BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@ukfiet.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170602 DTSTAMP:20200824T004319Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/voices-of-the-next-generation-shaping-th e-future-of-education-in-development/ SUMMARY:Voices of the Next Generation -Shaping the future of education in d evelopment DESCRIPTION:Voices of the next generation is a one-day conference for educa tion development professionals with less than ten years’ work experience in the sector.\nThursday 1 June 2017\, Cambridge Education offices\, Lond on\n\nIt will provide a space for those at the early stage of their career s to explore how innovation has the potential to create new directions for international education and development and how they can shape this.\n\nT he conference is being organised by Cambridge Education in collaboration w ith UKFIET\, The Commonwealth\, Atkins Global\, Save the Children UK and t he Young MCA.\nHow to get involved\nRegister\n\nRegistration for attendees will be open on Tuesday 2 May and close on Thursday 25 May.\n\nContribute to a session\n\nAttendees are invited to submit a proposal to lead a sess ion linked to the conference themes. The more innovative the better!\n\nFo r more information visit   Voices for the Next Generation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/0 3/students-377789_1280-600-x-400.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20170615T170000Z DTEND:20170615T210000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T005125Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/whats-the-use-of-education/ SUMMARY:'What’s the use of education?' DESCRIPTION:\nKeynote Lecture to  Launch a New Centre\nDelivered by Profe ssor Amartya Sen\, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor\, and Professor o f Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University\, and Nobel Laureate in E conomics.\nThursday 15 June 2017\, 17:00 – 19:00. Logan Hall\, UCL Insti tute of Education\, 20 Bedford Way\, London WC1H 0AL.\nSee here for more i nformation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/0 6/children-600-x-400.jpg CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27@ukfiet.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170629 DTSTAMP:20200824T004701Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/inclusive-learning-and-teaching-lessons- from-the-last-two-decades/ SUMMARY:Inclusive learning and teaching: Lessons from the last two decades. DESCRIPTION:One Day Conference 28 June 9.00am - 5.00pm\nhosted by the REAL Centre\, University of Cambridge.\nFor the first time\, global goals focus on raising learning in ways that ensures no one is left behind. This focu s recognises the central role of teachers in achieving education goals. Th e event will bring together researchers\, policymakers and practitioners c oncerned with supporting teachers in raising learning outcomes for childre n from diverse backgrounds within their classrooms. Particular attention w ill be given to raising learning outcomes for children from poor household s\, girls\, and children with disabilities. The event will learn from rese arch and initiatives over the past two decades to provide lessons for the coming decades in ways that will inform the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The focus will primarily be on countries in So uth Asia and sub-Saharan Africa\, which are furthest from achieving the go als.\n\nThis all-day event will take place at the Faculty of Education\, D onald McIntyre Building\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ.  Free   Registration. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/0 4/REAL-Event-28-June-17.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20171019T170000Z DTEND:20171019T190000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224923Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/troubling-muslim-youth-identities-nation -religion-gender/ SUMMARY:Troubling Muslim Youth Identities: Nation\, Religion\, Gender DESCRIPTION:Book Launch and Open Seminar\, 19 October\nAuthors: Máiréad D unne\, Naureen Durrani\, Kathleen Fincham and Barbara Crossouard\n\n\nAtte nborough Centre for the Creative Arts\, University of Sussex\n5-7pm\nATTEN D IN PERSON OR REMOTELY\nMORE INFORMATION ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/1 0/Troubling-Muslim-Youth-Identities.png CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20171205T150000Z DTEND:20171205T170000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/literacy-in-malawi-and-the-uk/ SUMMARY:Literacy in Malawi and the UK DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 5th December - BALID informal Literacy Discussion No. 2 9\nFigured Worlds: Literacy practices in a rural Malawi  Ahmmardouh Maya (University of East Anglia) will lead this discussion about literacy in a village community in Malawi. In preparation\, you may like to read about A hmmardou’s presentation at UKFIET last September.\n\nLend me your Ears: When and why adults read aloud  Sam Duncan (UCL institute of Education) w ill tell us about the Reading Aloud in Britain Today (RABiT) project\, wh ich considers whether\, when\, why and how adults read aloud. After introd ucing the project\, she will argue that we may need to expand notions of ‘reading’ to better include the diversity of contemporary practices.\n \nPlease note that the double bill at 3pm will be preceded by the BALID A GM at 2pm\, which you are welcome to attend. Both events take place at Mar y Sumner House\, 24 Tufton St\, London SW1P 3RB  – about 10 minutes’ walk from Westminster and St James Park stations\, 20 minutes from Victori a.\n\nAll welcome\, but please book a place by emailing the BALID Secretar y\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/1 0/BALID-Logo-Final-smallerrgb.bmp CATEGORIES:Forum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20180515T160000Z DTEND:20180515T180000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T010941Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/meeting-sdg-4s-learning-objectives-looki ng-beyond-the-obvious/ SUMMARY:Meeting SDG 4's learning objectives- Looking beyond the obvious DESCRIPTION:Can education systems anticipate the challenges of artificial i ntelligence?\n\n\n\nThere is increasing concern that artificial intelligen ce could automate many jobs and displace scores of workers in the next dec ade or two. The usual response to this possibility is to argue that automa tion has never caused long-term unemployment in the past and that displace d workers just need more education to move into higher-skill jobs. But is this the right response and will it be enough?\n\nIn our upcoming Strateg ic Debate\, Stuart Elliott\, the Henry David Visiting Scholar at the U.S. National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine\, will provide s ome tentative answers\, while putting forth a proposal for even better ans wers that will take us into the future. We will also welcome Steven Vosloo from UNESCO as the discussant and Suzanne Grant Lewis from IIEP-UNESCO as the moderator.\n\nSpeakers:\n\n·  Stuart Elliott\, Henry David Visiting Scholar\, U.S. National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine\ n\n·  Steven Vosloo\, Senior Project Officer\,  Section of Youth\, Lite racy and Skills Development\, UNESCO (discussant)\n·  Suzanne Grant Lewi s\, Director\, IIEP-UNESCO (moderator)\nWhen: Tuesday\, May 15\, 2018\n4pm – 6pm (CEST)\nWhere: IIEP-UNESCO auditorium\n7-9 rue Eugene Delacroix\ , 75116 Paris\nThis event will be held in English with simultaneous interp retation into French (only in English via livestream).\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \;\n\nNot in Paris? The Event will be livestreamed  (4pm CEST) .\n\nMake sure to register here to receive a reminder and link to the web cast.\n\nFollow the debate on Twitter with the hashtag #StrategicDebate an d @IIEP_UNESCO.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/0 5/IIEP-SDG4.jpg CATEGORIES:Webcast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20180517T140000Z DTEND:20180517T180000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T011250Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/models-of-literacy-learning-purpose-func tion-and-communicative-practice/ SUMMARY:MODELS OF LITERACY LEARNING: purpose\, function and communicative p ractice DESCRIPTION:This is the title of BALID's conference on Thursday\, 17th May 2018\, kindly hosted by SOAS\, London\, UK. It will focus on issues of lit eracy learning in multilingual communities. Our panellists are Professor L eketi Makalela and Professor Friederike Lüpke. Further details will be available in the coming weeks. All are welcome\, whether students\, NGO wo rkers or academics. The event will last from 2-6pm.\n\nMore information an d booking form - pdf file ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/1 0/BALID-Logo-Final-smallerrgb.bmp CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20181120T140000Z DTEND:20181120T163000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T010517Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/2019-global-education-monitoring-report- uk-launch-20-november/ SUMMARY:2019 Global Education Monitoring Report - UK Launch\, 20 November DESCRIPTION:Building bridges\, not walls: Key lessons from the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report on migration and displacement\n\nTuesday\, 20 November 2018\n2:00 - 4:30 PM\nWellcome Collection\, 183 Euston Road\, Lon don\, NW1 2BE\, United Kingdom\n\nFree registration will be from 1:30pm wi th refreshments\, starting promptly at 2:00pm\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\nThe th ird report in the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report series will con tinue its assessment of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (S DG 4) on education and its ten targets\, as well as other related educatio n targets in the SDG agenda.\n\nThe main focus of the 2019 GEM Report is m igration and displacement. Over a year in the making\, the Report will pre sent evidence on the implications of different types of migration and disp lacement for education but also the impact that reforming curricula\, peda gogy and teacher preparation can have on embracing diversity.\n\nThe 2019 GEM Report will make the case for investing in the education of children l eft behind by migrant parents or following them as seasonal migrants\; in countries with high rates of emigration and those seeing high rates of imm igration\; in short-term refugee emergencies and in protracted crises\, an alyzing challenges to effective humanitarian financing for education. It w ill also examine the risks and opportunities of skilled migration. Its con clusions and recommendations will advance the aims of SDG 4 and its call t o #LeaveNoOneBehind.\n\nUK Launch\n\nTwo migration and displacement issues will be the focus of the event. First\, the Report estimates that in 2017 over 84 million people were displaced\, either due to conflict\, persecut ion or natural disaster. Many of these are much younger than the correspon ding population of migrants. Education can provide them with a protective and stable environment\, building resilience for children whose lives have descended into chaos. However\, education for the displaced requires long -term planning and investment. While some countries have embraced this pri nciple of refugee inclusion despite their limited resources\; others have yet to do so\, partly because they need more support. Achieving this is a shared responsibility.\n\nSecond\, migration and displacement can challeng e policy makers to re-examine what and how education is being taught to bu ild inclusive societies and help people live together\, not just be tolera nt. Education that values diversity is important for all countries\, no ma tter their migration history or present circumstances. Education’s role and responsibility goes beyond building tolerant societies that passively accept but do not necessarily embrace differences to building inclusive so cieties that appreciate and respect differences and provide high-quality e ducation for all.\n\nCo-hosted by the UK’s Education and Development For um (UKFIET)\, BAICE and the GEM Report the event will convene speakers fro m across UK Government\, the donor community\, education and humanitarian experts\, teachers\, students and parents.\n\nFollowing a presentation of the key findings and recommendations from the 2019 GEM Report\, the first of two panels will focus on the need for safe\, quality and inclusive educ ation in displacement and draw attention to the role of the international community in supporting countries in strengthening education policies and planning to effectively respond to current and emerging humanitarian situa tions. A second panel discussion will focus on strategies to foster an inc lusive education system with a focus on diversity\, speakers will share ex amples of current initiatives from across the UK to promote better interac tion amongst families\, schools and local communities and support societie s to become more culturally aware\, cohesive and tolerant.\n\nAlongside th e event in London\, the Report will also be launched on the same day in Be rlin\, Bangkok and Nairobi. Over the course of the following three months it will be launched in a further 60 national events involving Ministers\, academics\, civil society\, and youth.\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n13:45-14:00\nRe gistration and refreshments\n\n\n14:00-14:10\nIntroduction and welcome rem arks: Professor Freda Wolfenden\, Executive Committee Chair\, UKFIET\n\n\ n14:10-14:30\nMain findings of the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report :  Sébastien Hine\, Global Education Monitoring Report\n\n\n14.30-15.15\ nPanel I: Education\, migration and displacement\n\nThe panel will discuss the practical challenges and solutions to including migrants and refugees in national education systems.\n\nModerator: Barbara Serra\, Presenter an d Correspondent\, Al Jazeera\n\nPanellists:\n\n Tejendra Pherali\, Univer sity College London\n Emma Gremley\, Senior Education Adviser\, UK Depart ment for International Development (DFID)\n Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly\, Head o f Education Policy &\; Advocacy Save the Children\n Fadi Halliso\, Gul makai Champion\,  Malala Fund\n\n\n\n\n15:30-16:15\nPanel II: Fostering diversity in the classroom\n\nThe panel will discuss the crucial role that education plays in helping migrants settle in new countries and environme nts. This includes initiatives to develop interactive national curriculum\ , recruit teachers from diverse backgrounds and provide teacher training p rograms\, which equip teachers to teach students for diverse backgrounds.\ n\nModerator: Barbara Serra\, Presenter and Correspondent\, Al Jazeera\n\n Panellists:\n\n Emma Williams\, CEO\, Student Action for Refugees\n Andr ia Zafirakou\, Teacher and 2018 Global Teacher Prize\n Kiri Tunks\,Presid ent of the National Union of Teachers section of the the National Educatio n Union\n\n\n\n\n16:15-16:30\nClosing remarks\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/1 0/GEMR-2019-300x177-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Book Launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20181205T173000Z DTEND:20181205T193000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/innovation-then-what/ SUMMARY:Innovation: then what? DESCRIPTION:5 December\, 5.30pm\, London\nAn event hosted by Cambridge Educ ation in partnership with the Open University\nComplex development challen ges require innovative solutions. But innovation is only the first step. H ow do you scale it\, sustain it\, and support its evolution?