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

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
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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
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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?