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Scaling, systems thinking and success: navigating pathways to scale in education
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July 17, 2020

This post was written by Emma Gibbs and originally appeared on the Education Development Trust website. Education policymakers are used to seeing results from small scale pilots. But successful local innovations and interventions, which may have impressive evidence from research trials, do not always translate into results at scale. This is an ongoing frustration for… Read more

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Reaching The Vulnerable In The Context Of COVID-19
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June 2, 2020

In the context of Covid-19-related disruption to education systems all over the world, it is crucially important to ensure that the most vulnerable pupils are protected. Girls, children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and those in poor, remote or pastoralist communities are widely acknowledged to be among the most at-risk of experiencing a… Read more

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COVID-19 and what the digital divide means for people’s livelihoods in Kenya
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April 23, 2020

This blog originally appeared on the Open University website and is reposted with their permission Measures to control the current pandemic impact more heavily on everyone whose access to internet and digital technologies is limited. But in some countries, the impact can be particularly devastating, says Anna Colom. The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequalities in access to the… Read more

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New DFID Guidance Aims to Improve Emergency Schooling for Millions of Displaced Children
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April 23, 2018

An estimated 75 million children cannot go to school because they have been driven from their homes by war, crisis, and natural disaster. This deprivation in turn destabilises vulnerable regions because uneducated children grow into at-risk teenagers and young adults. To strengthen its education in emergencies (EiE) programming, the U.K. Department of International Development (DFID)… Read more

displaced populations, emergency education, fragile states, inclusive education, refugee education, resilience
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Can better sanitary care help keep African girls in school?
Blog
April 9, 2018

This blog was written by Elizabeth Tofaris, University of Cambridge, on behalf of the the Impact Initiative for international development research. The Impact Initiative seeks to connect policymakers and practitioners with the world-class social science research supported by the ESRC-DFID Strategic Partnership, maximising the uptake and impact of research from: (i) the Joint Fund for… Read more

Education, Girls' Education, menstrual hygiene management, sanitary care, Women and girls
Education
Reflections on DFID’s new Education Policy
Blog
February 9, 2018

DFID has just released a new Education Policy paper, entitled Get Children Learning. It sets out DFID’s current priorities in education and its vision for change in the future. It is a hugely ambitious agenda, full of good intentions and ‘we will ….’ commitments. In seeking to tackle the global learning crisis, DFID ‘will focus on… Read more

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Education
DFID’s work on education: leaving no one behind? Reflections on IDC report
Blog
December 13, 2017

It is good news that the International Development Committee (IDC) report on DFID and its education activities has been published on 21 November 2017. Interrupted by the June 2017 election, there were doubts that the Committee’s work would be completed. Thankfully, and with further evidence from DFID, the report makes an important statement about the… Read more

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#TeachersMatter! Celebrating teachers worldwide at the Global Education and Skills Forum
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April 4, 2017

On 18 and 19 March 2017, together with around 1,500 people from around the world, I attended the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. The Forum provided an exciting platform to celebrate the importance of teachers around the world. Organised by the Varkey Foundation, it was also a stark reminder of the difficulties that… Read more

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The right to education for refugees and internally displaced persons: data gaps and challenges
Blog
December 9, 2016

On Human Rights Day, Ruth Naylor, co-author of our HEART topic guide on education for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in low- and middle-income countries, highlights the data gaps and challenges to addressing educational needs for this largely invisible group.   Education is a fundamental human right. Legally, every individual across the world is… Read more

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Education
Education and displaced populations: with not for
Blog
November 29, 2016

Joseph Munyambanza, a refugee from the DRC, started teaching fellow refugees in Uganda in his early teens, whilst studying at secondary school. In his keynote speech in Berlin, at “Education for a better future – creating prospects for displaced populations”, he described how he had joined with other refugee youth in his camp to form… Read more

Access to education, displaced population, quality education, refugee children, refugee education
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How multi-disciplinary approaches help us address the research- to- policy challenge
Blog
November 18, 2016

This blog is written by Jo Boyden, Director of the Young Lives programme, following her speech at a forum hosted by CIFAR, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, on November 17, 2016. The multi-sectoral forum on the well-being of the world’s children is aimed at bringing researchers, practitioners and policy makers to the table to share… Read more

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