13 Jun 2024
When Half a Million Teachers are Missing in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Alone, How can the Representation of Girls in Science and Maths be Improved?
Focusing on Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India, Shweta Chooramani, in this blogpost, argues that the lack of trained and motivated teachers is a hindrance to the empowerment of girls through STEM. The persistent underrepresentation of girls in STEM fields is frequently discussed in policy reports and the scholarly literature (e.g. UNICEF, 2000). It is... Read More
06 Jun 2024
Foucault, writing and the contemporary university: a grim celebration
Foucault, writing and the contemporary university: a grim celebration Institute of Education, UCL, London 10.00am to 4.00pm Wednesday 19 th June (Coffee, tea and biscuits available from 9.30am) Room: 106 Roberts Building, UCL Main Campus, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE Presenters include Stephen Ball, Patrick Bailey, Alice Bradbury, Bronwen Jones, Sarah Kerr, Adam Lang, Francesca Peruzzo,... Read More
06 Jun 2024
Mainstreaming Climate Change in Education: Introducing a Tool for Policy Dialogue
In this blogpost, which is cross-posted with the GPE, Anna-Maria Tammi highlights a policy dialogue tool for mainstreaming climate change in education. Climate change poses a significant threat to our planet and its inhabitants, leading to an urgency to integrate climate change into dialogue on public policy, including on education. While targeted policies for education,... Read More
03 Jun 2024
Launch – State of Play Report: Progress and Challenges in Digital Learning for Refugee and Displaced Youth
REGISTER On 20 June, World Refugee Day, the State of Play Report on Progress and Challenges in Digital Learning for Refugee and Displaced Youth will be launched at the UNHCR Office in Geneva. 20 June 2024 14:00-15:30 CET Location: Room MBT 04, UNHCR Office, Rue de Montbrillant 94, 1202 Geneva, and online Over the last... Read More
03 Jun 2024
RECI Education Forum 2024: Mind the Gap 2.0
Join RECI for a day of reflection on the known, lesser-known, and even unknown educational gaps that challenge the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 at the RECI Education Forum 2024! 20 June 10:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 15:00 CET REGISTER Workshops & Open Space Explore various workshops on different educational gaps, such as the... Read More
30 May 2024
Fundamental Educational Challenges – Awaiting AI-supported Solutions
With the creative support of Artificial Intelligence (AI), it may now be possible to solve the basic problems facing education across the world. But first it is necessary to define the underlying issues, within the context of education’s own transformation, and to agree on what success would look like. In this blogpost, Mike Douse puts... Read More
30 May 2024
AI and Unequal Knowledge in the Global South
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Alejandro Artopolous reflects upon the three levels of AI’s digital inequalities — the sociolinguistic nature of textual generative AI, AI literacy as human cognitive capacity and digital education policy. One of the key issues in debates around... Read More
30 May 2024
Making Education AI-Friendly
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Ben Williamson argues that far from being merely technical foundations for teaching and learning, AI infrastructure includes social and political technologies with potentially profound and unpredictable impacts on public education. After OpenAI released ChatGPT, industry analysts reported... Read More
30 May 2024
The "Friendly Users" Who Feed AI
In this blogpost, which was previously published in NORRAG’s 4th Policy Insights publication on “AI and Digital Inequalities”, Joyeeta Dey and Radhika Gorur draw attention to how AI technologies are designed to configure their users and constrain how users engage with them. ‘User friendliness’ is a well-established concept in technology design. To encourage more and... Read More