Tag: policy

Spotlight on Ethiopia’s Secondary Education Challenges

by Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh and Tebeje Molla | May 1, 2024 | Learning

The education system in Ethiopia has been grappling with a substantial crisis. Continuing civil war and political instability have disrupted the educational trajectories of millions of Ethiopian children. Read More

Collecting disability data in schools in Sierra Leone

by Julia de Kadt, Steven Kaindaneh and Elena Schmidt | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

For disability-inclusive education to work, accurate information about schoolchildren with disabilities is required at all levels of the educational system. Read More

Who holds whom to account when harm is done? Funder accountability and responsibility within the education in emergencies community

by Ritesh Shah, D. Brent Edwards Jr., S. Garnett Russell, Claudia Mitchell, Mauro C. Moschetti, Ha Yeon Kim, Carly Tubbs Dolan and J. Lawrence Aber | Aug 14, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education in Emergencies

This blog was written by Ritesh Shah, University of Auckland (lead author); D. Brent Edwards Jr., University of Hawaii Manoa; S. Garnett Russell, Teachers College Colombia...

To Transform Education, We Will Need to Do a Lot of Unlearning

by Wendy Kopp | Oct 20, 2022 | Learning

The Transforming Education Summit will be the first time there has been such a high-level meeting to mobilize political ambition, action, and commitment for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4: ensuring quality education for all. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity. Read More

A new policy tool to help build resilient education systems

by Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan and Ian Teo | Nov 22, 2021 | Education in Emergencies

This blog was written by Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan and Ian Teo, GEM Centre at the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER). It was originally published on the ACER...

Protection is possible. How an innovative operating model strengthened safeguarding for the Girls’ Education Challenge

by Danielle Cornish-Spencer | Oct 28, 2021 | Girls' Education

This blog was written by Danielle Cornish-Spencer, Safeguarding Lead, Girls’ Education Challenge. It was originally published on the GEC website on 13 October 2021. It is an...

Private school inclusion for disadvantaged children in India: before and during the pandemic

by Inderjit Bains | Oct 20, 2021 | Learning

This blog was written by Inderjit Bains, PhD student, University of Birmingham. Inderjit’s research explores the role of the private sector in shaping learning experiences and...

Open letter from UKFIET and BAICE to UK Government regarding ODA research funding cuts

by UKFIET | Mar 22, 2021 | Aid, Critique, Policymaking

The UKFIET and BAICE communities have written to the UK Government to condemn the significant reduction to UKRI’s Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded budgets for...

Correspondence between UKFIET and FCDO following announcement about intended cuts to the international aid budget

by UKFIET | Dec 9, 2020 | Critique

Following the recent announcement by the UK Government of the worrying intention to cut the international aid budget from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%, UKFIET Trustees...

DFID and FCO merge: Response to UKFIET letter to Ministers

by UKFIET | Sep 17, 2020 | Critique

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,...

In times of crisis, education is often the first thing to go – if we don’t act now, it will happen again

by Anja Nielsen | Sep 3, 2020 | COVID-19

This blog was written by Anja Nielsen, Senior Policy Adviser at UNICEF UK, the National Committee for UNICEF in the United Kingdom. As of 31August 2020, UNESCO estimates that...

Scaling, systems thinking and success: navigating pathways to scale in education

by Emma Gibbs | Aug 6, 2020 | Learning, Policymaking

This blog was written by Emma Gibbs, International Education Consultant for Education Development Trust. She contributes to the design and development of school improvement and...