\nBangladesh ’s English in Action programme is widely recognised as one of the most s uccessful teacher development programmes of its kind. It is probably best known for its ground-breaking\, and much replicated\, use of mobile phones to share audio and video materials.\nHowever\, this is just a small part of the EIA story. Less well-known is the story of how it achieved and inst itutionalised a change in learning culture. A journey which encountered ma ny challenges\, and at times\, failures\, along the way.\nA new book\, Sus tainable English Language Teacher Development at Scale: Lessons from Bangl adesh (Bloomsbury\, 2018)\, provides a detailed review of this award-winni ng programme. Looking at what did and didn’t work\, and what was learned along the way.\nFeaturing perspectives from the project team\, government officials\, and Bangladeshi teachers\, this launch event provides an info rmal opportunity to debate what comes after innovation – in particular\, scale up and sustainability.\nJoin us in London on Wednesday 5 December f rom 5.30pm for some mulled wine and mince pies.\nREGISTER HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/1 1/cambridge-pic.jpg CATEGORIES:Book Launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20190305T160000Z DTEND:20190305T180000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/iiep-strategic-debate-learning-at-the-bo ttom-of-the-pyramid/ SUMMARY:IIEP Strategic Debate: Learning at the bottom of the pyramid DESCRIPTION:In low- and middle-income countries\, efforts to raise educatio n levels often focus on the “average” learner. But what happens to the most marginalized and poorer learners in the most resource-strapped count ries?\n\nFor the next IIEP Strategic Debate on 5 March 2019\, please join IIEP for an important conversation on how to shift the focus to include al l learners\, so that those who are marginalised and disadvantaged can beco me more central in national and international efforts to improve learning outcomes. Not only would this help to improve equity and inclusion in educ ation – a core area of the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) – it would raise national levels of learning.\n\nDan Wagner\, UNESCO Cha ir in Learning and Literacy and professor of education at the University o f Pennsylvania\, will join the Debate as keynote speaker. He will draw fro m two of his recently published books: Learning at the bottom of the pyra mid: Science\, measurement\, and policy in low-income countries (IIEP-UNES CO\, 2018)\, and Learning as Development: Rethinking International Educat ion in a Changing World (Routledge\, 2018). Jordan Naidoo\, Director of t he Division for Education 2030 Support and Coordination at UNESCO\, will j oin as discussant. And Suzanne Grant Lewis\, Director of IIEP-UNESCO\, wil l moderate the Debate.\n\nSign up here to attend in person or to watch the webcast. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 2/IIEP-strategic-debate.jpg CATEGORIES:Webcast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20190718T120000Z DTEND:20190718T124500Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224921Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/uea-unesco-chair-free-phd-webinar-on-sex ual-education-in-senegal/ SUMMARY:#ALL4SOCIALCHANGE PhD Webinar on Sexual education in Senegal DESCRIPTION:Save the date: Thursday\, 18th July\, from 11 UTC (12nn Britis h Time)\n\nThe UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Tran sformation based at the University of East Anglia (UK) is happy to invite you to the first BILINGUAL #ALL4SocialChange PhD Webinar Series. Note t hat the presentation and Q&\;A will be in French and translated live to English.\n\nNdèye Fatou Cissé (Cheikh Anta Diop University\, Dakar\, Se negal) will present “Sexual education outside schools – the role of th e neighbourhood godmothers in Senegal”. She will explore how godmothers can raise awareness on and increase access to sexual health services – p articularly around cervical cancer – among women and their families.\n\n Register for FREE at https://www.bit.ly/EducationSenegal \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 7/UNESCO-SENEGAL.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20190829T130000Z DTEND:20190829T140000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224921Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/uea-unesco-chair-free-phd-webinar-on-bil ingual-literacy-for-life-an-ethnographic-study-of-an-indigenous-language-l iteracy-programme-in-mexico/ SUMMARY:#ALL4SOCIALCHANGE PhD Webinar on Bilingual Literacy for Life: an et hnographic study of an indigenous language literacy programme in Mexico DESCRIPTION:Free webinar on Thursday 29th August at 1pm\nRegister here.\n\n This webinar will focus on Indigenous language literacy practices for adul ts\, specifically analysing a government-led literacy programme in Mexico called the Bilingual Literacy for Life Programme (BLLP). This research is aligned with the current sustainable development agenda that outlines cert ain transformative goals and targets regarding education\, including elimi nating gender disparities and ensuring equitable access to quality educati on\, particularly for Indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations.\n\nDr awing from ethnographic techniques in literacy research\, three case studi es were carried out in the Mexican states of Campeche\, Oaxaca and San Lui s Potosi. The data that was collected consisted of study circle observatio ns and semi-structured interviews with 25 participants and 9 facilitators in order to determine the impact of this literacy programme and to explore the different meanings\, values and uses of Indigenous language literacy in the everyday lives of the participants. This study aims to bridge an ep istemological gap between government-led literacy programmes and policies and their respective local practices\, thereby informing and enhancing the discourse and literature regarding literacy practices in the social and c ultural contexts of Indigenous communities.\n\nAdditionally\, the findings of this study will have implications for policymakers and practitioners i n different country contexts and will aim to contribute to both the wider landscape of international educational development studies in the global S outh and to adult literacy studies more generally.\n\nRegister here.\n\nEn quiries: unesco.chair@uea.ac.uk\n\n#ALL4SOCIALCHANGE\n\n \;\n\nPresent er: Lorena Sanchez Tyson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educ ation\, Practice and Society at University College London Institute of Edu cation with a background in NGO program management\, language consulting\, and teaching. She holds a BA in English from the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (Mexico)\, and a joint MA in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Man agement from both UCL (UK) and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain). Her doct oral research is centered on adult literacy in multilingual and Indigenous contexts. Other research interests include alternative learning/unschooli ng/de-schooling\, postcolonial and decolonial theory\, gender\, and lifelo ng learning. Lorena is originally from Tampico\, Mexico\, and currently re sides in London\, U.K.\n\nModerator: Ulrike Hanemann was a former Senior P rogramme Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) an d currently an Academic Associate at University of East Anglia. Ulrike's p articular research interest is in conceptualising literacy from a lifelong learning perspective\, and her ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 8/webinar12.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17@ukfiet.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200214 DTSTAMP:20200820T224923Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/pathways-to-inclusive-and-equitable-qual ity-education-for-people-with-disabilities-cross-context-conversations-and -mutual-learning/ SUMMARY:Pathways to inclusive and equitable quality education for people wi th disabilities: Cross context conversations and mutual learning DESCRIPTION:International symposium 12-13 February 2020\nWhile the promise of education for all has been enshrined in international commitments\, wha t remains unclear is how best this vision can be achieved in practice. Ack nowledging the broader understanding of inclusive education for all\, in t his symposium we choose to forefront children with disabilities\, a group that continues to face various forms of exclusion within education.\n\nThi s symposium aims to provide a space to forefront contextual complexities a nd dilemmas\, but move the debates forward to critically examine where cur rent hurdles exist\, and how to better address the significant inequalitie s that exist in providing “inclusive and equitable quality education” (Sustainable Development Goal 4) for children and young people with disabi lities across the globe. This cross-national dialogue\, we hope\, will ena ble sharing of practices and encourage learning from each other\, given th at there exist unique strengths in different systems.\n\nThe invited speak ers have been selected to provide access to critical debates\, discussion and approaches to education of children with disabilities from a wide inte rnational perspective. The event will have an interactive format with ampl e opportunities for presentations\, dialogue\, knowledge sharing and refle ctions.\n\nThe following themes will be covered:\n\n Pedagogies in practi ce: teaching-learning processes and experiences in the classroom\n Learne r experiences: experiences of children and young people with disabilities in a range of educational settings\n Educational spaces: where learning h appens and fluidity of boundaries between these spaces\n Disability inter sectionality: how disability intersects with other important markers of ex clusion such as gender\, location\, ethnicity\, migration etc.\, and the v arying impact on the educational pathways and experiences of these childre n.\n\nThe first day will end with a social event at the Department of Educ ation and Special Education\, including an opportunity for various partici pants (such as students\, early career researchers and others) attending t he symposium to present their research as part of a thematic poster sessio n.\n\nhttps://ips.gu.se/english/research/research-environments/pris/piqed\ n\nThe conference is hosted by the Platform for Research in Inclusive Educ ation and School Development (PRIS) and Cambridge Network for Disability a nd Education Research (CaNDER) with support from the Swedish Research Coun cil. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/1 1/CANDER-1742902_arturo-esparza-jmzfqly-n4y-unsplash-sm.jpg CATEGORIES:Symposium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200227T093000Z DTEND:20200227T163000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/diaspora-and-internationalisation-in-hig her-education-a-baice-thematic-forum/ SUMMARY:Diaspora And Internationalisation In Higher Education: A BAICE Them atic Forum DESCRIPTION:27 February 2020\n09.30 – 16.30\nSenate House\, University of London\, Malet Street\, London\, WC1E 7HU\n\n\n\nThe increased movement o f people coupled with the rise of communications technology has made it po ssible for ever larger groups of mobile people to maintain contact with th eir homelands over vast distances. The term ‘diaspora’ is increasingly employed to describe these relations and it is used widely by academics\, policy-makers\, and national and supra-national institutions. The prolife ration of diasporas linked with increasing academic and student mobility/m igration has contributed to shaping the contemporary diasporic conditions in many (internationalising) national higher education systems. Yet despit e this growing phenomenon\, and increasing national policy initiatives to engage with diasporas\, there has been rather less research on the complex relationship between diaspora and higher education\, and particularly sch olarship around internationalisation. Through contributions from scholars from around the world\, we aim to critically examine diverse theoretical p erspectives and empirical cases of diaspora and how they connect with and inform the theme of internationalisation in higher education.\n\n\n\n\n R egister\n\n\n\nKeynote Addresses\nProf. Brad Blitz\, UCL Institute of Edu cation\nFreedom of Movement\, Displacement and Diaspora: Implications for Internationalisation in Higher Education\n\nProf. Rachel Brooks &\; Dr. Johanna Waters\, UCL Institute of Education &\; UCL\nStudent Mobiliti es and Migration\nOpen Discussion Panel\nChair: Prof. Fazal Rizvi\, Unive rsity of Melbourne ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/1 1/BAICE-logo-colour-Large-Small-2.jpg CATEGORIES:Forum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200427T130000Z DTEND:20200427T140000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/all4social-change-university-of-east-ang lia-webinar-series/ SUMMARY:Language Sanctuaries: why language is integral to the arts of integ ration DESCRIPTION:#ALL4SOCIALCHANGE Webinar Series\n\nWe are delighted to invite you to participate in our popular #All4Social Change University of East An glia webinar series.\n\nOn Monday 27th April at 1 pm (BST)\, the webinar w ill be a joint event with the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at Glasgow University\, hosted by the University of Sanctuary at the University of East Anglia on  ‘Language sanctuaries: why language is integral to the arts of integration’. In this webinar\, Alison Phipps with Gameli Tordzro\, Naa Densua Tordzro\, Tawona Sitholé\, Sahar Alshobaki and Giovanna Fassetta\, will present the work of the UNES CO Chair for Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts\, with a p articular focus on the ways in which language may offer sanctuary. This wi ll include an examination of different policies that focus on integration through language acquisition\; a critical assessment of the pitfalls in fo cusing on language acquisition as a technological or technocratic 'fix' to the tasks accompanying integration\; a discussion of the ways in which a monolingual perspective dominates and shapes understandings of the languag e acquisition\; and a consideration of shifting policy landscapes. In the presentation\, Alison with colleagues will draw on insights from their wor k in Gaza\, Ghana\, Zimbabwe\, Aoteaora\, Scotland and in refugee communit ies which take a sanctuary view of language. The webinar will include poet ry\, story\, dance and song together with more traditional academic presen tation.\n\nRegister for FREE at: https://bit.ly/Language_Sanctuaries  You will then just have to click on your registration link to join the webina r on the day.\n\nAny questions\, please contact: unesco.chair@uea.ac.uk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 4/webinar1.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200619T170000Z DTEND:20200619T190000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/early-career-professionals-network-focus ing-on-disability-and-education/ SUMMARY:Early Career Professionals Network: focusing on disability and educ ation DESCRIPTION:The Early Career Professionals Network\, sponsored by UKFIET\, is hosting an event on 19 June 2019\, 5-7pm at the Cambridge Education off ices\, London. In alignment with the biennial September UKFIET conference\ , which this year focuses on Inclusive Education Systems\, this ‘next ge neration’ event will focus on the theme of disability and its intersecti on with research\, implementation and putting policy into practice.