Will emergency funding help close the attainment gap?
This blog was written by John Deans, Director of Oriel Square Ltd. This was originally published on the Oriel Square website on 26 June 2020. Following the Department for Education’s...
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Adapting for sustainability: taking training of trainers online to continue higher education support
At the mid-point in what should have been a face-to-face workshop to strengthen future facilitators and mentors of course redesign in East African universities, Tabitha Buchner and Josie...
Responding to Covid-19 in Kenya: Interview with Lucy Maina and Ngángá Kibandi
With the ‘COVID-19 Interviews’, NISSEM has embarked on a series of interviews with actors from government and civil society, in order to understand better the practicalities and...
Reflections on Coronavirus: Ten propositions for educational planning and development
This blog was written by Keith Lewin, Emeritus Professor of International Development and Education at the University of Sussex, and Chair of the UKFIET Trustees. It outlines ideas which...
More than the sum of its parts: Internationally-comparable citizen-led assessments to ensure no child is left behind
This blog was written by Professor Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. It has also...
COVID-19 is poised to exacerbate the learning crisis, evidence from long-term school closures in Pakistan
This blog was written by Marla Spivack, Research Manager of RISE and a Research Fellow on the Building State Capability program at the Center for International Development at Harvard...
Non-state actors are influencing the teaching profession: What are the implications?
This blog was written by Amita Chudgar, Michigan State University. It was published on the Global Education Monitoring Report World Education Blog website on 4 June 2020. “When the schools...
DFID and FCO Merge: UKFIET Members Contributing to the Transition
The Prime Minister announced on June 16th that the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will merge into a single Foreign, Commonwealth...