30 Nov 2021
Missing Data Project
2022 represents the mid-point between the establishment of the SDG targets and indicators set in 2015 and the deadline for meeting them. In the 2030 Agenda, it is crucial to understand how education data collection and governance regimes can reduce or perpetuate marginalisation. The commitment to “leave no one behind” cannot be achieved while those... Read More
23 Nov 2021
Part-time academic director of NORRAG: Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Education and the New Bildung
After five years of strengthening and making NORRAG internationally more visible, the 5-year secondment of Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi from Columbia University, New York, is coming to an end in summer 2022. The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies has therefore announced the search for a tenure-track position in comparative and international education. The faculty... Read More
23 Nov 2021
Event Highlights: KIX symposium at UKFIET conference on "Global Public Goods and the KIX initiative: Opportunities and Challenges"
Russian I العربية On 16 September 2021, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe, Asia and the Pacific (EAP) hub participated at the Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) symposium on “Global Public Goods and the KIX initiative : Opportunities and Challenges of Knowledge Production and Uptake at the National Level... Read More
22 Nov 2021
Event Highlights: 30 September 2021: Launch and online discussion of the study “The Education–Training–Decent Work Continuum”
On 30 September 2021, NORRAG and RECI, the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation, hosted the launch and online discussion of the study “The Education – Training – Decent Work Continuum“. The study examines the continuum approach to tackling discontinuities widely observed between education, training and work by studying a selection of projects by... Read More
18 Nov 2021
Event Highlights: KIX EAP Webinar “Tools for Transformation: Advancing Early Learning through the ECE Accelerator Toolkit”
русский I العربية On 11 November 2021, the KIX EAP Hub organised its 10th webinar in collaboration with UNICEF and GPE’s Better Early Learning and Development at Scale (BELDS), an innovative partnership and knowledge initiative for integrating early child education (ECE) in sectoral planning. Attended by 202 people from approximately 48 countries, this webinar demonstrated... Read More
16 Nov 2021
22 November 2021: The SDGs and the Generative Power of Failed Metrics: Insights From The Case of Education
On Monday, November 22 from 12:30-14:00 CET, Sotiria Grek, Professor in European and Global Education Governance at the University of Edinburgh, will be giving a talk in an event co-sponsored by NORRAG and the Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute of Geneva. This event, titled “Sustainable Development Goals and the Generative Power of Failed... Read More
16 Nov 2021
18 November 2021: Book Launch: Education and International Development, 2nd Edition
Join the Comparative Education and International Development (CEID) Research Group at the University of Edinburgh virtually on Thursday, November 18th from 12:00-13:30 GMT for the release of the 2nd Edition of Education and International Development: An Introduction, a key text in the field of education. During the launch, you will hear from the editors and... Read More
23 November 2021: Access to Higher Education for Refugee Women: How Can We Help?
On 23 November 2021, NORRAG Executive Director Moira Faul moderated a panel discussion organised by Switzerland for UNHCR in collaboration with the Graduate Institute, Geneva and in partnership with Giving Women and Women’s Business Society. “Access to Higher Education for Refugee Women: How Can We Help?” took place online and in-person at the Graduate Institute.... Read More
12 Nov 2021
Decolonising Education, by NORRAG Executive Director Moira V. Faul and Oakleigh Welply
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, and Oakleigh Welply, Associate Professor at Durham University, recently published an article in Issue 10 of Global Challenges, the Graduate Institute, Geneva’s flagship publication. In this article, Moira V. Faul and Oakleigh Welply examine the remaining inequalities of the colonial experience in education across five spheres: teaching, research, institutions,... Read More
12 Nov 2021
19 November 2021: Expected Roles of Comparative Education, Academic Societies in Asia: Past, Present, and Future Prospects
On Friday, November 19, the Japan Comparative Education Society is hosting a webinar from 18:00-21:15, Japan Standard Time (JST) on the “Expected Roles of Comparative Education, Academic Societies in Asia: Past, Present, and Future Prospects” featuring NORRAG Consultative Committee Member Dr. Baocun Liu, who will be speaking during Session 1 (18:15-19:30): “Sharing case studies on... Read More