When structural marginalisation meets armed conflict: Pygmies’ exclusion from education in the DR Congo
By Gauthier Marchais and Sweta Gupta from the Institute of Development Studies, and Cyril Brandt from the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. These issues were discussed during a session at the September 2019 UKFIET conference on inclusive education systems. Does it help to have a relative who is a public official, or a […]
Financing ‘inclusive’ education: rhetoric and reality
By Don Taylor, Deputy Chair of the UKFIET Executive Committee. These issues were discussed during a session at the September 2019 UKFIET conference on inclusive education systems. This brief paper challenges the prevailing rhetoric on inclusion and inclusive systems. Whilst the aims of ‘leaving no-one behind’ and ‘ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all’, […]
Youth in post-conflict areas: the role of international cooperation in education
This blog was written by Ana Carolina Rodrigues-Vasse. Ana works at the University of Groningen where she teaches, researches and contributes with external projects on international development, agriculture and popular education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. For the 2019 UKFIET conference, 17 individuals, including Ana, were provided with bursaries to assist them to participate […]
The Opportunities and Challenges of Translating Evidence into Policy and Practice
This blog was written by Elizabeth Tofaris, University of Cambridge, on behalf of the Impact Initiative for international development research. It was originally posted on the Impact Initiative website on 25th September 2019 and is based on discussions at a workshop at the September 2019 UKFIET conference on inclusive education systems. The Impact Initiative for […]
Making disability heterogeneous in Pakistan: A Case for Using the Module on Child Functioning
This blog was written by Muhammad Afzan Munir, a social researcher who is currently working at ITA/ASER Pakistan as a Senior Research Analyst. For the 2019 UKFIET conference, 17 individuals, including Afzan, were provided with bursaries to assist them to participate and present at the conference. The researchers were asked to write a short piece […]