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International Day of the Girl Child 2020
by UKFIET | Oct 9, 2020 | Girls' Education
On 11 October 2020, the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child. The theme this year is ‘My Voice, Our Equal Future’. Coronavirus is putting girls and their...
Read MoreTVET and skills development in the time of COVID-19
by Paul Comyn | May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning
This blog was written by Paul Comyn, Senior Skills Specialist at the International Labour Organization and published on the Global Education Monitoring Report website on 28 April...
Read MoreSkills for the 21st Century and a Changing World
by Stephen Bayley | Oct 31, 2019 | 2019 UKFIET Conference
This blog was written by Stephen Bayley, PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. These issues were discussed during a session at the September 2019...
Read MoreSkills for Human Development
by Lesley Joy Powell and Simon McGrath | Apr 15, 2019 | Learning, Skills
This blog was written by Simon McGrath and Lesley Joy Powell, authors of the new book, ‘Skills for Human Development: Transforming Vocational Education and Training’, published...
Read MoreEducation, Skills and International Cooperation: Comparative and Historical Perspectives
by Kenneth King | Dec 11, 2018 | Skills
By Kenneth King, Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, and one of the founding members of UKFIET. When I was Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of...
Read More21st Century Skills: Upskilling for an Uncertain Future?
by Caine Rolleston | Jun 1, 2018 | Learning, Skills
This blog was written by Dr Caine Rolleston, Senior Lecturer in education and international development at the University College London Institute of Education (UCL-IOE), and...
Read MoreAchieving 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...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreAusAID Symposium: Skills Development for Productive Lives in the Pacific
by Kaye Schofield | Jul 29, 2013 | 2013 UKFIET Conference, Skills
Joining the dots: building the skills Fourteen small island countries of the South Pacific are striving to deliver education and other basic services to their citizens while...
Read MoreSkills for Work and Life: Towards a Transformative Approach
by Simon McGrath | Jun 18, 2013 | Reactions to High Level Panel Report, Skills
A week after the release of the UN HLP Report and its VET goal, I was in Paris to present at UNESCO my thoughts on what their ambitious, but still to be fleshed out, notion of...
Read MoreE-Discussion – Global Citizenship, Skills and Jobs
by Lori Heninger | Jan 30, 2013 | Post 2015, Skills
The Post 2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Education continues with a third topic, Global Citizenship, Skills and Jobs, running until 6 February, 2013. This process opened on...
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