05 Mar 2021
Just released - NORRAG Podcast Episode 08: "Peak Aid, Catalytic Change and Sustainable Educational Financing"
العربية NORRAG Podcast episode 08 is titled, “Peak Aid, Catalytic Change and Sustainable Educational Financing.” Guest hosts, Alexandra Draxler (NORRAG Senior Advisor) and Keith Lewin (Emeritus Professor of International Development & Education at the University of Sussex), discuss the fact that external aid for educational development is reaching its peak and could never be large... Read More
02 Mar 2021
Time to embed higher education into the international education agenda
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by guest-author Francesc Pedró, the director of the UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pedró reminds us not to overlook higher education as a focus for international development, as it is the education subsector with the most potential to contribute to each Sustainable Development... Read More
26 Feb 2021
Event Highlights - Women in higher education: has the female advantage put an end to gender inequalities?
العربية To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, NORRAG and the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) hosted a webinar entitled, “Women in higher education: has the female advantage put an end to gender inequalities?” The event was streamed via Zoom on 8 March at 9:00h Caracas... Read More
25 Feb 2021
Event Highlights – KIX EAP webinar on Teachers as Agents of Change: Supporting, Enabling, and Empowering
русский I العربية On 24 February 2021, NORRAG, together with the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, HertsCam Network, CairoCam Network, Teacher Leadership in Kazakhstan, School for All Educational Foundation, Soros Foundation Kazakhstan and ProDidactica Education Centre Moldova, hosted the 6th Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) webinar on the... Read More
16 Feb 2021
NORRAG Advisor publishes article in International Journal of Educational Development
Lara Patil, NORRAG Advisor, recently published an article in the International Journal of Educational Development titled, “Disaster philanthropy: Exploring the power and influence of for-profit philanthropy in education development during pandemic times.” Patil’s article describes the phenomenon of for-profit philanthropy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This “disaster philanthropy” creates a window of opportunity for elites to... Read More
16 Feb 2021
NORRAG Executive Director on “Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures”
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, recently participated in a webinar titled, “Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures.” It was the first of three sessions (10, 17, and 24 Feb 2021) devoted to understanding how the future can benefit from current efforts to decolonise education. The seminar was hosted by Dr. Leon Tikly, the UNESCO Chair... Read More
10 Feb 2021
PISA for Development: Redefining Out-of-school Youth for Success
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights was submitted by guest-author, Xiaomin Li, a doctoral candidate at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education. Li finds that out-of-school youth are continually excluded from OECD activities. The non-inclusive definition of ‘youth’ used in the recent PISA-D Assessment leads Li to question the legitimacy of the data. She tells... Read More
07 Feb 2021
The South Also Knows
07 Feb 2021
KIX Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, Pacific Hub
Sharing knowledge, innovation and best practices across countries and at the regional and global levels is key to enhancing national educational policies and outcomes.
04 Feb 2021
NORRAG Senior Research Associates Contribute to UNESCO's Teacher Policy Development Guide
русский I العربية UNESCO’s International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 recently published the Teacher Development Policy Guide. NORRAG Senior Research Associates, Patrick Montjouridès and Ji Liu, were among the members of the UNESCO Teacher Task Force who contributed to this report. The Guide supports the Teacher Task Force’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan which aims to... Read More