Category: 2025 UKFIET Conference

Photo of session at the UKFIET conference with a presenter and slides for a case study in Ghana

“It’s later than you think… but never too late”: Reflections from the RTIA Creative Workshop at UKFIET 2025

by | Mar 5, 2026 | ,

As part of the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) Facility, the Enabel Innovation Hub had the privilege of hosting a creative workshop at the UKFIET Conference 2025 focused on one of the most urgent challenges in education today: How do we scale teacher-focused innovations across diverse contexts, without compromising… Read More
Rajalaxmi in Oxford for the UKFIET conference. Radcliffe Camera in the background

Reflections from the UKFIET 2025 Conference: An incredible learning experience

by | Mar 2, 2026 |

What made the UKFIET conference particularly distinctive—unlike many conventional academic conferences—was its emphasis on dialogue, reflexivity and collective problem-solving. Perhaps the most enduring takeaway from the conference was the collective call to rethink how we respond to the global learning crisis, especially as the 2030 education goals approach. Read More
A temporary learning space in Sindh province, Pakistan. A patterned rug on the floor of a tented building

Education in emergencies: Exploring the possibilities and challenges of using Temporary Learning Centres as an alternate learning model

by and | Feb 23, 2026 | ,

Education remains to be the most impacted area during emergencies, as educational systems lack mechanisms to resist and successfully encounter the recurring crises. This also exacerbates the prevailing marginalisation in educational contexts during and after crises. Read More
Photo of people gathering at an UKFIET Conference

Learning together to prevent violence in education: Reflections from UKFIET 2025 conference

by | Jan 29, 2026 | ,

My aim for attending the conference was to share findings and lessons from a recently concluded study on school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) from the perspectives of children with disabilities in Sierra Leone. My second objective was to learn from what other researchers and practitioners were doing to understand violence in… Read More
A group photo of the participants of the session at the UKFIET Conference 2025

Drivers of effectiveness in education systems: An UKFIET panel on the role of the middle tier in implementing education change

by , , , , and | Jan 26, 2026 | ,

There is increasing attention on the role of middle-tier officials – education system intermediaries between top decisionmakers and schools, who typically sit at the state, district, subdistrict level or similar – in implementing education policies at scale. Read More
Artwork showing empowerment through education (University of East Anglia, 2024) depictin a woman moving freely with her flowing skirt made of books in bookcases

Are our partnerships really opening doors for refugee students, or just moving the borders?

by , and | Dec 15, 2025 | , ,

‘Nothing about us without us’, a principle invoked in many struggles for social justice, only works if we mean it. When we talked with people from refugee backgrounds and those working with them for our research (‘It’s not just opening the doors’: Challenges and possibilities for refugees’ access to higher… Read More
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