Videos from UKFIET Conference 2021 Opening and Closing Plenaries
The theme of the virtual UKFIET 2021 conference was: ‘Building Back Better in Education and...
Re-imagining learning spaces in rural Zimbabwe
This blog was written by Janelle Zwier, Director of the IGATE Programme at World Vision Zimbabwe, with content shared as part of the opening plenary presentation for one of the six September 2021 UKFIET Conference themes: Reimagining Learning Spaces. I ...
Why should we invest in the middle tier for improved teaching and learning?
This blog was written by Guglielmo Fasana, Intern, UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), with inputs from Barbara Tournier, Programme Specialist, IIEP-UNESCO, and Charlotte Jones, Global Head of Research and Development, Education Development Trust. If prompted to think about ...
Getting girls back into school: strategies for successfully re-enrolling girls in Ghana and Sierra Leone
This blog was written by Sophie Belfield (former Plan International UK GATE-GEC MEL Specialist), Meenu Mathur (current Plan International UK GATE-GEC MEL Specialist) and Ellie Caine (Plan International UK MGCubed MEL Specialist). It was published on the Girls’ Education Challenge ...
Lessons from a school leadership improvement pilot in Uganda
This blog was written by Juliet Kotonya, Research Manager, and Geeta Gambhir, Researcher at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). It was originally published on the (NFER) website on 5 October 2021, for World Teachers’ Day. This year's World ...
Home learning for children with disabilities in a pandemic: an analysis of the EENET home learning survey conducted in 2020
This blog was written by Su Corcoran, Helen Pinnock and Rachel Twigg from the Enabling Education Network (EENET). Su and Rachel are also from the Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University. School closures in response to COVID-19, and ...
Challenging assumptions: why girls with disabilities return to school
This blog was written by Michelle Sandall, Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) and originally published on the GEC website on 1 October 2021. Since 2012, the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) has been supporting the most marginalised girls through quality education and ...
Rethinking the Education Workforce: Making the Invisible Visible
This blog was written after the 2021 UKFIET conference by the co-convenors of one of the six conference themes: Rethinking the Education Workforce. The co-convenors are Claire Hedges, Senior Programme Manager at the International Development Office of The Open University; ...
