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Artificial Intelligence University: The University of the Cyber Age

May 17, 2023 | Mike Douse

Growing numbers of universities worldwide are offering programmes in Artificial Intelligence. In this UKFIET Blog, Mike Douse describes a very different kind of higher educational institution: one that is based upon and applies AI in all of its actions.

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Food for thought? Evidence from Young Lives sheds new light on the impact of Ethiopia’s PSNP for children’s foundational cognitive skills

May 9, 2023 | Kath Ford, Richard Freund and Sophie von Russeldorf

New research from Young Lives on foundational cognitive skills provides ground-breaking evidence that children from households benefitting from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) have better long-term memory and implicit learning skills than children from similar households that do not receive PSNP support.

Four young people receiving business skill training, MEWA Centre, Mombasa, Kenya.

Young Workers Are Searching for Meaning and Wellbeing. Let’s Help Them Find It

May 2, 2023 | Wendy Kopp

Companies around the world are fretting about how to stem the Great Resignation and, in particular, to engage the 19-25-year-olds who comprise “Gen Z.”

Twelve-year-old Suria smiles directly at the camera. The Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program – led by the Population Council – is currently helping more than 10,000 girls like Suria benefit from safe spaces in Zambia.

Localization only succeeds if women and girls are at the center

April 26, 2023 | Vongai Nyahunzvi

The international development sector is finally getting on board with the need for localization in their work, and there is growing global recognition that meeting the needs of girls and women in the Global South requires a fundamental shift in the humanitarian system.

A male enumerator gives the Early Grade Mathematics Assessment to a girl in the Marikani Government School, Nairobi, Kenya.

It’s high time to rethink existing approaches to educational accountability

April 24, 2023 | Yifei Yan

A headteacher in England, took her own life after her school was rated “inadequate” in the latest round of inspection conducted by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills—better known as its acronym Ofsted. Before this shocking tragedy, many surveys already noted an alarming number of teachers…

PEAS Series: 190,000 young people learning more in stronger systems

April 20, 2023 | PEAS

In 2023, PEAS will support the education of 190,000 young people through our system strengthening work. Today we are launching a blog series on what we have learned so far from working with the governments in Uganda and Zambia.

Drawing titled ‘Listen to the concerns of people most affected by climate injustice.’ Various people express their concerns. A man says “Go ahead, tell me, I’m listening”; A woman thinks “This is important to me” and says “ I want to make a change”; A boy says “ I worry about my future”.

Education that listens to those most affected by climate change

April 18, 2023 | Terra Sprague, Donvan Amenya, Rachel Wilder and Olivia Copsey

In this Education for Climate Justice blog series, we bring you new research, case studies and examples of education for climate action from across the globe. We aim to provoke discussion and encourage learning and collaborations that promote environmental and social justice through new models and practices of education. This…

A young girl in class at the KDEC Pre-Primary School Masorie, Sierra Leone, January 2019.

Combining monitoring and advocacy for a 10 per cent spending target on pre-primary education

April 12, 2023 | Pauline Rose and Asma Zubairi

The first five years of a child’s life are among the most critical for their long-term development. This has now become recognised in the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals, which includes an explicit focus on ensuring that ‘all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care…

Young boy learns to write the letters of the alphabet with chalk on the blackboard of his primary school classroom, Somali Region, Ethiopia.

The status of education in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and overcoming some of the challenges

April 11, 2023 | Abdirizak Haybe Ali

Despite all of the known benefits of education, the learning crisis persists across the world. In Ethiopia, lower primary in particular is extremely stunted by poor quality learning systems.

Primary school children in a classroom in Rwanda.

Deficit-oriented teacher beliefs inhibit poor students’ learning and wellbeing

April 3, 2023 | Rob J. Gruijters and Nomisha Kurian

Low learning outcomes, especially among poor and marginalised students, are a pervasive problem in many low- and middle-income countries. Negative teacher beliefs and expectations may contribute to low learning outcomes among the poor, especially if they are reflected in classroom practices and interactions.