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Behind the search bar: Navigating the technicalities of databases during systematic reviews

by Wadhwani Nimarta, Waqas Faraz, Anila Hassan and Sadia Bhutta | Dec 17, 2025 | Critique

Among the different types of literature reviews, systematic reviews are one of the distinct and useful ways to identify the trends and map out the key evidence available for a particular research area. Despite the emergent use of systematic reviews across academic fields, there is uneven capacity for conducting reviews… Read More

History and power in global organisations’ digital development projects with COVID

by Choah Park | Oct 26, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Critique

COVID has been portrayed as a disruptive crisis event leading to the inevitable transition to the digitalisation of society. Digital technologies employed during school closures have been promoted as solutions to educational problems and to education reforms for the future. Global organisations including UNESCO, the OECD, and the World Bank… Read More

Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development: Where Does Education Come in?

by Anna Robinson-Pant | Jun 28, 2023 | Critique, Girls' Education

In this blog, Anna Robinson-Pant comments on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030 by drawing on findings from a recent family literacy project. Read More

Linkages between Political Participation and Educational Attainment in Nigeria: What Does the Data Say?

by Fredo Bankole and Wilsohn Arnold Alabi | Jan 11, 2023 | Critique, Learning

This blog explores the relationship between educational attainment and political participation using evidence from RISE data collection in Nigeria. Read More

Great Buys, Good Buys, and Bad Buys

by Joel Samoff | Nov 10, 2021 | Critique, Policymaking

In this NORRAG Highlights, Joel Samoff, Research Associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg looks at the World Bank’s business of providing policy advice...

Interrogating the question ‘what works?’

by Angela Little | Oct 7, 2021 | Critique, Teachers

This blog was written by Angela W Little, Professor Emerita, UCL Institute of Education, and UKFIET Trustee. This blog extends an earlier discussion of the report by the Global...

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

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

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

UKFIET event – Global Education ‘Smart Buys’: Debating the Evidence

by UKFIET | Jul 8, 2021 | Critique, Policymaking

On 21 June 2021, UKFIET convened an online event to discuss the generation and use of evidence-based recommendations for addressing real-world educational challenges at scale. We...

Debating what evidence counts and how to ensure more voices are heard: highlights from UKFIET event

by Susy Ndaruhutse | Jul 8, 2021 | Critique, Policymaking

This blog was written by Susy Ndaruhutse, Chair of the UKFIET Trustees. She highlights here some of the key points from the recent UKFIET event: Global Education ‘Smart Buys’:...

Compare: Journal of Comparative and International Education – A reflection on the 50th Anniversary Retrospective

by Alison Buckler | May 28, 2021 | Critique

This blog was written by Alison Buckler, The Open University and BAICE Vice Chair. It was originally published on the BAICE website on 21 May 2021. As the Compare journal...

As it Assumes Leadership of the Global Education Agenda, the UK Slashes Its Own Aid to Education

by Susannah Hares and Pauline Rose | Apr 26, 2021 | Critique, Policymaking

This blog was written by Susannah Hares, Co-Director of Education Policy and Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development (CGDev), and Professor Pauline Rose, Director of...

What next for UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education? Cuts and consequences: Uncertainties and opportunities

by Steve Packer | Apr 23, 2021 | Critique, Policymaking

This article was written by Steve Packer, UKFIET Trustee. In correspondence with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ministers (July and November 2020, March...