Tag: post-2015

GMR Director Aaron Benavot invites feedback on 2016 Report Concept Note

by Aaron Benavot | Dec 19, 2014 | Post 2015

Starting in 2016, a new series of global monitoring reports will examine the state of education, using the framework of the anticipated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that...

Achieving equitable quality education post-2015: Indicators to measure progress towards learning and equity

by Pauline Rose | Nov 27, 2014 | Post 2015

Key messages from a roundtable discussion in London, 17 November 2014 This summary was submitted by Pauline Rose, Ed Barnett, Rob Whitby, Steve Packer and Susan Nicolai. A...

25 years on – redressing ‘crisis-blind’ approaches to children’s right to education

by Philippa Lei | Nov 20, 2014 | Education and Conflict, Post 2015

20th November 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It is a time to look back and celebrate advances in children’s rights over the past quarter of a century. But it is also a time to take stock and recognise the… Read More

25 years on – redressing ‘crisis-blind’ approaches to children’s right to education

by UKFIET | Nov 20, 2014 | Education and Conflict, Post 2015

20th November 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It is a time to look back and celebrate advances in children’s rights over the past quarter of a century. But it is also a time to take stock and recognise the… Read More

Is higher education just a product for the wealthy?

by Charley Nussey | Nov 19, 2014 | Higher Education

Reflecting on the recent Higher Education and International Development Forum, Susy Ndaruhutse and Charley Nussey (CfBT Education Trust) ask whether higher education has...

A Post-2015 Skills Sub-Goal: Confusion still Reigns

by Simon McGrath | May 28, 2014 | Post 2015, Skills

The most recent UKFIET-DfID discussion on Post-2015 goals for education, co-convened and hosted by ODI, well captured the richness of the challenges inherent in the larger...

Conference Sub-theme – New Imperatives for Education, Teaching and Learning

by Freda Wolfenden | Sep 9, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Learning, Post 2015

In the nine sessions of the New Imperatives sub-theme we will be critically examining a number of issues vital to achieving post 2015 learning goals, in classrooms and other...

Conference Sub-theme – Values & Conceptualizations in Education and Development Research

by Mark Mason | Aug 22, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Post 2015

This sub-theme seeks to identify the research paradigms – and the values underlying them – that have prevailed in the field of education and development research over the last 15...

The High Level Panel Report – The Place of Education

by Steve Packer | Aug 21, 2013 | Post 2015, Reactions to High Level Panel Report

A Cautious Welcome The High Level Panel (HLP) Report deserves a cautious welcome on two counts. First, education finds a place in the list of 12 indicative Universal Goals, and...

Conference Sub-theme – Evidence and Knowledge

by Susy Ndaruhutse | Aug 19, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Post 2015

There were so many papers for the sub-theme on Evidence and Knowledge, that we have created two streams to accommodate them all. The stream on “Including all learners” will...

Conference Sub-theme – The Futures of Development Assistance

by Kenneth King | Aug 14, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Aid, Post 2015, Skills

The Futures of Development Assistance is one of the Sub-themes at the UKFIET Conference in Oxford, organised by Kenneth King, Simon McGrath and Robert Palmer. Its 8 sessions run...

Beyond Ideology: What works in non-state education?

by Molly Eberhardt | Jul 17, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference

As the international education community prepares new frameworks for achieving global education goals, it is critical that we first take a look around and observe emerging...