31 January – 1 February 2019, Magaliesburg, South Africa: Philanthropy in Education in South Africa: A space for learning and collaboration
Read the report published after the conference As part of the Philanthropy in Education (PiE) series, the Zenex Foundation, NORRAG and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), organised a roundtable discussion bringing together philanthropies, implementing partners, researchers and government representative to discuss the experience and approaches used by philanthropic organisations to support improving education quality... Read More
01 Dec 2021
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring report shows insufficient progress on including migrants and refugees in national education systems
UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report, Migration, displacement and education, was released on 20 November in Berlin. The report shows that the number of migrant and refugee school-age children around the world today has grown by 26% since 2000 and could fill half a million classrooms. The Report highlights countries’ achievements and shortcomings in ensuring... Read More
01 Dec 2021
NORRAG Blog writer's resources and best practices
Check the following recommendations which offer valuable advice when writing Blog posts. Please note that following the rules retrieved from the links at the end of this page does not guarantee publications on the NORRAG Blog (see our contribution page for our official guidelines). These guidelines will, however, offer common sense tips and best practices... Read More
01 Dec 2021
Democratising Knowledge: a report on the scholarly publisher, Elsevier, by Dr. Jonathan Tennant
Education International just released a new report as part of their global response to the growing commercialisation and privatisation of education, Democratising Knowledge: a report on the scholarly publisher, Elsevier, by Dr. Jonathan Tennant. The report was officially launched on Tuesday 13th of November 2018 during the Education International’s 11th International Further & Higher Education... Read More
01 Dec 2021
Global Monitoring Report Fellowship Programme open for applications
The GEM Report Fellowship Programme The GEM Report Fellowship programme, supported by the Open Society Foundations (OSI), aims to strengthen the evidence base on education, particularly in emerging economies, build research capacity in education, and reinforce the links between research, policy, and practice in education. As such, the fellowships will be open to exceptional individuals... Read More
01 Dec 2021
UNESCO Institute of Statistics new Global Education Data Portal online consultation
The UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) with an initial grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is preparing to build a Global Education Data Portal (GEDP) that brings together different types of data and highlights key policy information as a unique resource centred on the specific needs of its users. The GEDP will be... Read More
01 Dec 2021
UNESCO Institute for Statistics to release its largest education data of the year
The key to innovation lies in high-quality data. This is why the entire team at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is getting ready for its most important education data release of the year. On 26 September, UIS will be publishing about 32 global and thematic indicators to monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4... Read More
01 Dec 2021
Secretary-General Appoints Michelle Bachelet of Chile United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN Release: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following approval by the General Assembly, has appointed Michelle Bachelet of Chile the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She will succeed Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of Jordan, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service to the United Nations. Ms. Bachelet... Read More
01 Dec 2021
Launch of online public consultation of the Human Rights guiding principles on private actors in education
The Drafting Committee of the human rights Guiding Principles on private actors in education is inviting all interested stakeholders to take part in an online public consultation on the draft of the Human Rights Guiding Principles on State Obligations with regards to Private Involvement in Education. To take part in the online consultation: Consult the... Read More
30 Nov 2021
Postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Researching Education and Labour
The Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg is offering an exciting opportunity for a post-doctoral fellowship as part of an international research project investigating the role of skills development in industrial development in six developing countries. The REAL Centre is inviting applications from scholars with outstanding... Read More