24 Jan 2013
Policy Transfer in Vocational Skills Development: Dual System and NQF Promises
By Markus Maurer, the Zurich University of Teacher Education. Does the dual system live up to expectations? How do we go beyond... Read More
08 Jan 2013
Global Reports on TVET, Skills Development, Work and Jobs
By Kenneth King, NORRAG & University of Edinburgh. 2012 saw the arrival of a whole cluster of global reports on TVET, Skills,... Read More
02 Jan 2013
2012: The Year of Global Reports on TVET, Skills & Jobs Consensus or diversity? Forthcoming issue of NORRAG NEWS
Ten years after the start of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report process in 2002, we have finally a Skills GMR entitled: Youth... Read More
10 Dec 2012
What Counts?
By David Levesque, Independent Education Adviser. Accountability, value for money and results are central priorities for the current UK government. But applied... Read More
03 Dec 2012
More Strategic Use of Education Aid to Promote Education Equity
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development and former Director of Human Development for Africa in the World Bank. I agree with the... Read More
27 Nov 2012
Education, Equity and Learning Post-2015 (part 2)
By Kenneth King, NORRAG and University of Edinburgh. This is the second blog post that relates to a meeting on‘Education: Equity and... Read More
23 Nov 2012
Education, Equity and Learning Post-2015 (part 1)
By Heikki Holmås, Minister of International Development, Norway. This is the first blog post that relates to a meeting on ‘Education: Equity... Read More
19 Nov 2012
Education, Skills and Jobs: Seeing the Global Monitoring Report as part of a Triptych of Reports
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. In the past six months on this site I have blogged both on the May... Read More
12 Nov 2012
Post-2015 Education Planning under Occupation: A View from Palestine
By Randa Hilal, OPTIMUM for Consultancy & Training, Ramallah. What kind of education and what kind of development do we want in... Read More
08 Nov 2012
New Perspectives on Dutch Programmes for Cooperation in Post-Secondary Education and Training
By Ad Boeren, Nuffic. Shaping the Future On 2-3 July the conference ‘Shaping the Future: new perspectives on Dutch cooperation in post-secondary... Read More