Tag: quality

Quality and Equity in Education: Lessons from the Data-Driven School Improvement Project

by Sahar Shah | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Learning

Emerging findings reveal a range of desirable and undesirable effects of scaling such an innovation across educational ecosystems within regions including Pakistan and Nepal. This blog discusses the findings from the project discussed via the perspective of the theme of the UKFIET conference held in Oxford, UK in 2023. Read More

Interrogating Research Methods: Building back better for more inclusive quality education for all

by Bronwen Magrath, Elizabeth Walton and Yvette Hutchinson | Nov 15, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference

This blog was written after the 2021 UKFIET conference by the co-convenors of one of the six conference themes: Research methods: Building back better in international education...

Helping Current and Future Adolescent Girls Requires Bailing Out the Boat but Also Fixing the Hole

by Michelle Kaffenberger, Kirsty Newman and Marla Spivack | Oct 11, 2021 | Girls' Education

This blog was written by Michelle Kaffenberger, Kirsty Newman and Marla Spivack from the RISE Programme Directorate. It was originally published on the RISE Programme website on...

When the Devil’s Not in the Details: The System Failure of a Large-Scale School Management Reform in India

by Jason Silberstein | Dec 17, 2020 | Learning

This blog was written by Jason Silberstein, Research Fellow for RISE at the Blavatnik School of Government. It was published on the RISE website on 14 December 2020. The findings...

Prevent a lost learning generation: nine recommendations to policymakers in response to Covid-19

by Richard King | Apr 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Richard King, Strategic Growth Director at Education Development Trust and originally published on the Education Development Trust website on 31st March...

One of the largest national learning assessments in the world? India’s National Achievement Survey

by Rhiannon Moore | Sep 4, 2018 | Assessment

This article was written by Rhiannon Moore, education researcher with the Young Lives study and PhD student at the University of Bristol, and was recently published on the...

A spotlight on teacher performance

by John Martin | Aug 29, 2018 | Teachers

By John Martin, Technical Director at Cambridge Education. This blog was originally posted on the UNICEF website on 12 July 2018. Despite significant investments going into...

Innovating Education in Africa Expo: Call for submissions extended to 15 July

by UKFIET | Jun 15, 2018 | News and Events

Meeting Continental Targets for Inclusive, Quality and Transformative Education and Training in the 21st Century, 27-29th September 2018, Dakar, Senegal Background The African...

Don’t forget the boys: challenging gender norms to achieve gender equality in education

by Catherine M Jere | Jun 6, 2018 | GEM Report, Policymaking

This blog was written by Catherine M Jere, school of International Development, University of East Anglia, and member of the UKFIET Executive Committee Despite tremendous...

Conference Sub-theme – Values & Conceptualizations in Education and Development Research

by Mark Mason | Aug 22, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Post 2015

This sub-theme seeks to identify the research paradigms – and the values underlying them – that have prevailed in the field of education and development research over the last 15...

The High Level Panel Report – The Place of Education

by Steve Packer | Aug 21, 2013 | Post 2015, Reactions to High Level Panel Report

A Cautious Welcome The High Level Panel (HLP) Report deserves a cautious welcome on two counts. First, education finds a place in the list of 12 indicative Universal Goals, and...

Conference Sub-theme – Evidence and Knowledge

by Susy Ndaruhutse | Aug 19, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Post 2015

There were so many papers for the sub-theme on Evidence and Knowledge, that we have created two streams to accommodate them all. The stream on “Including all learners” will...