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What to expect from the 2021 UKFIET conference
The biennial UKFIET Conference takes place 13-17 September 2021. The theme this year is ‘Building...
Build Forward Better: how to prepare now to respond more effectively to crises’ impact on education
This article was written by Bushra Zulfiqar, Global Education Director & Emma Wagner, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy, Save the Children. It was originally published on the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report’s World Education Blog on 6 September 2021 ...
Why EdTech frameworks aren’t enough
This article was written by Akanksha Bapna, Senior Research Fellow; Susan Nicolai, Director of Research; and Sam Wilson, Research Assistant; all with the EdTech Hub and based at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world ...
VET Africa 4.0: Integrating Community Research Praxis
This article was written by David Monk, Centre for Community Based Research and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Education and Humanities, Gulu University; Palesa Molebatsi, Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL Centre), University of the Witwatersrand; Luke Metelerkamp, Environmental Learning ...
Sightsavers Pushes for Inclusive Education in Mali
This article was written by Nina Eddinger and published in the Borgen Magazine Good News section on 17 August 2021. About 2.2 million people in Mali live with a disability. In lower-income countries like Mali, a main struggle the disabled ...
Lessons from school reopening in Colombia
Pablo Jaramillo Quintero shares reflections and takeaways from Alianza Educativa’s experience of reopening their schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Alianza Educativa is a non-profit that runs 11 charter schools serving more than 11,500 underprivileged students in Bogotá, Colombia. Pablo Jaramillo Quintero ...
What to expect from the 2021 UKFIET conference
The biennial UKFIET Conference takes place 13-17 September 2021. The theme this year is ‘Building Back Better in Education and Training: Reimagining, Reorienting and Redistributing’. The programme is now available along with details of the keynote speakers and format of ...
Early career researchers and practitioners – first session at the 2021 UKFIET conference
This article summarises an interview with co-chair of the opening session of the UKFIET conference for early career professionals: Katie Godfrey, CAMFED and Emma Jackson, University of York The 2021 virtual UKFIET conference will open on Monday 13 September with ...