\n\nAs part of the event\, there will be a panel discussion featuring Early Caree r Professionals from Plan UK\, Cambridge Education and others to be confir med\, who will discuss their own work and experience of working for inclus ion in international education. Some of the questions and themes will focu s on:\n\n How can inclusive learning environments be best provided for ch ildren with disabilities\, given the financial constraints of both schools and ministries of education?\n How can teachers be supported to identify and meet the needs for the variety of different learning and physical dis abilities that they may encounter?\n What does inclusive teaching practic e look like\, particularly for children with disabilities? Given teachers ’ large classes and lack of training\, how can teachers be supported to demonstrate this type of practice?\n What are the best ways to assess chi ldren with disabilities who do not meet the minimum competencies for their grade level? How can these be incorporated into a national assessment sys tem?\n\nWe are inviting participants who are Early Career Professionals fr om a range of backgrounds. We hope to provide an engaging Q&\;A session after the panel discussion. To conclude the event\, there will also be an opportunity for networking with some refreshments.\n\nThe event is free t o attend but space is limited so please only register if you can make this evening slot in London.\nREGISTER HERE\nUKFIET will be tweeting from the event. Please use #NextGenVoices and follow @UKFIET for more information. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 5/30017706372_4cc9172dff_z-300x200-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Panel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200629T000000Z DTEND:20200629T000000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/academic-qa-your-questions-answered/ SUMMARY:29 June - Academic Q&A: Your Questions Answered DESCRIPTION:On 23 June the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report will la unch its 2020 Report calling for countries to concentrate on those being left behind and move towards inclusion in education – a particularly po ignant message for those now rebuilding their school systems after the arr ival of Covid-19.\n\nThe GEM Team would like to invite you to take part in a session designed for academics to have Your Questions Answered on th e 2020 GEM Report in a written live online discussion on 29 June. The seri es will offer academics a direct line of communication with the GEM Report ’s authors all day\, who will respond to your questions and reactions to the Report's new evidence\, data and recommendations. It will be host ed on the GEM Report's World Education Blog\, with queries and answers po sted as comments - and replies to comments - and public for all to see.\n\ nTo confirm your interest in taking part email gemreport@unesco.org\n\n#A llMeansAll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 6/GEMR-2020Academic-QA.png CATEGORIES:Report Launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200709T170000Z DTEND:20200709T183000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/global-e-launch-of-pal-networks-internat ional-common-assessment-of-numeracy-report/ SUMMARY:Global e-launch of PAL Network’s International Common Assessment of Numeracy Report DESCRIPTION:9 July 5:00-6:30 pm (GMT +03:00)\nICAN is an open-source\, robu st and easy-to-use assessment tool\, available in 11 languages\, that offe rs international comparability of results aligned to SDG 4.1.1. (a). It wa s developed through collaborative efforts between PAL Network member organ isations in 13 low and middle-income countries across Africa\, Asia and Am erica. ICAN serves as a large-scale proof of concept that a common tool ca n be used to assess foundational numeracy skills across contexts.\n\nThe l aunch will feature the following speakers\;\n\n Dr. Silvia Montoya- Direc tor\, UNESCO Institute for Statistics\n Dr. Rukmini Banerji - Chief Execu tive Officer\, Pratham Education Foundation\n Dr. Sylvia Schmelkes- Acade mic Vice-President of Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City\n Mr. Bou reïma Allaye Touré- Chairperson\, National Council of Civil Society Orga nisations in Mali\n Dr. James Jowi- Principal Education Officer\, East Af rican Community\n\nZoom Link: bit.ly/ICANLaunchWebinar\n\nDuring the launc h\, discussions will not only reflect on the potential of ICAN as a Global Learning Metric for SDG 4.1.1 (a) but also the possibilities of using it as a diagnostic tool to measure learning gains and/or losses post COVID-19 pandemic. Connect with us on Twitter @palnetworkHQ.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 6/2020_PAL_ICAN-Save-the-date-small.jpg CATEGORIES:Report Launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200715T000000Z DTEND:20200805T000000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224923Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/rise-online-presentation-series-2/ SUMMARY:RISE Online Presentation Series DESCRIPTION:In the absence of the RISE Annual Conference\, this summer’s Online Presentation Series continues the RISE tradition of gathering emerg ing scholarship that considers the learning crisis from an education syste ms perspective. And since we cannot gather in person\, we thought this was an opportune time to experiment with the event format. As such\, each aut hor will present their paper in a pre-recorded video that will be availabl e via the RISE YouTube channel (and via the links below) prior to the "liv e" panel discussion taking place on Zoom. The panel discussion will focus on discussing each of the papers and Q&\;A from event participants\, th erefore we encourage everyone to watch the videos prior to the "live" even t.\n\nThe first panel focuses on how to tackle inequality in learning outc omes. The second explores how to align curriculum goals and assessment to deliver learning. And the final two consider the role of teachers: how tea cher preparation and coaching can improve learning outcomes when they are coherent with other elements of the education system\, and finally how the design of career and compensation structures bear on teacher motivation a nd classroom outcomes.\n\nIndividual session registration links are listed here\; pre-registration is required to join the event. Questions can be s ubmitted during the event by those registered and logged in. All sessions will be live-streamed via the RISE YouTube channel and this event page.\n\ n\nFull programme and details of panellists here\nLearning Inequalities an d Social Mobility\n\n Wednesday\, 15 July 2020\n 15:00-16:00 (UK)\n\nCur riculum and Assessment\n\n Thursday\, 23 July 2020\n 15:00-16:00 (UK)\n\ nTeachers and the Teaching Profession I: Training and Coaching\n\n Thursd ay\, 30 July\n 16:00 - 17:00 (UK)\n\nTeachers and the Teaching Profession II: Motivation and Overcoming Constraints\n\n Wednesday\, 5 August 2020\ n 14:00-15:00 (UK)\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 7/20200708_Infographic_RISE-online-series_overall.png CATEGORIES:Panel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200728T130000Z DTEND:20200728T143000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/catching-up-on-lost-learning-part-1-appl ying-accelerated-approaches-in-response-to-covid-19/ SUMMARY:Catching Up on Lost Learning — Part 1: Applying Accelerated Appro aches in Response to COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:Webinar\, Tuesday July 28\, 9-10:30am EDT\, 2-3:30pm UTC or 1-2 :30pm BST\n\nOrganised by Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG) and I nter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)\n\nRegister in adv ance for this webinar:\n\nhttps://rescue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O826o VVjQXeCAPMZVpSm1w\n\n(After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on joining the webinar.)\n\n********************** **********************************\n\nThe webinar is organized jointly by INEE and the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG). Panelists will pr ovide an overview of relevant definitions related to alternative education \, key recommendations in light of COVID-19\, and practical examples from multiple settings.\n\nThe discussion will focus on education options while highlighting new guidance from the AEWG\, the COVID-19 decision tree and accompanying brief\, COVID-19: Pathways for the Return to Learning\, which feature program options and considerations for learners who have missed o ut on education due to the pandemic. The webinar will also be an opportuni ty for a wider discussion with INEE members through a moderated Q&\;A.\ n\nTo further explore practical COVID-19 guidance in regard to accelerated education\, Part 2 of this webinar will offer a presentation and Q&\;A session on AEWG considerations for practitioners for condensing curriculu m the last week of August 2020.\n\nThis webinar will be conducted in Engli sh and all are welcome. Due to space limitations\, only 500 participants c an join live. Registration is free and easy using the link above. Once you register\, a unique join URL will be sent to your email. A recording of t he webinar will also be shared on the INEE website for those who cannot jo in live.\n\nIf you have any questions about the INEE COVID-19 response\, p lease visit the INEE website or contact covid-19@inee.org.\n\nClick to reg ister ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/INEE-300x140-1.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200728T143000Z DTEND:20200728T143000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224922Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/leveraging-lessons-from-the-covid-19-cri sis-for-learners-with-disabilities-global-seminar/ SUMMARY:Leveraging Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis for Learners with Disab ilities: Global Seminar DESCRIPTION:The World Bank's Inclusive Education Iniative (IEI) invites you to participate in a Global Seminar to discuss our latest Issues Paper\, ' Pivoting to Inclusion: Leveraging Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis for Lea rners with Disabilities' on July 28\, 2020\, from 08:30am to 10:00am ET. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 7/World-Bank_Covid-Crisis-seminar-28-7-300x169-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200731T120000Z DTEND:20200731T130000Z DTSTAMP:20200821T085024Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/abidjan-principles-on-the-right-to-educa tion-private-actors-in-education-during-covid-19/ SUMMARY:Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education – private actors in education during COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:Webinar 31 July\n\nThe International Commission of Jurists - Af rica (ICJ)\, Global Initiative for Economic\, Social and Cultural Rights ( GI-ESCR) and Right to Education Initiative (RTE) warmly invite you to the second in a two-part webinar series on the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education in the context of COVD-19\, scheduled for 31 July 2020 at 1p m CAT or 12pm BST.\n\nThe first webinar (Friday 24 July) focused on public education (provided directly by the government) during COVID-19 and the s econd (on Friday 31 July) will focus on private actors in education during COVID-19.\n\nThe webinars will be attended by judges and civil society or ganisations from Kenya\, Uganda\, South Africa and Sierra Leone. Watch bot h webinars live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICJARP.\n\nIn case o f any questions reach out to Timothy Hodgson (ICJ) on or Ashina Mtsumi. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 7/Abidjan-Principles.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200806T140000Z DTEND:20200806T150000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224923Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/reopening-schools-with-reimagined-learni ng/ SUMMARY:Reopening Schools With Reimagined Learning DESCRIPTION:Thursday 6 August 2020 2-3 pm BST\n\nAs schools start to reopen across the globe we convene world-leading experts to pitch their visions of reimagined learning\n\nAbout this Event \n\nThis forum organised by the DFID-funded EdTech Hub will be a chance to learn and share ideas about vi sions for school reopening across the world. The session will begin with f ive different visions from an educator\, researcher\, entrepreneur\, polic ymaker and implementer. They will each have five minutes to share their vi sions of what governments must consider when preparing for school reopenin g. We will then open the session up to questions from you!\n\nRegister her e ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 7/EDTech-6-Aug-event-300x150-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Forum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200812T150000Z DTEND:20200812T160000Z DTSTAMP:20200820T224923Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/stronger-together-education-in-emergenci es-protracted-crises/ SUMMARY:Stronger together: Education in emergencies & protracted crises DESCRIPTION:12 August 10-11am ET\, 3-4pm BST\, 4-5pm CET\n75 million school -aged children and youth are in desperate need of educational support\, ei ther in danger of\, or already missing out on their education. Communities highlight the importance of education during times of crises\, yet educat ion appeals receive less than 2% of humanitarian funding. The right to edu cation is most at risk during emergencies but it is also the exact time wh en it is needed the most.\n\nOn August 12\, 2020\, Devex and Education Can not Wait are hosting a dynamic online event to engage key stakeholders and generate a global conversation showcasing challenges and solutions to del iver a more collaborative and rapid response to the educational needs of c hildren and youth affected by crises\, especially.\n\nThe event will also include the official launch of Education Cannot Wait’s annual report\, h ighlighting important results and lessons learned on how to advance educat ion for the most vulnerable. Together with key experts and high-level stak eholders\, we’ll shine a light on the important link between education a nd peace and development\, and showcase solutions to boost access to educa tion for children and adolescents living in crisis-affected countries.\nRe gister here\n\n We invite you to share your questions with us in advance to events@devex.com — or submit them to the host during the event using the live Q&\;A chat box.\n\nEvent co-hosted by \n\nThe Speakers \n\nMod erator - Raj Kumar\, President &\; Editor-in-Chief\, Devex\n\nRaj Kumar is the Founding President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex\, the media platfo rm for the global development community. He is a media leader and former h umanitarian council chair for the World Economic Forum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His work has led him to more than 50 countr ies\, where he has had the honor to meet many of the aid workers and devel opment professionals who make up the Devex community. He is the author of the book "The Business of Changing the World\," a go-to primer on the idea s\, people\, and technology disrupting the aid industry.