11 Feb 2016
Syria Donors Conference: A ‘Vision of Hope’ for the Next School Year? By Hiba Salem
By Hiba Salem, University of Cambridge. “Never has the global community raised so much money in a day”, states Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,... Read More
08 Feb 2016
Measuring Learning: the Cost of Ignorance By Silvia Montoya
Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Let’s be honest. For the past few months, we – the international education community – have... Read More
02 Feb 2016
Why the Syria Donors Conference Matters Globally By Hiba Salem
By Hiba Salem, University of Cambridge. With Syria entering its sixth year of conflict, the Syria Donors Conference – scheduled for 4th... Read More
29 Jan 2016
Refugees, Displaced Persons and Education: New Challenges for Development and for Policy
When the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) of 2011 focused on The Hidden Crisis: Armed Conflict and Education, its focus... Read More
18 Jan 2016
What does the UK Aid Strategy mean for Education and Development? By Simon McGrath
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. The UK Government has released a new aid strategy. That is, a government-wide strategy for aid,... Read More
08 Jan 2016
NEET: “Time to Look at the Whole Picture of Youth” By Ummuhan Bardak
By Ummuhan Bardak, European Training Foundation. ‘Unemployed youth’ has typically been the focus of youth-related discussions, in both developing and transition countries... Read More
04 Jan 2016
Education and Work’s New Lease of Life: The End of Post-2015 and the Start of 2030? By Kenneth King
By Kenneth King, Editor NORRAG News. Almost exactly a year ago, we told readers of the NORRAG Blog: ‘We [in NORRAG] are... Read More
29 Dec 2015
Disadvantage at the Starting Gate: Early Childhood Education in Pakistan By Huma Zia Faran
By Huma Zia Faran, Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan. The recent upsurge in research on the development of a child’s... Read More
23 Dec 2015
Rethinking Education: Towards a Global Common Good? UNESCO’s New Humanistic Manifesto? By Maren Elfert
By Maren Elfert, University of British Columbia, Canada. UNESCO’s Education Sector launched Rethinking Education: Towards a Global Common Good? on 4th November... Read More
21 Dec 2015
Rebranding TVET to Attract Youth in Ghana: The Use of Competency-Based Training and the National TVET Qualification Framework By Sebastian Deh
By Sebastian Deh, Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Ghana. Rebranding Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to make... Read More