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  • About us
  • Events
  • Resources
  • Membership
  • Management
  • Contact us
  • GMR Colloquium Report 2011

News

TESSA project wins WISE 2011 award

The Open University-led Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) project created a range of open educational resources which are available free, in four languages, to support school-based teacher education and classroom activities in African primary schools.

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The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education
Global monitoring report

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The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report warns that armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other abuses.

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About Us

UKFIET provides a pro-active forum for universities, non-governmental organisations, consultancy groups and professional associations, working for education and development internationally, to share ideas, knowledge and expertise. The Forum’s diverse membership is engaged in research, training, teaching, and campaigning as well as providing a significant advisory resource to policy makers and practitioners in government, development agencies and non-governmental organisations in the United Kingdom and beyond.

To encourage the development of teaching, training, research and publication, and the promotion of good policy and practice, UKFIET:

  • Organises events and activities on education and development issues
  • Provides a network of expertise for research and consultancy
  • Sponsors a biennial International Conference on Education and Development. Visit the 2011 conference website.
  • Hosts an annual colloquium on the EFA Global Monitoring Report
    in conjunction with the UK National Commission of UNESCO
  • Publicises and publishes work on issues of topical concern
  • Makes representations to government and aid agencies on issues of common interest and concern

Through our membership UKFIET constitutes a body of professional expertise that serves as a resource to policy-makers in multi-lateral, government, and non-government organisations, and to other institutions and agencies.

For more information please contact UKFIET Membership Secretary Rajee Rajagopalan.

UKFIET is a non-profit organisation registered as a limited company in England (No 5725610). Registered Charity No. 1116614.

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Journal of Comparative and International Education

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International Journal of Educational Development

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For general information please contact UKFIET Secretary Rajee Rajagopalan.
UKFIET is a non-profit organisation registered as a limited company in England (No 5725610). Registered Charity No. 1116614.
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