03 Apr 2023
GLOBED Edition VIII - Call for applications
The GLOBED Edition VIII is open for applications! Students interested in pursuing the master’s programme in Education Policies for Global Development are invited to send their application until April 10th, 2023. The 8th Edition of the master’s degree will run from September 2023 to September 2025, and will take place at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, at the University... Read More
30 Mar 2023
Job board: Programme Specialist (Education), UNESCO
UNESCO is hiring a Programme Specialist (Education) Application Deadline: 28 April 2023 More Information OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST Under the overall authority of the Assistant Director-General for Education (ADG/ED) and the direct supervision of the Director of the Future of Learning and Innovation team (ED/FLI), the incumbent will be responsible for the Education... Read More
30 Mar 2023
Call for Papers in a Special Issue on Decolonising EdTech
The Special Issue was produced as part of the programme of the UNESCO Chair in Innovative Informal Digital Learning in Disadvantaged and Development Contexts. Here is a quick summary of the call for papers: We invite you to submit papers to this Special Issue about decolonising the field of educational technology in any and every manifestation. “Decolonising” refers to... Read More
30 Mar 2023
[Part 1] The Preschool Entitlement, a Locally Adaptable Policy Instrument to Expand and Improve Preschool Education - Participation in preprimary education
A recent publication from RTI International highlights the slow expansion of preprimary education worldwide and proposes a concrete policy instrument to address this: the Preschool Entitlement. This entails the universal provision of two years of 600 hours of quality preschool education for free, which local actors (public, private, faith-based) can adapt to local circumstances and... Read More
29 Mar 2023
Call for Participation: International Survey of Climate Change Communication and Education Organizations
The team at the Center for Sustainable Futures (Teachers College, Columbia University) is conducting the first-ever International Survey of Climate Change Communication and Education Organisations. The survey includes NGOs, community based organisations, higher education institutions, governmental agencies, museums and parks. While there is a growing recognition of the importance of communication and education in addressing... Read More
23 Mar 2023
Event highlights: Decolonising Data Summit - 04.04.2023
The Decolonising Data Summit, held online on April 4, 2023, discussed the decolonisation of assessments, equal access to education and the impacts of technology on education. These topics were touched upon in a keynote, and two panels, and attended by over 280 people. The summit was organized in partnership with the Laboratory of International Assessment... Read More
22 Mar 2023
A Critical Look at the “New Social Contract” for Education in UNESCO’s Faure and Futures of Education Reports
In this blogpost, Rita Locatelli relates the idea of the “social contract” that is central to UNESCO’s recently published report “Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education” to the 1972 Faure Report, UNESCO’s first report on the future of education.[1] Fifty years after the publication, in 1972, of Learning to be: The... Read More
Event Highlights: NORRAG International Geneva Hackathon
NORRAG organised a two-day hackathon for Geneva Graduate Institute students, on 4 and 11 March. During this hackathon, the students had a common goal: create a Database and a Map of international organisations, foundations and NGOs in Geneva that contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (inclusive and equitable quality education for all). The event... Read More
20 Mar 2023
Ambedkar, Dewey, and the Evolution of Pragmatism in India
Many know that Bhimrao Ambedkar, chief architect of India’s constitution and powerful proponent of rights and respect for India’s most oppressed, thought highly of John Dewey, his former teacher at Columbia University, New York. At this international symposium, the keynote speaker sheds light on Ambedkar’s time in New York, detailing the two men’s educational and... Read More
17 Mar 2023
CIES 2023 Panel: The rise of knowledge brokers: The translation of research evidence into policy and planning
NORRAG and the KIX EAP Hub convened a two-part panel “The rise of knowledge brokers: The translation of research evidence into policy and planning” on 21 February and 22 February 2023 at the 67th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in Washington, D.C. This panel gave the floor to experts from... Read More