\n\nThe Rt. Hon. G ordon Brown \, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of ECW’s High-Level Steering Group\n\nGordon Brown served as Prime Mini ster of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and is widely credited with p reventing a second Great Depression through his stewardship of the 2009 Lo ndon G20 summit. He was one of the first leaders during the global crisis to initiate calls for global financial action\, while introducing a range of rescue measures in the UK. In April 2009\, he hosted the G20 Summit in London where world leaders committed to make an additional $1.1 trillion a vailable to help the world economy through the crisis and restore credit\, growth and jobs. They also pledged to strengthen financial supervision an d regulation. In addition to his global education work Gordon is a Senior Panel Member at the Kofi Annan Foundation initiative on Electoral Integrit y and is a Patron of the Burma Campaign UK. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Patron of the Parliamentary Outrea ch Trust.\n\nJan Egeland\, Secretary General\, Norwegian Refugee Council\n \nJan Egeland has been the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Coun cil since August 2013\, a role which oversees the work of the humanitarian organisation in more than 30 countries affected by conflict and disaster. In 2015 he was appointed in a second role by former UN Secretary General\ , Ban Ki-moon\, as Special Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria. With in this position he chaired the humanitarian task force responsible for th e safety and protection of Syrian civilians. He stepped down from this rol e on 1 December 2018. In 2006\, Time magazine named Jan Egeland one of the “100 people who shape our world.”\n\nHenrietta H. Fore\, Executive Di rector\, UNICEF\n\nHenrietta H. Fore became UNICEF’s seventh Executive D irector on 1 January 2018. She has worked to champion economic development \, education\, health\, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in a p ublic service\, private sector and non-profit leadership career that spans more than four decades. From 2007 to 2009\, Ms. Fore served as the Admini strator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Direc tor of United States Foreign Assistance. The first woman to serve in these roles\, she was responsible for managing $39.5 billion of U.S. foreign as sistance annually\, including support to peoples and countries recovering from disaster and building their futures economically\, politically and so cially.\n\nNujeen Mustafa\, Youth Advocate for Refugees\n\nNujeen Mustafa is an incredible young woman who\, at just sixteen\, made the 3\,500-mile journey from Syria to Germany in a steel wheelchair. Nujeen was born with cerebral palsy and spent the majority of her life confined to her apartmen t in Aleppo\, Syria\, where she taught herself English watching shows on T V. As war broke out\, she and her family were forced to flee\, first to he r native Kobane\, then Turkey. Her family didn’t have enough money for t hem all to make it to safety in Germany\, where her brother lives\, so her parents stayed in Turkey while she set out with her sister across the Med iterranean\, braving inconceivable odds for the chance to have a normal li fe and an education. Nujeen’s optimism and defiance when confronting all of her challenges have propelled this young refugee from Syria into the s potlight as the human face of an increasingly dehumanised crisis. Since mo ving to Germany\, Nujeen has continued to tell her remarkable story and to capture the hearts of all who hear her speak.\n\nYasmine Sherif\, Directo r\, Education Cannot Wait\n\nYasmine Sherif is the Director of Education C annot Wait (ECW) - a global fund for education in emergencies and protract ed crisis established by the World Humanitarian Summit. A lawyer specializ ed in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (LL.M)\, she has 30 years of experience with the United Nations (UNHCR\, UNDP\, OCHA) and international NGOs\, starting her international career in 1988. Ms. Sherif has served in some of the most crisis affected countries and regions on t he globe\, including Afghanistan\, Bosnia &\; Herzegovina\, Montenegro\ , Cambodia\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Sudan\, and across the Middle East\, including Jordan (the Syria-crisis) and the occupied Palest inian territory\, as well as in New York and Geneva. Her expertise spans a cross the humanitarian\, development\, human rights\, gender and peacekeep ing spectrum.\n\nDag-Inge Ulstein\, Minister of International Development\ , Norway\n\nIn his role as the Minister of International Development\, Dag -Inge Ulstein is responsible for international development efforts in coun tries outside the OSCE\, the Middle East\, North Africa and Afghanistan. H e is also responsible for development cooperation under the auspices of th e UN system\, the World Bank\, the regional development banks and other gl obal funds and programmes. In addition\, he is responsible for Norad\, Nor ec and Norfund\n\nJustin van Fleet\, President\, Theirworld\n\nJustin van Fleet is the President of the global children's charity Theirworld and Exe cutive Director of the Global Business Coalition for Education. He previou sly served as the Director of the International Commission on Financing Gl obal Education Opportunity and Chief of Staff to the United Nations Specia l Envoy for Global Education\, Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown where the landmark “Learning Generation” report put forward a pathway to fi nance and deliver the ambitions of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – incl usive and equitable quality education for all. He has been a passionate ad vocate for financing education\, playing an instrumental role in the estab lishment of the Education Cannot Wait Fund for education in emergencies an d the new International Finance Facility for Education.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/Stronger-together-event-info.png-300x169-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Panel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200825T140000Z DTEND:20200825T150000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T011656Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/webinar-arts-in-education-during-covid-1 9-illustrating-the-value-of-creativity-and-adaptability/ SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Arts in education during COVID-19: Illustrating the value of creativity and adaptability DESCRIPTION:25 August 2020 9 am Eastern Time\, 2pm BST UK time\n\nThis webi nar will highlight how Education in Emergency (EiE) practitioners can harn ess the arts to enhance the COVID-19 response. The discussion will focus o n how art can be used to foster social emotional learning (SEL)\, student and school community wellbeing\, while linking to other life-saving humani tarian sectors.\n\nPanelists will provide an overview of how they are adap ting existing EiE arts responses to the COVID-19 context in a variety of s ettings and how others can integrate similar approaches in their work duri ng the pandemic\, and as classroom instruction resumes in a post-COVID wor ld.\n\nThe webinar will also be an opportunity for a wider discussion with INEE members through a moderated Q&\;A.\n\n \;\n\nRegister here\n\ n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/INEE-25-Aug-2020-300x252-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200827T080000Z DTEND:20200827T093000Z DTSTAMP:20200824T113210Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/potentials-of-innovative-financing-solut ions-for-inclusive-and-quality-education/ SUMMARY:Potentials of Innovative Financing Solutions for Inclusive and Qual ity Education DESCRIPTION:9-10:30am CEST/Geneva\, 8-9:30am UK time\n\nFeatured speaker an d moderators:\n\n Featured speaker: Dr. Arushi Terway\, Senior Lead Resea rch Associate\, NORRAG\n Moderator: Gita Steiner-Khamsi\, Professor and D irector of NORRAG\n Moderator: Marina Dreux Frotté\, Programme coordinat or\, NORRAG\n\nEligibility: Anyone is eligible to participate. Professiona ls and experts who work in\, or have an interest in\, international educat ion and development are specially invited to attend the webinar.\n\n \ ;\n\nREGISTER HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/NORRAG-27-Aug-2020.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200827T090000Z DTEND:20200827T090000Z DTSTAMP:20200825T102821Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/learning-from-experiences-in-south-afric a-and-zambia-to-prepare-for-school-reopening-in-uganda/ SUMMARY:Learning from experiences in South Africa and Zambia to prepare for school reopening in Uganda DESCRIPTION:11am EAT\, 9am UK time\n\nRegister for the webinar here.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic\, organisations in the education sector have adopted new approaches to reach out to students who are at hom e due to school closures. When schools reopen\, we will need to continue i n this spirit of innovation to ensure that children and young people can c atch up on lost learning and stay safe.\n\nIn this webinar\, SPARK Schools ’ and PEAS Zambia’ will share their experience of reopening schools in South Africa and Zambia respectively. PEAS Uganda will also share how the y are preparing to reopen\, and all attendees will be invited to contribut e on how to ensure schools are safe environments which provide the support students need to thrive. We hope to spark an informative conversation bet ween education organisations that helps prepare schools to open safely\, e ffectively and promptly when the Government of the Republic of Uganda prov ides further advice and guidance on school reopening.\n\nPlease feel free to share with anyone in your network who you feel would also be interested in joining this discussion.\n\nRegistration link: https://zoom.us/webinar /register/WN_cBSpNTe1S_emCOnYhroO4g\n\nDate: Tuesday\, 27th August\, 11:00 – 12:30 EAT\n\nFor any questions\, kindly email learningpod@peas.org.uk  \n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/PEAS-event-27August2020.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200827T130000Z DTEND:20200827T140000Z DTSTAMP:20200823T175930Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/webinar-catching-up-on-lost-learning-par t-2-condensing-a-curriculum-in-response-to-covid-19/ SUMMARY:WEBINAR – Catching Up on Lost Learning\, Part 2: Condensing a Cur riculum in Response to COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:27 August 9am Eastern Time\, 1pm BST (UK)\nThis web event – p art of our COVID-19 webinar series and the sequel to Catching Up on Lost L earning: Applying Accelerated Approaches in Response to COVID-19\, will be held jointly by INEE and the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG).\ n\nThis “Part 2” webinar will feature new guidance from the AEWG on co ndensing curriculum in light of COVID-19. The webinar will also be an oppo rtunity for a wider discussion with INEE members through a moderated Q& \;A.\n\nREGISTER HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/INEE-27-8-20-alt.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200902T140000Z DTEND:20200902T140000Z DTSTAMP:20200827T151820Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/covid-19-solutions-for-pre-primary-educa tion/ SUMMARY:COVID-19: Solutions for pre-primary education DESCRIPTION:9am Eastern Time\, 2pm BST\n\nThis web event\, part of our COVI D-19 webinar series and hosted jointly with UNICEF\, will be a follow-on t o the June 11 event\, Responding to the Crisis of Care and Learning: ECD a nd COVID-19. The discussion will focus on early childhood development in h umanitarian settings\, zooming in on education for children aged three to six. Panellists will offer a framing of the global pre-primary education l andscape and share insights into innovative examples from the field of sup porting young children’s learning at home during the pandemic. They will discuss strengthening the engagement of parents and other caregivers as f irst responders\, while examining considerations for reopening pre-primary learning spaces. The webinar will also be an opportunity for a wider disc ussion with INEE members through a moderated Q&\;A.\n\n \;\n\nRegis ter here ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/INEE-2-9-20.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200903T140000Z DTEND:20200903T153000Z DTSTAMP:20200825T104000Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/weighing-the-risks-school-closure-and-re opening-during-covid-19/ SUMMARY:Weighing the risks: School closure and reopening during COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:3 September (postponed from 13 August) 9-10:30am Eastern Time\, 2-3:30pm BST\nThis web event – part of the INEE COVID-19 webinar series – will focus on the impact of school closure and reopening on children and young people’s protection and education\, as well as the impact on C OVID-19 transmission. The webinar will highlight the recent policy paper b y INEE and The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. The d iscussion will include perspectives from education\, protection\, and heal th sectors with diverse panelists providing an overview of how to balance the wellbeing of learners with the safe reopening of schools. The webinar will also be an opportunity for a wider discussion through a moderated Q&a mp\;A.\n\nRegister here ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/INEE-300x140-1.png CATEGORIES:Forum,Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:37@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200917T140000Z DTEND:20200917T140000Z DTSTAMP:20200915T104602Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/webinar-an-inclusive-response-to-covid-1 9-ensuring-education-for-all/ SUMMARY:WEBINAR: An inclusive response to COVID-19: Ensuring education for all DESCRIPTION:Worldwide\, the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and deepe ned inequities\, putting marginalized students further at risk. Building o n previous webinars focused on inclusive education\, this event will spotl ight guidance from 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report: Inclusio n and education\, DFID’s Girls’ Education Challenge\, and the World Ba nk’s Inclusive Education Initiative (IEI). Panelists will discuss how Ei E practitioners can bolster equitable learning opportunities in humanitari an settings during the global health pandemic\, featuring several voices f rom the field. The webinar will also be an opportunity for a wider discuss ion with INEE members through a moderated Q&\;A.\n\nThis webinar will b e conducted in English\, with closed captioning\, and all are welcome. Reg istration is free and easy using the link above\, limit 500 participants. Once you register\, a unique join URL will be sent to your email. The webi nar will also be livestreamed on the INEE Facebook page. A recording of th e webinar will be shared on the INEE website for those who cannot join liv e.\n\n17 September 9am Eastern Time\, 2pm BST\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n \;\ n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/INEE-17.9.20.