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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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16 Nov 2021
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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