Higher Education and Skills Archives - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

Tertiary refugee education in Ethiopia: Integration and human capital in the IGAD region

by Dereje Anduanbessa Assayew | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Higher Education | 0

This blog is written by Dereje Anduanbessa Assayew, Education Focal Person for the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) Ethiopia Programme at The Association...

Artificial Intelligence University: The University of the Cyber Age

by Mike Douse | May 17, 2023 | Higher Education | 0

Growing numbers of universities worldwide are offering programmes in Artificial Intelligence. In this UKFIET Blog, Mike Douse describes a very different kind of higher educational institution: one that is based upon and applies AI in all of its actions. Read More

Young Workers Are Searching for Meaning and Wellbeing. Let’s Help Them Find It

by Wendy Kopp | May 2, 2023 | Skills | 0

Companies around the world are fretting about how to stem the Great Resignation and, in particular, to engage the 19-25-year-olds who comprise “Gen Z.” Read More

Gender and the site of higher education

by Nupur Jain | Feb 6, 2023 | Higher Education and Skills | 0

With neoliberalism and the increased visibility of women in higher education, there are different ways in which covert and overt forms of discrimination have become normalized in spaces of higher education. Read More

Gender on the higher education learning agenda internationally: Gender mainstreaming in international contexts

by Ruth Goodman and Tamsin Hinton-Smith | Oct 6, 2022 | Higher Education | 0

Mainstreaming gender in higher education is an important means to driving wider social change through affecting thinking, beliefs and behaviour of decision-makers of tomorrow. Towards this end, the GOTHELAI project set out to address gender inequality in international higher education contexts. Read More

We must counter barriers to female leadership in universities and colleges

by Izel Kipruto | Mar 8, 2022 | Higher Education and Skills | 0

The 2022 International Women’s Day campaign theme #BreaktheBias calls for urgent action to counter bias in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres of life, but importantly to overcome barriers to female leadership in higher education. Read More

Learning Ecosystems: Reimagining Higher Education Access for Refugees

by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes | Sep 23, 2021 | Higher Education, Learning | 0

This blog was written by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes (British Council), and Ben Webster (Mosaik Education). In dealing with refugee crises, an important but sometimes...

VET Africa 4.0: Integrating Community Research Praxis

by David Monk, Luke Metelerkamp, Simon McGrath and Palesa Molebatsi | Aug 26, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Skills | 0

This article was written by David Monk, Centre for Community Based Research and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Education and Humanities, Gulu University; Palesa Molebatsi, Centre...

Creating Livelihoods for Girls through Skills Development Interventions – Potential for Innovation

by Zain ul Abidin, Saba Saeed and Mehak Najam | Aug 9, 2021 | Girls' Education, Skills | 0

This article was written by Zain ul Abidin, Saba Saeed and Mehak Najam from Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may be global but it is felt most...

Research methods: Building back better in international education and development research – what to expect from the 2021 UKFIET conference

by Elizabeth Walton and Bronwen Magrath | Jul 15, 2021 | 2021 Conference Themes, Skills | 0

This article summarises an interview with co-convenors of one of six 2021 UKFIET conference themes: Research methods: Building back better in international education and...

The post-pandemic hybrid university in the time of digitisation

by Philip Uys and Mike Douse | Feb 15, 2021 | Higher Education | 0

This blog was written by Philip Uys, Senior International Education Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Systems, Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Mike...

Decolonising Higher Education: Bring Students Back In

by Yifei Yan | Jan 28, 2021 | Decolonisation, Higher Education | 0

This blog is written by Yifei Yan, Fellow, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science. Yifei explains how and why it is imperative that the...

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