Aid and Finance Archives - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

Planning, finance, technology and data – interview with convenors of UKFIET conference theme

by Sally Rosscornes and Ellen Smith | Feb 15, 2023 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Finance | 0

Interview with theme convenors of one of six 2023 UKFIET conference themes, ‘Planning, finance, technology and data’: Sally Rosscornes, UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, and Ellen Smith, Aga Khan Foundation. Read More

International Education Day 2023: Prioritising education through investment

by UKFIET | Jan 24, 2023 | Aid and Finance, Learning | 0

The fifth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2023 under the theme “to invest in people, prioritise education”. Read More

Remedial education to support learning loss threatened by cuts to development aid

by Lindsay Brown | Jan 23, 2023 | Aid, Learning | 0

The data is in: The COVID-19 global pandemic has been one of the most destructive events for student learning across globe, with the worst effects among the most vulnerable students – those in low-income and/or conflict-affect contexts. Globally, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries were unable to attend school in-person. Read More

Adequate resourcing is needed for states to fulfil Human Rights obligations

by Maria Ron Balsera | Dec 9, 2022 | Aid and Finance, Finance | 0

On the eve of the international Human Rights Day, this blog highlights the necessity for adequate financing to ensure that human rights can become a reality for everyone. Education is a fundamental human right for everyone. Yet this right is still not a reality for millions and is violated every… Read More

How the UK Government can support the learning of our 222 million friends in crisis

by Oliver Mawhinney | Sep 27, 2022 | Aid and Finance, Learning | 0

From floods in Pakistan, conflict in Ukraine and a hunger crisis in the Sahel, the right to education is being disrupted on an unprecedented scale worldwide. 222 million children and young people affected by the horrors of war, disaster and displacement are now in urgent need of education support and… Read More

Why we need to fund African research and education researchers

by Krista Cecille Samson | May 16, 2022 | Finance | 0

African researchers are often unable to provide data and evidence to inform global education debates and decision-making due to the immense financial challenges they face. Evidence shows that expertise from the African continent tends to be neglected and undervalued in favour of research and researchers elsewhere. Read More

Educational aid as slavery and colonialism relic

by Mike Douse | Jan 19, 2022 | Aid, Decolonisation | 0

In a West African university in the early-1960s, unthinkingly and unashamedly I presented my students with the information and ideas that I had absorbed during my postgraduate studies in the UK. Read More

How can we sustainably increase domestic financing of public education systems to enable developing country governments to achieve SDG4?

by Maria Ron Balsera | Sep 14, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Finance | 0

This blog was written by Dr. Maria Ron Balsera, Tax and Education Alliance Coordinator, ActionAid, ahead of a session at the UKFIET Conference on 16 September 2021 12:30-14:00pm...

Funding for global education must move away from neo-colonial aid

by Julia Sánchez and David Archer | Aug 11, 2021 | Critique, Finance | 1

This blog was written by ActionAid International’s Julia Sánchez, Secretary General, and David Archer, Head of Participation and Public Services. They share their...

Putting the collective impact of global development research into perspective – What we learned from six years of the Impact Initiative

by Elizabeth Tofaris and Pauline Rose | Jun 8, 2021 | Aid | 0

Reductions to UK aid have highlighted the need to understand both how international development research has, and can continue to, effect positive change. Here, Pauline Rose and...

Can the Global Education Summit start to address the huge shortfall in public financing for education?

by David Archer | May 26, 2021 | Aid | 0

This article was written by David Archer, Head of Participation and Public Services, ActionAid International and published on the ActionAid website on 17 May 2021. On 28 and 29th...

Building back better in education and training? Contested punctuation

by Ruth Naylor | May 4, 2021 | Aid | 0

This article was written by Dr Ruth Naylor, Senior International Consultant with Education Development Trust and Conference Chair for UKFIET 2021. Here, she reflects on the...

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