Problematising inclusive systems: Summary of UKFIET 2019 conference theme
The UKFIET 2019 conference had 6 themes relating to Inclusive Education Systems. The co-convenor for the theme ‘Problematising inclusive systems’ was Elizabeth Walton, Associate Professor in Special and Inclusive Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham. When we conceptualised this theme in advance of the call for abstracts, we said that the theme would seek […]
REAL at UKFIET: Reflections from Kalifa Damani of her conference experience
By Kalifa Damani, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. This blog was first published on the FERSA University of Cambridge Blog on 21 October 2019. A young Muslim woman knelt to pray, on a carpet she’d brought with her, filling the tiny space between our bunk beds in an Oxford hostel room for 6. […]
Relational systems of inclusion and exclusion: a cross-scalar analysis of educational access and participation in India
By Caroline Dyer, Nisha Thomas, Suraj Jacob, Rahul Mukhopadyay and Arathi Sriprakash. These issues were discussed during a session at the September 2019 UKFIET conference on inclusive education systems. In this blog we present the conceptual underpinnings of our research project, Researching Accountability in the Indian System of Education (RAISE). Based on an ongoing mixed […]
Education Systems during and after Conflict: Lessons and Limitations from Northern Ireland
By Elizabeth Anderson Worden, American University and Una O’Connor Bones, Ulster University. These issues were discussed during a session at the September 2019 UKFIET conference on inclusive education systems. It has been just over twenty years since the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) ended the civil conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles, in 1998. […]
Adding Value to the Policy-making Process
This blog was written by Colin Bangay, Senior Education Adviser, DFID-Sierra Leone, and Angela Little, Professor Emirata, University College London, IoE. It was originally posted on the HEART (High Quality Technical Assistance for RESULTS) website following a DFID-Young Lives workshop in September 2015, and then rewritten following a workshop at the UKFIET 2019 conference for the […]