Discussion inspired by new Ipsos MORI evaluation of the major British Council / FCDO project that aimed to promote & enact global learning
The Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning programme (2018-22) was a £34.5m programme jointly funded by the British Council and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO, formerly DFID). The programme was co-delivered by the British Council and FCDO and operated across the UK and in 29 overseas countries. It aimed to work with schools, teachers and students to provide young people with the knowledge and awareness to take action on local and global issues and develop their core and transferable skills.
But just how successful was the programme at achieving its aims?
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Ipsos MORI UK, together with its partner Learn More, were commissioned to conduct an independent evaluation of the programme’s impacts across four programme countries – UK, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Kenya and Nepal. The evaluation was one of the most comprehensive and technical ever undertaken on a British Council education programme and used a mixed method approach that included counter factual, difference-in-difference and econometric methodologies. The findings were broad ranging and included hard evidence of student, teacher and policy maker impact in terms of enhanced knowledge and awareness of global learning and core skills, as well as a number of lessons learned.
Please join us to discuss and review the evaluation’s findings with a panel of experts including Professor Douglas Bourn (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society), Jessica Bruce (Ipsos MORI), Lorenzo Newman (Learn More), Neil Williams (British Council) and Rob Unwin (Development Education Centre South Yorkshire).
Format
This event is to be hosted via Zoom. Registered participants will be emailed a link in the days before the event, and also 30 minutes before as a reminder.
The event will be Chaired by Douglas Bourn, Professor of Development Education at IOE and Director of DERC.
Time after the presentations will be given over to a Q&A and participants will have a chance to register questions for the speakers.
Intended audience
The webinar will be especially relevant to educators, academics and policy makers with an interest in global learning and international school partnerships.
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Event organiser
Development Education Research Centre
The Development Education Research Centre (DERC) acts as the hub for knowledge generation, new thinking, quality output and teaching on development education, global learning, education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
As part of its mission to provide learning and networking opportunities for professionals and students of development education, global learning and global citizenship, the Development Education Research Centre runs an ongoing seminar series. Events are held around the Bloomsbury campus, and are free and open to staff, students, alumni and the public. All are welcome to attend. You can view details of previous seminars, including some videos, here.