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200917T150000Z DTEND:20200917T163000Z DTSTAMP:20200910T175339Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/webinar-the-future-of-education-is-here- for-those-left-furthest-behind/ SUMMARY:WEBINAR: The Future of Education is Here for Those Left Furthest Be hind DESCRIPTION:9-10:30am EST\, 3-4:30pm BST\n\nhttps://www.educationcannotwait .org/unga2020/\n\nA virtual side event to the United Nations General Assem bly\, organised by Education Cannot Wait\n\nEducation Cannot Wait\, togeth er with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developme nt\, the United States Government\, the United Kingdom\, the Government of Norway\, will convene a virtual meeting of global leaders\, education exp erts and young people to take place during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.\n\n75 million children and youth living in count ries affected by war and climate disasters face a pandemic upon a crisis. The number of out-of-school children in conflicts and forced displacement is now rapidly escalating. The future of an entire generation is at risk. Never has the need for action been more urgent.\n\nYet\, we have a generat ional opportunity to seize on recent innovations and prioritize those at g reatest risk of being left behind – children and youth in emergencies an d protracted crises\, forcibly displaced young people\, adolescent girls a nd those with disabilities. We have an opportunity to think creatively abo ut teaching and learning\, whatever crisis or disruption we may face. It i s not a choice – it is a necessity that we build back better.\n\nThis ev ent will challenge participants to reimagine education for those left furt hest behind\, shifting the narrative from one of crisis to one of opportun ity. It will provide a platform for leaders to bring forward commitments t hat bring this shared ambition to life. It will amplify the voices of youn g people to guide us on a path to deliver a better future for conflict and crisis-affected children and youth.\n\nWe warmly invite you to register b elow and be part of this timely conversation on 17 September.\n\nhttps://w tvglobal.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gy015LugRzqXtnoFC6Q2jg ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/UNGA-Event-17.9.20.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200925T100000Z DTEND:20200925T113000Z DTSTAMP:20200826T121631Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/education-in-the-time-of-covid-19-explor ing-contexts-and-challenges/ SUMMARY:Education in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Contexts and Challenge s DESCRIPTION:What are the main challenges facing education in the time of CO VID-19?\n\nAbout this Event \n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has radically cha nged human life around the world\, including schooling and learning. While some challenges are universal\, most are context specific. This Centre fo r Education and International Development (CEID) webinar will discuss educ ation in the time of COVID -19 by exploring contexts and challenges from a round the world.\n\nCEID asked a diverse group of educators a simple quest ion: What are the main challenges you see facing education in a time of CO VID-19?\n\nSpeakers have written initial reflections\, which you can read on the CEID Blog (see links below). They will expand on their reflections in 10-minute opening remarks\, followed by a 30-minute moderated conversat ion by CEID co-director Moses Oketch.\n\nRegister here\n\nSpeakers\n\n Ra ewyn Connell - Professor Emerita\, University of Sydney\n Nutsa Kobakhidz e - Assistant Professor\, University of Hong Kong\n David Edwards - Gener al Secretary\, Education International\n Melanie Walker – Professor\, U niversity of the Free State (South Africa)\n Ruth Oparebea Manu – Proje ct Manager\, Educational Development Projects Trust\n\nThis event is organ ised by the UCL Institute of Education Centre for Education and Internatio nal Development. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 8/COVID_CIED-Event.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20200930T120000Z DTEND:20200930T120000Z DTSTAMP:20200915T084116Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/covid-19-and-its-impact-on-adult-learnin g-and-education/ SUMMARY:COVID-19 and its impact on Adult Learning and Education DESCRIPTION:\nREGISTER HERE\nCurrent debates and policy initiatives dominan tly look at mitigating COVID-19 impacts on formal schooling\, such as the effects of the shift to online learning. Against this backdrop\, less atte ntion is given to adult learning despite being widely recognised as having a vital role to play in the post-COVID-19 community strengthening. This w ebinar will explore the (potential) effects of the pandemic to adult learn ing and education programmes in contrasting contexts of Afghanistan\, the Philippines\, Uganda\, and the UK. Drawing from these reflections\, we hop e that a better understanding of how COVID-19 affects ALE programmes will open up discussions on how academia\, governments\, and civil society acto rs could better engage with opportunities and challenges in the sector pos t-pandemic and beyond.\n\n***\n\nThe British Association for Literacy in D evelopment (BALID) partners with the UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Le arning for Social Transformation at the University of East Anglia to deliv er another virtual Informal Literacy Discussion (ILD)! ILDs have been runn ing since 2011 and are led by literacy practitioners and academics on a ra nge of current ‘hot topics’ in literacy.\n\n***\n\nBALID is a non-gove rnmental organisation (NGO) promoting adult and family literacy and numera cy as a basic human right\, in the context of development. We aim to bring together organisations and individuals who believe that sharing experienc e about learning and literacy can help enrich workers and citizens in both the industrial and the developing world. https://balid.org.uk\n\n***\n\nT his UNESCO Chair at the UEA programme aims to develop understanding about how adult learning – particularly for women and young adults - can help address inequalities in the poorest communities of the world. Through inve stigating how or why adult literacy might facilitate or respond to process es of social transformation\, including women’s empowerment\, the Chair programme sets out to strengthen the interaction between formal\, non-form al and informal learning in research\, policy and programmes.\n\nhttps://w ww.uea.ac.uk/education/research/areas/literacy-and-development/unesco-chai r\n\nWebinar open to all\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/UEA-Webinar_woman-and-child-30.9.20.jpg.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201008T130000Z DTEND:20201008T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201007T105525Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-political-economy-of-education-in-ti mes-of-conflict-crises-and-pandemics-introduction-to-lecture-series-and-ov erview/ SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises an d Pandemics - Introduction to Lecture Series and Overview DESCRIPTION:Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\n\nOnline Lecture Series\n\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 10t h\, 2020\n\nOnline on ZOOM – Register here  The Zoom registration is no w fully booked\, please view via YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UC8fS NeST25wD4FRMOag5wTg\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Conflict Contexts Res earch Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\ , in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for International Education (C IE) University of Sussex are organising a global\, online lecture series e xploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Co nflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Centre for International Education (CIE) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international development and educa tion\, and all those who seek to better understand the complex situations facing education systems around the world in a period of increasing instab ility\, where education systems are challenged by war\, environmental cris is\, financial austerity and pandemics that threaten the futures of a gene ration of young people. The lecture series will be recorded and uploaded o nto a designated webpage and contribute to an open source bank of material s and resources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produce d by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the project.\n\nThe Poli tical Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\n\n Whilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to many citizens in t he Global North the fragility of their existence\, their education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed widespread learning ine qualities\; in the Global South this is but one more crisis in a long list that have punctuated daily lives and educational journeys. This lecture s eries seeks to challenge its speakers and participants to go beyond narrow understandings of education and its relationship to economy and society a nd to critically explore the complex ways that education systems are linke d to war\, peace\, ecological crises\, financial crises and pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In doing so we se ek to highlight that education systems and actors have agency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and practice matters in the pursuit of more socially just and equitable educational systems that can contribute t o a fairer and better world. We also seek to highlight how education syste ms are affected by particular crises and what policy options they might ha ve to redress this.\n\nIn that sense the series also seeks to recognise th at education policy and practice is about power and its projection into th e education system by competing social forces. For that reason we seek to draw upon a wide range of contexts and examples to highlight these contest ations and their effects on issues of education and social justice/injusti ce in times of conflict and crises.\n\nCalendar of Events\n\n Thursday 8t h October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Series and Overview (M ario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n\n\n Thursday 15th Octob er\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education (Prachi Srivas tava\, Western University \, Canada)\n\n\n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15 pm (BST). The Political Economy of Education Privatization in Times of Cri ses (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autònoma de Barc elona\, Spain)\n\n\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidence &am p\; Education Policy Making in the Global South during Covid19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictability (Yusuf Sa yed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n\n\n Thursday 5th November\, 1-2.15pm ( GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellectual Community during St ructural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n \n\n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n\n\n Thursday 19th Novemb er\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics For Peace &\; The Political Economy of R epression in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan\, University of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\n\n\n Thursday 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of Edu cation in Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n\n\n Thursda y 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; Cris es (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Kazak hstan )\n\n\n Thursday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace E ducation: A Cultural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n\nPlease Register for each lecture on the link below\, a nd you will be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \n\nhttps://www.event brite.co.uk/e/the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-conflict-crise s-tickets-119873546003 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:50@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201012T140000Z DTEND:20201012T153000Z DTSTAMP:20201007T104121Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/webinar-on-gender-equality-and-launch-of -two-new-reports-by-gem-report-team/ SUMMARY:Webinar on gender equality and launch of two new reports by GEM Rep ort team DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, 12 October 2020\, 15.00-16.30 CEST\, 14.00-15.30 BST\n\nPlacing gender equality at the heart of education for a new genera tion\n\nThe year 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaratio n and Platform for Action\, a visionary agenda for the empowerment of wome n\, adopted in 1995 by 189 governments. Despite great strides over the pas t 25 years\, progress has been uneven\, and many girls and women remain ex cluded from education around the world.\n\nTo mark the International Day o f the Girl Child\, the Global Education Monitoring Report\, the French Min istry of Europe and Foreign Affairs\, Plan International France and UNESCO will host a webinar on gender equality in education. The event will launc h two new reports aimed to help countries take stock of progress since 199 5\, and provide evidence-based recommendations to pave the way towards ach ieving gender equality in education for the new generation.\n\nThe high-le vel discussion will feature the voices of female leaders\, young women and girls whose lives have been transformed by gains in education made over t he past 25 years\, and call for gender equality in education to remain a g lobal priority in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nMore information h ere. Additional speakers to be announced shortly.\n\nSign up here to recei ve the 2020 GEM Gender Report in your inbox as soon as it is released on 9 October 2020.\n\nClick JOIN COURSE to complete your registration.\n\nKick off the discussion now using the hashtags #AllmeansALL\, #Iamthe1stGirl\, #GenerationEquality\, #Beijing+25\, #LearningNeverStops and access the pr e-launch social media pack.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/GEMGender2020-cropped.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201015T130000Z DTEND:20201015T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201009T161604Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-politics-of-covid-19-and-education/ SUMMARY:The Politics of COVID 19 and Education DESCRIPTION:Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\n\n Onl ine Lecture Series\n\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 10th\, 2020\n\n Online on ZOOM – Register here\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n  \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Political Economy of Educ ation in Conflict Contexts Research Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Res earch Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for International Education (CIE) University of Sussex are organising a gl obal\, online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Econo my of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\nThis se ries will be led and hosted by the Centre for International Education (CIE ) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openl y accessible\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of inter national development and education\, and all those who seek to better unde rstand the complex situations facing education systems around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where education systems are challeng ed by war\, environmental crisis\, financial austerity and pandemics that threaten the futures of a generation of young people. The lecture series w ill be recorded and uploaded onto a designated webpage and contribute to a n open source bank of materials and resources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifesp an of the project.