Our call for abstracts is now closed
Our call for abstracts is now closed. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to make a submission, we have had a tremendous response. Now the reviewing starts – we will be...
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Thoughts on the UKFIET 2017 Conference Theme
Interview with Freda Wolfenden, Chair of Conference Committee and Deputy Chair of UKFIET Executive Committee I’ve spent most of my professional life teaching in various contexts and...
Conference Sub-themes announced
There are six sub-themes for the Conference Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development. Beyond Literacy and Numeracy: re-thinking the curriculum Pedagogies for Sustainable...
2017 Conference Theme – Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context
What is taught and learned form the backbone of education’s contribution to sustainable development. It is through the construction of curricula that knowledge, skills, attitudes and...
Your chance to comment on the first draft of the International Panel of Social Progress (IPSP), “Rethinking Society for the 21st Century”,
The first draft of the report of the International Panel of Social Progress (IPSP), “Rethinking Society for the 21st Century”, is now out! We welcome comments on the online...
UKFIET Conference 2017 Planning Committee: A Call for Nominations
UKFIET Conference 2017 Planning Committee: A Call for Nominations The UKFIET Conference has continued to grow in size and complexity and we have decided to adopt a new conference planning and management structure for 2017. The...
John Anderson Obituary
Friends in the international education community will be saddened to learn that John Anderson died on Saturday, February 20. He was 81. He worked in Kenya for many years and was an authority on the harambee school (The...
25 years on – redressing ‘crisis-blind’ approaches to children’s right to education
20th November 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It is a time to look back and celebrate advances in children’s rights over the past quarter of a century. But it is also a time to take stock and recognise the…