabic-speakers, Spanish, English-speaking bi-lingual
nationals from Europe and Asia who we have selected to act as course leaders in:
cultural understanding and successful negotiation, leadership and project
management.
Our enterprise support service and Asset Management course is based on
principles used by Goldman Sachs and based on analysis, insight and
recommendations from Boston Consulting Group and Harvard Business School.
We especially welcome those who want to train for a career as investment
advisors, or investment guides to attract inward investment and urban
regeneration. We work with leading architects, including McDonough.com who can
advise on sustainable urban renewal schemes.

UK Charity Support is the name of our service for the Social Enterprise sector. We
recommend Stone King LLP as legal advisors for Social Enterprise formation
serving: charities, enterprises and Social Enterprise start-ups.

Charitable sector clients of Service Providers include: Oxfam, Greenpeace, Friends

of The Earth, Voice for the Voiceless, New Economics Foundation, TreeAid,
WaterAid, Sightsavers and Action Against Hunger.

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.
Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their
students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and
Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

The organizations that inspire us, and those whose values we

share who we can introduce to you include:
• International Business Leaders’ Forum
• Institute of Directors
• Social Venture Network Europe
• Institute of Linguists
• Design Council
• Design Business Association
• Resurgence
• Alliance for a New Humanity
• Sustainable Futures Foundation

The next step

Organisations and education providers have access to teacher training, teacher

recruitment as well as exchange between teaching professionals and education
organisations.
We combine teacher training with learner work placement and practical learning
experience at our Offshore Campus in Greece that supports: Multi-cultural
Understanding, Eco-learning, Leadership, and Whole Person Development.
To apply to use our services: contact us directly.

Design, media and marketing

Design, media and marketing are key

components of any business success. It is as a
Design School that we can provide courses and
management training (online, DVD, residential
course, seminars).
Design School Workshops are for students of
business and design, or staff who want to
realize creative potential or managers who want
to manage creativity and manage diversity as
components of effective leadership, project management and communication.

We especially welcome organisations, enterprises and education providers who

want to use E-Campus services or who want to introduce career options and
career support services for their students and graduates, especially those who
want to work in the creative services sector or train for a career in design.

If you are an organisation or education provider you can apply to Design

School of Central Europe to offer Design School Career Support options
for your students. Simply apply directly to our E-Campus: Working
Smarter Consultancy designed for professionals and graduates.

Design School Invitation

1. Do you want to set up and develop your own

brand?

2. We welcome applications from designers who

want to work with us or train for an independent
career in creative services.

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.
Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their
students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and
Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

3. Do you want to sell your own series of titles to clients including: City
Guides, workbooks, for school or management, or customised travel
journals, planners and diaries.

4. Do you want to run courses, seminars, your own workshop series for
students of business, learners, freelancers and management
professionals?

1.0 Design your own brand – the opportunity

for entrepreneurs

Design Own Brand

Working with us at Design School of Central Europe

1. We can design, package and distribute your
brand product or service
2. We can provide products and services for you to sell as your own brand

Summary of what we offer

• Sell product or service: access new market opportunities with English

language support services: design, packaging and distribution.
• Sell your “own label” product or service in addition to main product
offering.

Products and services

See product list, including: Business-to consumer, educator-to-learners, business-

to-business, new markets and new market Co-ventures

Sample of products we can source, design, package and

distribute for you:
• Healthy lifestyle products: food and drink,
cosmetics and eco-products
• Journals and handbooks, diaries and planners,
City Guides
• Clothing, bags, fabrics and furnishings
• Business-to-business: Web services, design, E-
Campus services, IT support, consulting, mentoring, coaching and
leadership development
Sell full range of products and services. To unlock new markets, contact: Co-
venture – Zen Cafes.
Summary

1. We train you for an independent career

2. We help you develop your own Business Plan and market your products
and services

2.0 Market opportunities: sector-by-sector

1. Attend Design School of Central Europe and sell own

services by subscription
2. PR and media professionals: train at Zen Cafes @
The Hub and sell services and products for Own
Brand clients

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.
Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their
students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and
Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

3. Business Network opportunities: sell diaries and planners for your

members
4. Property professionals: sell City Guides and provide Business Support
5. Hotels and business centres: sell City Guides, holidays and membership
services
6. Firms: sell your own services by subscription and distribute your own DVD
series on a membership basis
7. Education providers, language schools and colleges: sell diaries, provide
Career Support and enable tutors and students collaborate to produce
your own DVD series

3.0 Running your own workshop series

Design School Campus

We provide training and marketing so you can enrol your own students directly
and run courses in the following subjects:

• Language and culture (language learning and

Cultural Orientation)
• English as a Foreign Language
• Food and Drink (healthy lifestyle)
• Creative Workshops - for individuals and
organisations
• Business Networking – your own business
clusters for Social Networking
• Yoga and meditation: lifestyle support services
• Dance and Aikido: for whole person development
• Next-generation Business Orientation based on the Seven Pillars of
Sustainability

Support we offer: E-Campus service for students and future course

leaders

1. For those who study with us, we can train

you for an independent career
2. We help you develop your own Business
Plan and market your products and services
3. We provide venues where you can run
courses: in UK, Central Europe or
Mediterranean
4. You invite your students
5. For those who train with us you can set up
your own consultancy
6. Sell your own workbook series and diaries to students, schools and
organisations
7. We provide partnerships and alliances,
references and back up support
8. After six months you can apply for Co-
venture Partnership status

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.
Study Direct: an education consultancy for organisations, education providers and their
students. As a not-for-profit collaborative network we support self-managed learning and
Whole Person Development.
Working in conjunction with the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

Support we offer: for enterprises and organisations

1. We provide Design School opportunities to train and educate your

workforce as a Creative Hub of organisation.
2. We work with Co-ventures in publishing, education publishing, Buyer-
Centric marketing, media and kai-zen. Sell services on demand by
subscription: Zen Cafes.
3. We provide career services and career support for education providers
to offer Career Support to their students who want a creative future.

4.0 Co-venture status

What we offer successful Co-venture Partners after six months

1. Work with us to provide corporate services
2. Work with Zen Cafes @ The Hub to set up your
own business cluster
3. Work with Design School to share students
4. Provide Enterprise Support and Learning Support
to your students
5. Commit to human-scale education and Resurgence
values
6. Choose to specialise in specialist areas of expertise around whole person
development, with Spirit of Life Centre, Greece
7. Have the opportunity to set up your own Zen Café membership service or
Café venue

Zen Cafes Co-ventures

1. Start your own publishing service, web and

independent media services, your own
communities of interest to serve the B-2-B
and B-2-C sectors
2. Sell your products and services through
subscription services, membership services
3. Set up Co-ventures, town-by-town, city-by-
city
4. Engage in Social Enterprise (new markets
and new market sectors)
5. Work with the Not-for-profit sector
6. Engage in Education partnerships
7. Deliver learning on demand, by subscription: Skype Campus
8. E-Campus services

Career Support available from: Design School of Central Europe and Zen Cafes: introducing
the Sustainable Futures Foundation.