\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Times of Confl ict\, Crises and Pandemics\n\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brou ght home to many citizens in the Global North the fragility of their exist ence\, their education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and re vealed widespread learning inequalities\; in the Global South this is but one more crisis in a long list that have punctuated daily lives and educat ional journeys. This lecture series seeks to challenge its speakers and pa rticipants to go beyond narrow understandings of education and its relatio nship to economy and society and to critically explore the complex ways th at education systems are linked to war\, peace\, ecological crises\, finan cial crises and pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers an d catalysts. In doing so we seek to highlight that education systems and a ctors have agency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and pract ice matters in the pursuit of more socially just and equitable educational systems that can contribute to a fairer and better world. We also seek to highlight how education systems are affected by particular crises and wha t policy options they might have to redress this.\n\nIn that sense the ser ies also seeks to recognise that education policy and practice is about po wer and its projection into the education system by competing social force s. For that reason we seek to draw upon a wide range of contexts and examp les to highlight these contestations and their effects on issues of educat ion and social justice/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\n\nCalen dar of Events\n\n Thursday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Series and Overview (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 15th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 an d Education (Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada)\n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Education Privati zation in Times of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Univers itat Autònoma de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm ( GMT). Evidence &\; Education Policy Making in the Global South during C ovid19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredic tability (Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5th Novembe r\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellectual Commu nity during Structural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Politic al Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursday 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics For Peace &\; The Political Econom y of Repression in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan\, Univ ersity of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\ n Thursday 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of E ducation in Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thursday 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; Crises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhs tan )\n Thursday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Educati on: A Cultural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University of Su ssex\, UK)\n\n \n\nPlease Register for each lecture on the link below\, a nd you will be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \n\nhttps://www.event brite.co.uk/e/the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-conflict-crise s-tickets-119873546003\n\nThis event can also be viewed during the live se ssion and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.com/chann el/UC8fSNeST25wD4FRMOag5wTg  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:51@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201019T120000Z DTEND:20201019T130000Z DTSTAMP:20201014T083554Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/family-literacy-and-indigenous-learning- perspectives-from-malawi-nepal-ethiopia-and-the-philippines/ SUMMARY:Family literacy and indigenous learning: perspectives from Malawi\, Nepal\, Ethiopia and the Philippines DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Monday 19th October 2020\, 12-1pm (UK time)\n\nRegiste r: www.bit.ly/FamilyLiteracyEduDev\nFamily literacy programmes in the Glob al South have tended to be modelled on US/UK approaches\, underpinned by a ssumptions about nuclear families and promoting Western ‘schooled’ lit eracy. This webinar will present preliminary findings from the UKRI-funded research 'Family Literacy\, Indigenous Learning and Sustainable Developme nt Project' which set out to develop an alternative model of family lite racy that could build on indigenous knowledge and everyday learning. Team members will share their ethnographic research on indigenous approaches t o intergenerational learning and knowledge in Nepal\, Ethiopia\, the Phili ppines and Malawi\, exploring literacy practices in relation to diverse li velihoods\, religion\, health\, forestry and agriculture. The research aim s to bring policymakers' and educators' attention to the disjunction betwe en current mainstream approaches to adult/family literacy instruction and the ways in which adults and children learn in everyday life in order to e nhance the contribution of education to sustainable development.\nSpeakers :\nCamilla Vizconde- University of Santo Tomas\, The Philippines\n\nAbiy M enkir - Bahir Dar University\, Ethiopia\n\nSushan Acharya - Tribuvhan Univ ersity\, Nepal\n\nJean Chavula\, University of Malawi\, Malawi\n\nAnna Rob inson-Pant and Chris Millora\, University of East Anglia\, UK\n\nRegister: www.bit.ly/FamilyLiteracyEduDev\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/UEA-Webinar-19-10.20.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201022T110000Z DTEND:20201022T130000Z DTSTAMP:20201005T103627Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/zooming-ahead-creatively-enhancing-liter acy-practice-and-research/ SUMMARY:Zooming ahead creatively: enhancing literacy practice and research DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nVitual platforms pose creative new opportunities! Join us to explore using virtual platforms to enhance literacy research and pra ctice.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the current climate of COVID-19\, interacti ons with groups\, communities and individuals are increasingly taking plac e virtually\, through the wealth of available remote platforms. These new technologies bring challenges to literacy researchers and practitioners bo th in learning to use the technology and also in selecting effective techn iques.\n\nOne option is to use asynchronous communication by email or post \; perhaps setting activities or questionnaires to be completed and return ed. These have their place\, and also their limitations\, especially when engaging in literacy and wanting to promote dialogue and interaction.\n\nS ome researchers and practitioners are grasping the opportunity to use new technologies creatively with sometimes surprising outcomes.\n\nThis online \, real-time Zoom event will explore how technological solutions can open up creative spaces for real-time interaction and dialogue. There will be o pportunities to engage in small group discussions\, experience open-source technologies and resources as well as to hear directly from creative lite racy practitioners and researchers sharing their experiences.\n\n\n\n\nWe would like to know more about those who will be participating in this even t to help in our planning.\n\nPlease click here to answer 3 questions fo r us.\n\nWe look forward to hearing from you.\n\nThank you\n\n \;\n\n\ n\nInvitation to contribute\nWe are expecting that there will be participa nts with valuable experience to share.......\n\nIf you have been implement ing creative virtual approaches to research\, literacy and education initi atives or supporting local community organisations and would like to share through a 3-5 minute presentation\, please let us know!\n\nWe would love to hear from you and learn from what you are already doing!\n\nContact Kat y Newell-Jones (katy@kn-j.com) or Catherine Young (catherine_young@sil.org ) by Friday 25th September.\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/BALID-event-22.10.20.jpg CATEGORIES:Panel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201022T130000Z DTEND:20201022T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201009T161716Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-political-economy-of-education-priva tization-in-times-of-crises/ SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Education Privatization in Times of Crises DESCRIPTION:Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autònoma d e Barcelona\, Spain\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLI CT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\n\nOnline Lecture Series\n\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 10th\, 2020\n\n \n\nOnline on ZOOM – Re gister here\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Conflict Contexts Res earch Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\ , in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for International Education (C IE) University of Sussex are organising a global\, online lecture series e xploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Co nflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Cen tre for International Education (CIE) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\, free and online and aim ed at scholars and students of international development and education\, a nd all those who seek to better understand the complex situations facing e ducation systems around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where education systems are challenged by war\, environmental crisis\, fin ancial austerity and pandemics that threaten the futures of a generation o f young people. The lecture series will be recorded and uploaded onto a de signated webpage and contribute to an open source bank of materials and re sources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the project.\n\nThe Political Ec onomy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\n\nWhilst t he current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to many citizens in the Globa l North the fragility of their existence\, their education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed widespread learning inequalitie s\; in the Global South this is but one more crisis in a long list that ha ve punctuated daily lives and educational journeys. This lecture series se eks to challenge its speakers and participants to go beyond narrow underst andings of education and its relationship to economy and society and to cr itically explore the complex ways that education systems are linked to war \, peace\, ecological crises\, financial crises and pandemics – not mere ly as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In doing so we seek to hi ghlight that education systems and actors have agency\, capable of produci ng conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and practice matters in the pursuit of more soc ially just and equitable educational systems that can contribute to a fair er and better world. We also seek to highlight how education systems are a ffected by particular crises and what policy options they might have to re dress this.\n\nIn that sense the series also seeks to recognise that educa tion policy and practice is about power and its projection into the educat ion system by competing social forces. For that reason we seek to draw upo n a wide range of contexts and examples to highlight these contestations a nd their effects on issues of education and social justice/injustice in ti mes of conflict and crises.\n\nCalendar of Events\n\n Thursday 8th Octobe r\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Series and Overview (Mario Nov elli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 15th October\, 1-2.15p m (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education (Prachi Srivastava\, Weste rn University \, Canada)\n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Po litical Economy of Education Privatization in Times of Crises (Antoni Verg er &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidence &\; Education Policy Making in the Global South during Covid19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictability (Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Construction a nd Survival of an Intellectual Community during Structural Adjustment in A frica (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 12th November \, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict i n South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape To wn\, South Africa)\n Thursday 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics F or Peace &\; The Political Economy of Repression in Turkey’s Higher E ducation Sector (Birgul Kutan\, University of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ug ur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\n Thursday 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of Education in Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, Univ ersity of Ulster\, UK).\n Thursday 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\ , Education\, Conflict &\; Crises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thib ault Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan )\n Thursday 10th December\, 1-2. 15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Education: A Cultural Political Economy Appro ach (Sean Higgins\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n\n \n\nPlease Register fo r each lecture on the link below\, and you will be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-political-economy-of -education-intimes-of-conflict-crises-tickets-119873546003\n\nThis event c an also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the follo wing link\nhttps://youtube.com/channel/UC8fSNeST25wD4FRMOag5wTg\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201028T140000Z DTEND:20201028T153000Z DTSTAMP:20201027T162402Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/global-education-evidence-advisory-panel -smart-buys-report-launch/ SUMMARY:Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel "Smart Buys" Report Launch DESCRIPTION:The UK Foreign\, Commonwealth &\; Development Office\, the W orld Bank Group\, and the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel\, are h osting a High-level event with the Global Education Evidence Advisory Pane l\, launching their inaugural report on Cost-effective Approaches to Impro ve Global Learning Levels. The report considers what does the recent evide nce tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in low- and middle -income countries? The report launch will take place on Wednesday 28 Octob er\, 1400-1530 (UK time).\n\n To join the event\, or watch a recording af terwards please click here.\n For more information about the panel\, plea se click here.