01 Dec 2022
Job Board: Research Associate mapping African research at Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge
The Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge has published a job offer for a Research Associate on mapping African research. This position will address the urgent need for a strong evidence base to inform education policy and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. REAL Centre is partnering with Education Sub-Saharan... Read More
30 Nov 2022
Philanthropy in Education
The symposium series Philanthropy in Education: Global Trends, Regional Differences and Diverse Perspectives is a new initiative launched and co-sponsored by NORRAG, the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, the Open Society Foundations and the Graduate Institute, Geneva. It seeks to facilitate greater understanding and collaboration between philanthropic organizations, national policymakers,... Read More
29 Nov 2022
Cinema creating opportunities for dialogue with children and young people in Gaza
العربية In this blog post, part of the NORRAG Blog Series on the Role of Quality Education in Building Just and Sustainable Peace, Ayman Qwaider, an educator and researcher from Gaza, Palestine, discusses the potential of cinema sessions as peacebuilding tools for children in conflict zones. The author looks at the example of community-based education... Read More
29 Nov 2022
Event Highlights: NORRAG Expert Consultation on the 2023 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report on Technology and Education
On Thursday 3 November 2022, a group comprising 39 participants from academia, bilateral donors, development agencies, governments, implementing organisations, non-governmental organisations and the private sector participated in an online consultation convened by NORRAG. The consultation focused on the 2022 and 2023 GEM Reports and the role, impact and influence of corporations and philanthropies in the... Read More
24 Nov 2022
Private tutoring still in the shadows
This Blog Post is contributed by Mark Bray, Director of the Centre for International Research in Supplementary Tutoring (CIRIST) at East China Normal University, and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education at the University of Hong Kong. It is part of the NORRAG Blog Series on Missing Education Data which aims to further explore six... Read More
23 Nov 2022
Call for Proposals: CASID 2023 Annual Conference
The CASID 2023 Annual Conference will take place in person and virtually at York University, Toronto, from 29 to 31 May 2023 as a part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Congress. The 2023 CASID Conference Committee invites scholars and practitioners to submit proposals for the conference theme Re-imagining ‘Development’: Reckonings,... Read More
23 Nov 2022
24 November 2022: Geneva SDG Community Coffee: Peace, Justice, and Gender Equality
Hosted in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), and UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, the November edition of SDG Community Coffee will explore the interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and (SDG) 5 on Gender Equality. Please register by 23 November COB at the latest to save... Read More
22 Nov 2022
How the climate crisis is driving violence against children – and emerging preventative and protective strategies to implement now
Is the climate crisis driving increased violence against children? And what can be done about it? In this NORRAG Highlights published on the occasion of International Children’s Day, Bess Herbert, Advocacy Specialist at the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children explores mounting evidence that climate impacts are increasing violence against children. Drawing from interviews with... Read More
17 Nov 2022
The role of sports and education in building durable, just and sustainable peace – the lessons from COVID
In this blog post, part of the NORRAG Blog Series on the Role of Quality Education in Building Just and Sustainable Peace, Amjad Mohamed-Saleem, Protection, Inclusion and Engagement Manager at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), discusses the positive impact sport and life skills have on young people, specifically as... Read More
16 Nov 2022
In video: Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi on her tenure as Academic Director of NORRAG
In this video, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, former Academic Director of NORRAG (2017-2022) and Professor of Comparative and International Education at Teachers College, Columbia University talks to Executive Director Moira V. Faul about NORRAG’s achievements in the past five years.