NORRAG Bulletin #52 - June 2021
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NORRAG & partners to host book launch on 15 June
The third open-access book in NORRAG’s Series in International Education and Development launches on 15 June 2021 at 16:30 CEST on Zoom. Join the authors and editors of the book, “Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education: Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education,” in a discussion valuable for academics, policy makers, practitioners, and advocacy groups. Read more...
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21 & 24 June 2021 - Grading Goal Four: a look at what COVID has highlighted
On the anniversary of the publication of Grading Goal Four edited by Antonia Wulff, Director of Research, Policy and Advocacy, Education International, NORRAG is hosting two 90-minute webinars concerning the sustainability of progress toward Goal Four in light of COVID-19. Read more... | Register for the Webinar
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NORRAG survey on results-based financing
Are you aware of any Results-Based Finance projects or models being implemented to incentivise meso-level actors in the education system? If so, NORRAG would like to hear from you via this short survey by 11 June! Read more...
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NORRAG releases new strategy at CIES reception
As part of the annual CIES Conference (25 April-2 May 2021), NORRAG hosted its Annual Reception featuring the release of our new Strategy (2021-2024). The Strategy details how we will continue to actively participate in creating the conditions for more participatory, evidence-informed policy decisions that improve equal access to quality education worldwide. Read NORRAG’s new strategy | NORRAG at CIES 2021
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Meet the 2021 Senior Fellows tackling decolonisation in education
NORRAG, along with the Graduate Institute, launched the Senior Fellowship Programme on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March). 10 Senior Fellows will collaboratively debate current issues in international cooperation in education from a decolonial perspective. Read more & meet the Fellows...
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NORRAG launches Missing Data Summit and regional symposia
As the world nears the 2022 mid-point for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, missing data continues to constitute a critical obstacle to achieving SDG 4. NORRAG's new Missing Data project seeks to provide guidance to the global education community on improving the availability of, and the roles played by, education data in ensuring equitable quality education for all. Apply to write regional think pieces | Read more about the project.
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KIX EAP Podcast #3 features Dr. Shehzad Jeeva
In this episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, Dr. Shehzad Jeeva (Director of AKU-EB and Assistant Professor Aga Khan University, Pakistan) talks about how to foster critical thinking and hands-on learning in a sector used to rote memorization and the path to revolutionizing the Pakistani education system. Subscribe to the Podcast to hear more from intellectuals, authors, and practitioners connected to the Europe, Asia, Pacific region. Listen on SoundCloud, Spotify & watch on Vimeo.
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Latest NORRAG podcast features Manos Antoninis
NORRAG Podcast Episode 09, published on 11 April 2021, features an interview with Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report. “Monitoring the 4th Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4)” can be found on SoundCloud. Read more… | Subscribe to the NORRAG Podcast.
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7 July: NORRAG Executive Director to speak at Oxford University’s Global Public Seminar
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, will be presenting “Governing Education by Partnership: the GPE in the Context of Other Sectors’ Global Financing Partnerships” on 7 July 2021 from 4-5pm CST. This online event is part of the University of Oxford’s Global Public Seminar series on Comparative and International Education, jointly organised by the Department of Education and St Edmund Hall and chaired by Maia Chankseliani. Read more... | Register for the Webinar
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Join NORRAG’s Website and Library search focus group
NORRAG is looking to establishing a focus group to test the search function on the NORRAG Website and NORRAG Resource Library. The aim of the working group is to help us improve our search functionalities. We will ask you to perform searches using real words and themes linked to your research and work on global education policies and provide feedback to us either on Zoom or by email. Please contact us if you wish to take part in this focus group.
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Update your data as a NORRAG Member
We encourage NORRAG Members to update their data in our database to the latest available information. Please login and fill in the required fields including your latest professional affiliation, area of expertise and interests. Updating your data should take no more than a few minutes and will be extremely useful to better know our network members. We thank you in advance for your time!
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NORRAG Highlights reveals lessons from COVID-19
The newest posts on NORRAG’s blog, featuring guest authors, unearth the effects of the pandemic on public education systems, teachers, student resilience, technology & digital inclusion, the gender gap, and non-state involvement. Read the most recent posts...
- 4 June: Student resilience during the COVID-19 crisis by Anne-Fleur Lurvink. Read more...
- 28 May: Technology as a learning space: Teachers need support for digital learning now by Sarah H. Fuller. Read more...
- 20 May: The Effect of COVID-19 on Non-state Involvement in Education by Zain ul Abidin. Read more...
- 15 May: The Educational Gender Gap under the Covid-19 Pandemic and Emerging Solutions by Wajeeha Hazoor Bajwa. Read more...
- 26 April: Digital inclusion in the times of Covid-19: A capabilities approach in understanding inclusion and education by Abbas Abbasov. Read more...
- 16 March: Lessons from COVID 19: Digitalization calls for strong public education systems by Margarita Langthaler. Read more...
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18 June 2021: UNRISD webinar examines universities and social inequalities in the Global South
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is organising a webinar “Universities and Social Inequalities in the Global South” on 18 June 2021. This event will explore what this has meant on the ground in several countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Who can access these opportunities and at what cost, what disparities exist between such opportunities, and what are the implications for social mobility and inequality. Read more...
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22 June 2021 - UNESCO, IBE & University of Manchester to host webinar on inclusive teaching & learning
On Tuesday, 22 June 2021, from 2-4pm (CEST), UNESCO, the University of Manchester and UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education (IBE) will co-host, “Ensuring inclusive teaching and learning for educational recovery: Practical ways forward.” Read more...
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24 June 2021 - ESSA & Real Centre conference on funding for African-led education research
Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA) and the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, in consultation with researchers featured in the African Education Research Database (AERD), are organizing a virtual conference on the urgent need for additional funding in African education research. Join the Zoom event taking place on 24 June 2021 from 1pm – 3 pm (GMT). Read more... | Register for the Event.
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