\n\nPlease join the event at:  https://live.worldbank.org/s mart-buys\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/Smart-Buys-Report-Launch_crop.png CATEGORIES:Webcast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201029T130000Z DTEND:20201029T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201009T161749Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/evidence-education-policy-making-in-the- global-south-during-covid19-pundits-social-movements-and-policy-makers-in- an-age-of-unpredictability/ SUMMARY:Evidence & Education Policy Making in the Global South during Covid 19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictabi lity DESCRIPTION:Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\n\nOnline Lecture Series\n\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 10th\, 2020 \n\nOnline on ZOOM – Register here\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Conflict Contexts Research Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape Town \, Nazarbayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for I nternational Education (CIE) University of Sussex are organising a global\ , online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Centre for International Education (CIE) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\ , free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international deve lopment and education\, and all those who seek to better understand the co mplex situations facing education systems around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where education systems are challenged by war\, e nvironmental crisis\, financial austerity and pandemics that threaten the futures of a generation of young people. The lecture series will be record ed and uploaded onto a designated webpage and contribute to an open source bank of materials and resources on the Political Economy of Education tha t will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the pro ject.\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\n\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to m any citizens in the Global North the fragility of their existence\, their education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed widesp read learning inequalities\; in the Global South this is but one more cris is in a long list that have punctuated daily lives and educational journey s. This lecture series seeks to challenge its speakers and participants to go beyond narrow understandings of education and its relationship to econ omy and society and to critically explore the complex ways that education systems are linked to war\, peace\, ecological crises\, financial crises a nd pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In doing so we seek to highlight that education systems and actors have ag ency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as we ll as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and practice matters i n the pursuit of more socially just and equitable educational systems that can contribute to a fairer and better world. We also seek to highlight ho w education systems are affected by particular crises and what policy opti ons they might have to redress this.\n\nIn that sense the series also seek s to recognise that education policy and practice is about power and its p rojection into the education system by competing social forces. For that r eason we seek to draw upon a wide range of contexts and examples to highli ght these contestations and their effects on issues of education and socia l justice/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\n\nCalendar of Events \n\n Thursday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Serie s and Overview (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursd ay 15th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education ( Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada)\n Thursday 22nd October \, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Education Privatization in Tim es of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autònom a de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidenc e &\; Education Policy Making in the Global South during Covid19: Pundi ts\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictability (Yus uf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellectual Community during S tructural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK)\ n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Oma r\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursday 19th November\, 1- 2.15pm (GMT). Academics For Peace &\; The Political Economy of Repressi on in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan\, University of Sus sex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\n Thursday 2 6thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of Education in I raq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thursday 3rd December\ , 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; Crises (Naureen Dur rani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan )\n Thur sday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Education: A Cultura l Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n\ n \n\nPlease Register for each lecture on the link below\, and you will b e sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e /the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-conflict-crises-tickets-119 873546003\n\nThis event can also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.com/channel/UC8fSNeST2 5wD4FRMOag5wTg\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201105T130000Z DTEND:20201105T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201009T161835Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-construction-and-survival-of-an-inte llectual-community-during-structural-adjustment-in-africa/ SUMMARY:The Construction and Survival of an Intellectual Community during S tructural Adjustment in Africa DESCRIPTION:Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\n\nOnline Lectur e Series\n\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 10th\, 202 0\n\n Online on ZOOM – Register here\n\nThe Political Economy of Educat ion in Conflict Contexts Research Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the A rts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Resea rch Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape T own\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre fo r International Education (CIE) University of Sussex are organising a glob al\, online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Centre for International Education (CIE) Universi ty of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessib le\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international d evelopment and education\, and all those who seek to better understand the complex situations facing education systems around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where education systems are challenged by war\ , environmental crisis\, financial austerity and pandemics that threaten t he futures of a generation of young people. The lecture series will be rec orded and uploaded onto a designated webpage and contribute to an open sou rce bank of materials and resources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the project.\n\nThe Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Cris es and Pandemics\n\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home t o many citizens in the Global North the fragility of their existence\, the ir education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed wid espread learning inequalities\; in the Global South this is but one more c risis in a long list that have punctuated daily lives and educational jour neys. This lecture series seeks to challenge its speakers and participants to go beyond narrow understandings of education and its relationship to e conomy and society and to critically explore the complex ways that educati on systems are linked to war\, peace\, ecological crises\, financial crise s and pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalyst s. In doing so we seek to highlight that education systems and actors have agency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and practice matter s in the pursuit of more socially just and equitable educational systems t hat can contribute to a fairer and better world. We also seek to highlight how education systems are affected by particular crises and what policy o ptions they might have to redress this.\n\nIn that sense the series also s eeks to recognise that education policy and practice is about power and it s projection into the education system by competing social forces. For tha t reason we seek to draw upon a wide range of contexts and examples to hig hlight these contestations and their effects on issues of education and so cial justice/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\n\nCalendar of Eve nts\n\n Thursday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Se ries and Overview (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thu rsday 15th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Educatio n (Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada)\n Thursday 22nd Octo ber\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Education Privatization in Times of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autò noma de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evid ence &\; Education Policy Making in the Global South during Covid19: Pu ndits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictability ( Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5th November\, 1-2.15 pm (GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellectual Community durin g Structural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, U K)\n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursday 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics For Peace &\; The Political Economy of Repre ssion in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan\, University of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\n Thursda y 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of Education i n Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thursday 3rd Decemb er\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; Crises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan )\n T hursday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Education: A Cult ural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University of Sussex\, UK) \n\n \n\nPlease Register for each lecture on the link below\, and you wil l be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.u k/e/the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-conflict-crises-tickets- 119873546003\n\nThis event can also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.com/channel/UC8fSNe ST25wD4FRMOag5wTg\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201105T140000Z DTEND:20201105T153000Z DTSTAMP:20201102T091735Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/covid-19-and-the-global-education-emerge ncy-planning-systems-for-recovery-and-resilience/ SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the Global Education Emergency: Planning Systems for R ecovery and Resilience DESCRIPTION:2020 T20 Saudi Arabia Summit Side Event \nCOVID-19 and the Glo bal Education Emergency: Planning Systems for Recovery and Resilience \nW hen: Thursday\, 5 November 2020  \nTime: 9 – 10:30 am EST\; 11 am – 1 2:30 pm Argentina\; 3-4:30 pm CET\; 5 – 6:30 pm Riyadh \nLanguages: Eng lish and Spanish \nJoin English: https://youtube.com/WesternUniversity \ nJoin Spanish: https://youtube.com/cippec \nContact: infoeducacion@cippec .org  \nBackground \nThe pandemic necessitates immediate policy action t o address the grave global health and socio-economic effects of COVID-19 t o unprecedented scale. Special Task Force 11\, (COVID-19) Multidisciplinar y Approaches to Complex Problems\, was created within the structure of Thi nk 20 (T20) Saudi Arabia to consolidate recommendations to provide policy direction\, with a focus on the vulnerable\, to meet the wide-reaching imm ediate consequences of the pandemic and a view towards recovery and recons truction.   \nIn education\, the pandemic has resulted in the largest di sruption in history. It has exacerbated existing inequities and created ne w severe gaps that threaten progress all countries have made. Schooling di sruption and continuing education systems issues have serious long-term so cial consequences and to national economies. \nThe pandemic exposed the s cale to which education systems were unprepared for crises. G20 countries face dual challenges. All must respond domestically to their unique circum stances\, and\, some\, as OECD DAC donors. Given their influence\, their p olicy responses will have domestic\, regional\, and global implications.  \nSide Event Aims \nThis side event aims to mobilize and extend knowled ge from the T20 Task Force 11 policy brief\, COVID-19 and the Global Educa tion Emergency: Planning systems for recovery and resilience\, within and beyond T20 networks\, as the 2020 T20/G20 Saudi Arabia Summits come to a c lose and in view of the transition to 2021 T20/G20 Italy.  \nThe T20 Secr etariat presented education policy recommendations for the 2nd Ministries of Education official meeting organised by the G20 Education Working Group . A number of recommendations from the brief were incorporated in the T20 Saudi Arabia high-level Calls for Commitment to Education.  \nThis side e vent comes at a crucial time as most countries continue to experience disr uptions to regular and continuous education provision\, and many have ente red a second academic year affected by the pandemic. The event will presen t the brief’s recommendations. It will engage in a frank interactive dis cussion with co-authors on building resilient systems for recovery and con nect with their individual and organisational fields of expertise. This wi ll be extended by summative commentary from T20 Task Force 6 and 11 Co-Cha irs and Executive Director\, ASviS Italy. \nThe side event seeks to addre ss the following questions: \n\n What are the key recommendations for bui lding more resilient systems in view of the pandemic? \n What key interve ntions seem potentially critical in addressing some of the challenges? \n How can countries respond to the education crisis with regards to systems planning and delivery? \n\nThe brief was led by Prof. Prachi Srivastava (lead author\, Western University)\, co-led and co-authored by Alejandra C ardini (T20 Task Force 6 Co-chair and Education Director\, CIPPEC Argentin a)\, and co-authored by Iván Matovich (CIPPEC Argentina)\; Hugues Moussy and Amélie A. Gagnon (UNESCO–IIEP)\; Robert Jenkins and Nicholas Reuge (UNICEF)\; and Kate Moriarty and Sonja Anderson (Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies [INEE]).  \n  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 1/5-Nov-T20.png CATEGORIES:Panel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:61@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201109T133000Z DTEND:20201109T154500Z DTSTAMP:20201104T100839Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/inees-20th-anniversary/ SUMMARY:INEE's 20th Anniversary DESCRIPTION:Monday 9 November 2020\, 8:30am-10:45am ET (New York)\, 1:30pm- 3:45pm GMT\nINEE 20th Anniversary Global Event\nTo join\, click the link b elow at the time of the event:\nhttps://interprefy.interpret.world/loginli nk?token=inee20years\n(Token: inee20years)\nAs soon as you join\, you will select the language in which you want to hear the event. This event will have simultaneous interpretation in English\, Arabic\, French\, Spanish\, and Portuguese.