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

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...

Making online higher education work: Opportunities, challenges and policy imperatives under COVID-19

by Yifei Yan | Oct 13, 2020 | Higher Education | 0

This blog was written by Yifei Yan, LSE Fellow at the Department of Social Policy and a Founders’ Fellow with the American Society for Public Administration. Her research...

Adapting for sustainability: taking training of trainers online to continue higher education support

by Tabitha Buchner and Josie Dryden | Jul 13, 2020 | Skills, Teachers | 0

At the mid-point in what should have been a face-to-face workshop to strengthen future facilitators and mentors of course redesign in East African universities, Tabitha Buchner...

TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) in the times of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities

by Margo Hoftijzer, Victoria Levin and Indhira Santos | May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Skills | 0

This blog was written by World Bank specialists: Margo Hoftijzer, Senior Economist in Education Global Practice; Victoria Levin, Economist in Education Global Practice and a...

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