This article is contributed by Mike Douse independent International Education/TVET Adviser, who argues that education’s unimaginative and over-cautious responses to COVID-19 worldwide have failed to seize the opportunity for fundamental restructuring in ways responsive to post-Digital Age social relationships and working arrangements. His...
The 2023 GEM Report will critically examine the role of technology in education. It will examine the potential and risks involved, as well as the challenges that technology puts on governments aiming to come up with coherent policies that maximize gains, while minimizing threats. The concept note of the report will be published in September,...
This article summarises an interview with co-convenors of one of six 2021 UKFIET conference themes: Towards building back equitably. The co-convenors are Amy Parker, Portfolio Lead, Leave No Girl Behind, Girls’ Education Challenge; and Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh, Research Associate, REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. What excites you about...
This article summarises an interview with co-convenors of one of six 2021 UKFIET conference themes: Reimagining Learning Spaces. The co-convenors are Yulia Nesterova, Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow; and Becky Telford, Chief of Education at UNHCR. What excites you about your theme? Our theme is about...
This blog was written by Dr Niraj Poudyal, The School of Arts, Kathmandu University (Nepal); Professor Nidhi Singal, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (UK); and Dr Shruti Taneja Johansson, Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg (Sweden). In Nepal, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented school...