\nThis event will be an opportunity to look back over 20 ye ars of INEE and to reflect on the achievements and challenges in the field of education in emergencies (EiE).\nWe hope you will join us to celebrate this important milestone!\nClick to learn more about this global event.\n The virtual event will be an opportunity to hear from children\, young peo ple\, and teachers on why education is important\; to share stories from I NEE members\, past and present\; to learn about the key achievements and c hallenges in the EiE sector\; and to come together in celebration. \nThe INEE 20th Anniversary event will feature:  \n\n a new global report on e ducation in emergencies\n a video presentation of stories from INEE membe rs\n a conversation with children and youth\n a panel of experts on challe nges and achievements \n reflections from founding members and others aro und the globe\n collective celebrations \n a quiz to test your knowledge of INEE\n an interactive education in emergencies timeline\n ...and more\n \nClick to learn more about this global event.\n \;\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 1/INEE-Anniversary.png CATEGORIES:Webcast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201110T130000Z DTEND:20201110T140000Z DTSTAMP:20201016T110008Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/responding-to-the-impact-of-covid-19-on- girls-education-insights-from-camfeds-approach-in-sub-saharan-africa/ SUMMARY:Responding to the impact of COVID-19 on girls' education: Insights from CAMFED's approach in sub-Saharan Africa. DESCRIPTION:REAL CENTRE SEMINAR SERIES\nFACULTY OF EDUCATION\, UNIVERSITY O F CAMBRIDGE\nPresented by Lucy Lake and Angie Murimirwa\, Co-Executives\, CAMFED\n\nCelebrating 5 Years of REAL Centre Partnerships and Research\n\n Register here\n\nIn the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre\, at the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, we promot e education as an engine for inclusive growth and sustainable development. We also pioneer research into overcoming barriers to education\, such as poverty\, gender\, ethnicity\, language and disability.\n\nThrough this se minar series\, we invite speakers who are partners of the REAL Centre to j oin us in celebrating the 5th anniversary of our work together.\nSeminar 2 : 17th Nov 2020\, 13:00-14:00\nThe Complementary Basic Education Research in Ghana: What it taught us about culturally appropriate classroom observa tions in the African context.\n\nKwame Akyeampong\, Professor of Internati onal Education and Development\, The Open University.\n\n \;\nSeminar 3: 24th Nov 2020\, 13:00-14:00.\nReflexive approaches to survey design and implementation: Lessons from research on communities and schools in rural India.\n\nSuman Bhattacharjea\, Director of Research\, ASER Centre and\n\ nPurnima Ramanujan\, Senior Research Associate\, ASER Centre. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/0 4/real-logo-sml-png.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201110T140000Z DTEND:20201110T153000Z DTSTAMP:20201029T104742Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/why-alignment-for-foundational-skills-ma tters-cognitive-science-insights-and-real-world-implications/ SUMMARY:Why Alignment for Foundational Skills Matters: Cognitive Science In sights and Real-World Implications DESCRIPTION:10:00 to 11:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST) 2:00 - 3:30 GMT\nRes earch on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) will host a webinar which w ill draw connections between cognitive science and the importance of align ing all components of classroom instruction to support children’s master y of foundational skills. The event will feature Dr Helen Abadzi (Universi ty of Texas at Arlington) and Dzingai Mutumbuka (former Minister of Educat ion and Culture for Zimbabwe) in a fireside chat\, and panellists Dr Juliu s Atuhurra (Twaweza East Africa) and Daniel Rodriguez-Segura (University o f Virginia/RISE Tanzania) discussing their related research.\n \;\nCli ck here to register for the webinar.\n \;\nMore information: https://r iseprogramme.org/events/why-alignment-foundational-skills-matters-cognitiv e-science-insights-and-real-world ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/RISE.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:44@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201112T130000Z DTEND:20201112T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201112T100337Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/towards-a-political-economy-of-education -and-conflict-in-south-africa/ SUMMARY:Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Afri ca DESCRIPTION:Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, Sou th Africa\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISE S AND PANDEMICS\nOnline Lecture Series\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, Octo ber 8th -December 17th\, 2020\n Online on ZOOM – Register here\nThe Pol itical Economy of Education in Conflict Contexts Research Network (PEER Ne twork)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the univers ities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for International Education (CIE) University of Suss ex are organising a global\, online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pa ndemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Centre for Intern ational Education (CIE) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international development and education\, and all those w ho seek to better understand the complex situations facing education syste ms around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where educatio n systems are challenged by war\, environmental crisis\, financial austeri ty and pandemics that threaten the futures of a generation of young people . The lecture series will be recorded and uploaded onto a designated webpa ge and contribute to an open source bank of materials and resources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the project.\nThe Political Economy of Educati on in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to many citizens in the Global North the fragil ity of their existence\, their education systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed widespread learning inequalities\; in the Global South this is but one more crisis in a long list that have punctuated dail y lives and educational journeys. This lecture series seeks to challenge i ts speakers and participants to go beyond narrow understandings of educati on and its relationship to economy and society and to critically explore t he complex ways that education systems are linked to war\, peace\, ecologi cal crises\, financial crises and pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In doing so we seek to highlight that educa tion systems and actors have agency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and tha t policy and practice matters in the pursuit of more socially just and equ itable educational systems that can contribute to a fairer and better worl d. We also seek to highlight how education systems are affected by particu lar crises and what policy options they might have to redress this.\nIn th at sense the series also seeks to recognise that education policy and prac tice is about power and its projection into the education system by compet ing social forces. For that reason we seek to draw upon a wide range of co ntexts and examples to highlight these contestations and their effects on issues of education and social justice/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\nCalendar of Events\n\n Thursday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Int roduction to Lecture Series and Overview (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 15th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education (Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada) \n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Educat ion Privatization in Times of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevil a\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidence &\; Education Policy Making in the Global Sout h during Covid19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age o f unpredictability (Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5t h November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellect ual Community during Structural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, Unive rsity of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Bad roodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursda y 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics For Peace &\; The Political Economy of Repression in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan \, University of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\ , UK).\n Thursday 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Polic y of Education in Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thur sday 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; C rises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Ka zakhstan )\n Thursday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Edu cation: A Cultural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University o f Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 17th December\, 1- 2.15pm (GMT) The Political Ec onomy of Education in Perilous Times: Some Reflections (Steve Klees\, Univ ersiyt of Maryland USA)\n\n \nPlease Register for each lecture on the lin k below\, and you will be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \nhttps:// www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-confl ict-crises-tickets-119873546003\nThis event can also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.co m/channel/UC8fSNeST25wD4FRMOag5wTg ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201117T130000Z DTEND:20201117T140000Z DTSTAMP:20201016T110037Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-complementary-basic-education-resear ch-in-ghana-what-it-taught-us-about-culturally-appropriate-classroom-obser vations-in-the-african-context/ SUMMARY:The Complementary Basic Education Research in Ghana: What it taught us about culturally appropriate classroom observations in the African con text. DESCRIPTION:REAL CENTRE SEMINAR SERIES\nFACULTY OF EDUCATION\, UNIVERSITY O F CAMBRIDGE\nPresented by Kwame Akyeampong\, Professor of International Ed ucation and\nDevelopment\, The Open University\n\nCelebrating 5 Years of R EAL Centre Partnerships and Research\n\nRegister here \n\nIn the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre\, at the Faculty of Educa tion\, University of Cambridge\, we promote education as an engine for inc lusive growth and sustainable development. We also pioneer research into o vercoming barriers to education\, such as poverty\, gender\, ethnicity\, l anguage and disability.\n\nThrough this seminar series\, we invite speaker s who are partners of the REAL Centre to join us in celebrating the 5th an niversary of our work together.\n\n \;\nSeminar 3: 24th Nov 2020\, 13: 00-14:00.\nReflexive approaches to survey design and implementation: Lesso ns from research on communities and schools in rural India.\n\nSuman Bhatt acharjea\, Director of Research\, ASER Centre and\n\nPurnima Ramanujan\, S enior Research Associate\, ASER Centre.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/0 4/real-logo-sml-png.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201118T120000Z DTEND:20201118T133000Z DTSTAMP:20201016T102608Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/bristol-conversations-in-education-re-im agining-uk-education-research-partnerships-in-the-south-prospects-for-mutu al-and-equitable-relationships/ SUMMARY:Bristol Conversations in Education - Re-imagining UK education rese arch partnerships in the South: prospects for mutual and equitable relatio nships DESCRIPTION:This is an online event - please register here to receive furth er details.\n\nThis event is part of the School of Education's Bristol Con versations in Education research seminar series. These seminars are free a nd open to the public.\n\nSpeakers: Dr Rafael Mitchell (School of Educatio n\, University of Bristol)\, Dr Tigist Grieve (School of Education\, Unive rsity of Bristol)\, Dr Kelsey Shanks (GCRF Challenge Leader for Education Research\, Ulster University)\; Dr Maria Teresa Pinto Ocampo (National Uni versity of Colombia)\, Professor Isabella Aboderin (Perivoli Africa Resear ch Centre\, University of Bristol) and Dr Ashley Jay Brockwell (London Int erdisciplinary School)\n\nCo-hosted by the Centre for Comparative and Inte rnational Research in Education (CIRE)\, TESF and the International Develo pment Research Group \n\nThis webinar is an opportunity for sharing evide nce\, experiences\, strategies and plans for the purpose of collectively r e-imagining the relationships and responsibilities of UK-based researchers engaged in education partnerships in the former colonised countries of th e South. This conversation takes place in the GCRF era\, a UK Government i ntervention intended to stimulate and fund research that addresses complex and interconnected social and environmental global challenges through int ernational\, interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder partnerships. GCRF ca lls for “meaningful and equitable research relationships between UK rese arch institutions and developing country partners” as a basis for the co -production of knowledge and mutual capacity development.\n\nEfforts to es tablish such relationships occur within a wider global context shaped by t he ongoing legacies of the UK’s colonial history. These include unequall y resourced national and institutional research environments\, established theory that is largely framed by the perspectives and concerns of Western researchers\, and political agendas that seek to maximise the UK’s glob al influence and access to international markets (rather than\, say\, the desire for reparative justice).\n\nEvidence from UK-funded education resea rch partnerships indicates persistent inequalities at the levels of access to research partnerships (e.g. by geographical location\, institution\, g ender) and participation within these partnerships\, in terms of the inequ itable division of intellectual labour and rewards. This event proceeds fr om the recognition that these are UK problems\, reflecting how research is conceived\, conducted\, funded\, managed\, incentivised and evaluated in our own context.\n\nIn bringing together representatives from universities \, research centres and associations working in the education space\, the webinar seeks to promote dialogue and understanding around the questions: What\, if anything\, can be done to redress inequities within UK-funded in ternational education research partnerships? And\, what in particular are the responsibilities of UK-based researchers? \n\nThe event is divided int o three sections:\n\n Evidence and experiences of challenges and inequiti es\n Strategies and plans (including launch of the TESF Background Paper Mobilising capacities for Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Opening spaces for collaborative action and learning)\n Roundtable discus sion of issues and next steps\n\nREGISTER FOR THIS EVENT\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/Bristol-Conversations-in-Education.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR