UKFIET would like to thank the individuals who contribute to the bursary fund directly or who agreed to the conference fee levy (regular day and 3 day fees) in 2023.   Through this we are able to make available a number of bursaries to assist delegate participation. We would also like to acknowledge the generous contribution made by AWS in providing funds for LIC and LMIC bursaries, we have been able to offer financial support to 43 recipients this year.

Bursary Recipients

Photo of the 2025 UKFIET conference bursary recipients

The recipients come from 18 different countries, including Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Lebanon, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.   

Abdul-Razak Inusah, University for Development Studies, Ghana

Enhancing Multilingual Education in Ghana: Training Teachers to Teach and Develop Multilingual Resources

Aissata Boukar Abatcha, Concern Worldwide

Alang Ernest Wung, Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa

Enhancing Educational Outcomes for IDP Learners in Cameroon Through Ubuntu Pedagogy: A Pathway to Resilience and Inclusion

Anna Hata, UCL

Disabled by a structure: Revealing why children struggle with learning and drop out with a focus on mental struggles as embodied intersecting violence in Nepal

Ashmeet Kaur Baweja,

Multi-Grade Multi-Level Approach - Decolonial praxis of education in Rural India: Peace Education Perspectives

Bintially M Mfangavo, EdUKaid

Supporting the right to a quality education for all children: integrating and valuing community knowledge and expertise.

Choah Park, UCL

COVID and International Organisations’ Digital Transformation of Education

Coomerene Muilerman-Rodrigo, The Open University

Collaboration in motion: How do mobilities shape curricula in transnational higher education?

Dina Fajardo, Dexterity Club

Rethinking Digital Skills: Harnessing Values to Empower Digital Citizens for a Sustainable, Just, and Inclusive Future

Eucharia Igbafe, University of South Africa (UNISA)

Skills and knowledge for sustainable futures: Leveraging AI to empower low-literate, busy parents and entrepreneurs to support children’s homework

Fouzia Sadaf , Institute of Social & Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab

Navigating Intersectionality: Female Academics’ Leadership Trajectories in Pakistani Universities

Hadiza Umar, Hope for Communities and Children Initiative (H4CC)

Are gender norms around food weakening access to learning in Northern Nigeria?

Iryna Didenko, UERA (Ukrainian Educational Research Association)

Jaffer Ahmed, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi

Jamal Anan, War Child Alliance

Kate Matzopoulos, University of Bath

When Rivers Meet the Ocean: Moving Beyond the Problematic Practice of Establishing Researcher Positionality in Indigenous Research

Lillian Viko , IRC

Scaling and Integrating Learning through Play into National Education Systems

Lin Wai Phyo, University of Cambridge

A win-win for all? Portraits of students navigating exclusion in higher education in Myanmar

Lydia Madyirapanze, Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe- FAWEZI

Embedding violence prevention and response into primary and secondary education: promising approaches & learning

M. Naeim Maleki, University of East Anglia

Rethinking Literacy: Mobilising Local Knowledge to Bridge the Gap in Adult Literacy Programmes in Afghanistan

Maria Maalouf, Centre for Lebanese Studies

An intersectional lens on the experience of returning to school after war in Lebanon

Mercy Martins, University of Bath

English as a Double-Edged Sword: Navigating Multilingual Realities in Nigerian Schools Through Student-Led Participatory Methods.

Mesele Araya, Policy Studies Institute and Addis Ababa University

From Evidence to Impact: How the RISE Ethiopia Programme influenced national education policy debates on equity, learning outcomes, and accountability

Mir Abdullah Miri , University of Bath

‘Nothing about us without us’: Refugee-centred partnerships for higher education access

Namaganda Rehema, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

A dialogical approach to researching disability, gender and violence with young people in Uganda

Olanike Timipa-Uge, Teenage Network

Stronger together! How partnerships can help end gender stereotypes and harmful gender norms through education

Pambas Tandika, University of Dodoma

Implementing Learning through Play for Children’s Holistic Skills in a Tanzanian Refugee Context

Pooja Pandey, NIEPA

Deconstructing the ‘Private’ in Public Private Partnerships: A Comparative Study of For-Profit and Not-For Profit Private Partners Delivering Education PPPs in India

Priti Chopra , University of Greenwich

A global teacher education vision for designing inclusive anti-violence learning activities for young people

Rajalaxmi Singh, Centre for Development Studies (CDS-JNU), Thiruvananthapuram

Parents' Perception of Children's Learning Abilities and School-based Involvement: Evidence from Rural India

Rajat Chaudhary, Simple Education Foundation

Rehana Parveen, Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh

Integrated approach for child development and learning: Assessing the effect of an integrated ECD, and child drowning prevention intervention for nationwide scale up in Bangladesh

Shraddha Iyer, British Asian Trust

Funding the Future: How Outcome-Based Financing can Strengthen Education Systems

Siddesh Sarma, Leadership for Equity

Drivers of Effectiveness in Education Systems: Understanding the Dynamics of Middle-tier Support for Improved Education Outcomes

Silvia Espinal-Meza, University of Bristol

“Social Justice is Giving a Voice to Those Who Have Not Had One”: Practising Critical Pedagogies Through Peruvian Rural Teachers’ Narratives

Srinidhi Lakshmanan, Simple Education Foundation

From Design to Delivery: Measuring Cascade Loss to Strengthen Teacher Training

Steven E Kaindaneh, Sightsavers

Safely at school: Reducing the risks of school-related gender based violence for children with disabilities in Sierra Leone

Syeda Ansa Gardezi, Cities for Children

The Case for Love - Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools in Pakistan

Tooba Noor, Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development

Education in Emergency: Exploring the Possibilities and Challenges of Using Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) as Alternative Learning Model

Vimbai Kapurura, Women Unlimited Eswatini

Leveraging evidence to address gender-based violence in higher and tertiary education: a collective priority

Vrinda Loiwal, Magic Bus India Foundation

Efficacy of a Play-based Intervention to Improve Adolescents’ Life Skills: An Experience from India

Yajur Dolwani, Aawaaz Foundation

Beyond the Classroom: Do Extracurricular Activities Impact Peer Connections and Classroom Experience?