Category: 2025 UKFIET Conference

Learner safety and wellbeing: Final reflections from conveners of UKFIET 2025 conference theme

by Julliet Millican and Danielle Cornish-Spencer | Oct 10, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference

Many conference submissions this year were on the theme of Social and Emotional Learning – seen as essential for wellbeing, belonging and inclusion, while at the same time highlighting how this cannot function in isolation but relies on foundational safeguarding, trust and protection mechanisms. Read More

Where do we go from here? Opportunities for justice in education in climate, environmental and political crises

by Rachel Wilder and Fernanda Gándara | Oct 6, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Climate Change

The Climate and Environmental Justice sessions were opulent in unlearning, witnessing and re-imagining what is possible in education. Our speakers considered what environmental and climate education can enable for children, teachers and communities, as well as how educational infrastructure and provision can be funded and re-designed for sites that experience… Read More

Systems Thinking: Final reflections from conveners of UKFIET 2025 conference theme

by Mathilde Nicolai and Yifei Yan | Oct 6, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference

In the rapidly changing educational landscape today, where the clock for meeting SDG4 by 2030 is ticking, and yet the entire development sector is facing major constraints, such knowledge exchanged, partnerships strengthened, and innovations shared during the three days in Oxford are even more timely and valuable. Read More

Plenary videos from UKFIET 2025 conference

by UKFIET | Oct 3, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference

From 16-18 September 2025, over 750 participants from 66 countries gathered in Oxford for our biennial conference, under the theme: ‘Mobilising knowledge, partnerships, and...

UKFIET conference webinar series in October 2025

by UKFIET | Oct 2, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference

Following a successful conference in September 2025, we are excited to share our webinar series focusing on the conference sub-themes. These one-hour sessions are open to all,...

The demise of international education: Three scenarios for reincarnation

by Andy Brock | Oct 2, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Aid and Finance

Summary: The crisis of aid funding is leading to predictions of the demise of international education. In the belief that the only way to predict the future is to create it, three possible futures are presented here – all possible separately, or in combination. Our conclusion is that quick and… Read More

Rishi Valley’s Multi-Grade Multi-Level Methodology: A decolonial model with potential for Education in Emergencies and Post-Conflict Settings

by Ashmeet Kaur | Oct 1, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Conflict, Crisis and Emergency

Conceived by the Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER), the UNESCO-awarded Multi-grade and Multi-level Approach (MGML) is an educational method exemplary of teaching children by their strengths (and weaknesses) regardless of their age and grade. Read More

Learning progress in Ethiopia’s Emerging Regions: Evidence from the GEQIP-E reform

by Mesele Araya | Sep 29, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Learning

Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has embarked on one of the most ambitious education reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa through the General Education Quality Improvement Programme (GEQIP). Implemented in three phases since 2008, GEQIP has sought to improve both the quality and equity of schooling. Read More

Challenging the false dichotomy: Education innovations that reach the most vulnerable AND at scale

by Hannah Graham | Sep 26, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Learning

With out-of-school populations rising, inclusion and intersectionality matter more than ever, but as education aid plummets, innovations are urgently needed. By leveraging existing systems and building collaboration it is possible to continue to reach the most vulnerable at scale – efficiently, effectively and sustainably. Read More

Enhancing multilingual teacher training in Ghana

by Abdul-Razak Inusah | Sep 25, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Teachers

Multilingualism is a defining feature of Ghana’s sociolinguistic landscape, with over 83 languages spoken by 75 ethnic groups across the country. Despite this rich linguistic diversity, the educational system continues to struggle with implementing effective multilingual education policies to adequately support multilingual learners. Read More

How can maps help combat violence against children with disabilities?

by Steven Kaindaneh and Alexandre Chailloux | Sep 9, 2025 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Education and Disabilities

The story map shows how participatory mapping and photovoice has been used to explore school-related gender-based violence in four inclusive schools in Sierra Leone. Read More