Interview with theme convenor of one of six 2019 UKFIET conference themes, ‘System responses to conflict and crises’: Dr Tejendra Pherali, Associate Professor in Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University College London. What excites you about the theme of ‘system responses to conflict and crises’? Violent conflicts, natural disasters and refugee […]
Sharon Tao, Senior Education and Gender Adviser at Cambridge Education, reflects on the success of UKFIET’s recent Education for Children Affected by Emergencies conference, in particular the thematic strand of Gender and Inclusion. Even if nobody stuck to the script… When we got together to organise the UKFIET Education for Children Affected by Emergencies conference […]
This blog was written by Dr Ruth Naylor, Senior International Adviser, and Lina Aghajanian, Project Manager, from Education Development Trust. It was originally published on the Education Development Trust website on 23 March 2018 and is reposted here with permission. Lina heads up our work on the ground in both Lebanon and Jordan to improve […]
Forced Migration Review issue 60 – to be published in February 2019 – will include a major feature on Education. Deadline for submission of articles: Monday 15th October 2018 Full call for articles online at www.fmreview.org/education-displacement Conflict and displacement can cause significant disruption to school attendance and learning. Although governments have made significant progress towards meeting […]
This blog was originally written by Christian Haussner for the DAI website. An estimated 75 million children cannot go to school because they have been driven from their homes by war, crisis, and natural disaster. This deprivation in turn destabilizes vulnerable regions because uneducated children grow into at-risk teenagers and young adults. To strengthen its education […]
