31 Aug 2023
Metrics and International Education Policy
In this blog, which is part of the Digitalisation series, Sotira Grek explores the role that metrics have come to play in education governance and in leading the policy focus on the aspects of education that can be easily measured, which represents a challenge for democratic participation in education decision-making. This text has first been... Read More
30 Aug 2023
Job board : Chief Education Monitoring, UNESCO GEM Report
CHIEF EDUCATION MONITORING OVERVIEW Post Number : ED/PA 217 Grade : P-5 Parent Sector : Education Sector (ED) Duty Station: Paris Job Family: Education Type of contract : Project Appointment Duration of contract : 1 year Recruitment open to : Internal and external candidates Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : 20-SEP-2023 UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of... Read More
30 Aug 2023
External Evaluation of the GEM Report
Every 4-5 years, an external evaluation is carried out on the work of the GEM Report to see how it could be further improved to provide greater added value to its audience, and help it contribute better towards advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education (SDG 4). TAKE THE SURVEY The ICON-INSTITUT Consulting Group... Read More
UKFIET Conference 2023: Education for Social and Environmental Justice: Diversity, Sustainability, Responsibility
Meet the Editors Foundational Learning for Social and Environmental Justice. Squaring Circles? Decolonising education and development: curricula, data and purpose Meet the Editors 11:30am – 1:00pm UK Tuesday, 12 September 2023 Workshop This interactive session will provide an opportunity to discuss how some of the leading journals in the field of international development position themselves.... Read More
29 Aug 2023
NSI 08 : The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults
The eigth edition of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI), published in June 2023 and in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, is entitled “The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults”. This NSI focuses on the discontinuities that currently exist between education, training and decent work, arguing that existing discontinuities between these three fields... Read More
24 Aug 2023
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Regional Hubs extended to June 2027
русский I العربية Following the announcement of the extension of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), a joint endeavour with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), all four KIX Regional Hubs have been approved for extensions through to June 2027. The sharing and exchange of knowledge is one of the... Read More
24 Aug 2023
NORRAG Job board: Research Manager
RESEARCH MANAGER (F/M/D) Programme: NORRAG-Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training CONTRACT: Maximum duration contract – 12 months (potentially renewable) ACTIVITY RATE: 80%-100% 32-40 h/w APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30.09.2023 STARTING DATE: As agreed About the IFE-2-Leave No one Behind The IFE-2-Leave No One Behind project will conduct impact evaluation research to assess the contribution... Read More
24 Aug 2023
APPRENDRE | Lancement de l'enquête internationale sur le parcours et le devenir des doctorants et des docteurs
Le Laboratoire de Psychologie et d’Ergonomie Appliquées, affilié à l’Université Paris Cité et l’Université Gustave Eiffel, s’est associé au Programme APPRENDRE pour conduire une enquête internationale sur le parcours et le devenir des doctorant·e·s et des docteur·e·s dont le champ d’étude porte sur l’éducation en Afrique francophone, en Haïti et au Liban. Cette nouvelle enquête... Read More
Event Highlight: AI and Digital Inequities Summit
Wednesday 27 September 2023 14:00 – 17:00 CEST Online Co-organisers: Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) In collaboration with the Centre for Sociodigital Futures, the NORRAG AI and Digital Inequities Summit explored the perspectives from research and practice to ask what an ethical and justice-oriented response to AI in education might look like. The online event was... Read More
24 Aug 2023
Time To Reimagine Education Reforms
In this blogpost, which is part of #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series, Pritha Dahal reflects on education reforms in Nepal, which seem to be driven more by policy makers including international organisations rather than learners and teachers whose learning and pedagogical practice are embedded in a particular cultural context. “Why is it that, everyone thinks they are... Read More