📢Webinars & blogs summarising UKFIET conference themes: Learner safety & wellbeing Climate & environmental justice Skills & knowledge for sustainable futures Equitable partnerships & cross-cultural collaboration Systems thinking The SDGs Inclusion & intersectionality www.ukfiet.org/2025/webinar...

Drawing on experiences from 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇮🇳 🇷🇼 🇨🇮 🇬🇭 & global #EdLab partnerships, the panel highlighted the importance of people, champions and networks to enable effective data use and evidence uptake with governments. @ukfiet.bsky.social

A very big thank you to everyone who participated in the Epistemic Justice Network workshop at the @ukfiet.bsky.social Conference in Oxford. Your discussions enriched our insights which we will work on for broader dissemination.

Thanks to @ukfiet.bsky.social for publishing our blog about the impact of our Girls in School Initiative in Sierra Leone shorturl.at/dAgOh It was a pleasure to be part of UKFIET25 & so many important discussions, inc. how we can continue to reach the most vulnerable, sustainability, and at scale.

Planning your UKFIET 2025 conference: A walk through the programme All you need to know to plan your sessions & networking for next week's #UKFIETConf! www.ukfiet.org/2025/plannin...

In #Mozambique: Locally Produced Early Childhood Development Research in Mozambique: Trends, Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions 👦 📖 🧭 www.ukfiet.org/2025/locally... @realcentre.bsky.social @ukfiet.bsky.social

A number of our experts will be speaking at next week's @ukfiet.bsky.social event! 🗣️ The team are looking forward to discussing how harnessing diverse global perspectives can support lasting change in education. Find out details of each session in the image below 👇 #UKFIETConf

Will you be joining us for September's #UKFIETConf? The convenors from all 7 conference themes are sharing highlights of sessions to watch out for. Find out more by reading their blogs: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

NEW BLOG - Using SMS as a low cost means to systematically track chronic absenteeism in schools: Reflections from #SouthSudan & #SierraLeone Exploring use of no-cost & low-cost methods, using SMS, for near real-time student attendance monitoring system www.ukfiet.org/2025/using-s...

UKFIET letter to FCDO with concerns about further #AidCuts to education & gender, stressing UK’s global reputation esp in supporting #GirlsEducation & proven benefits of investing in education. We urge UK Government to reconsider current plans & maintain FCDO Education www.ukfiet.org/2025/corresp...

The evidence mentioned here that £75 pays for the equivalent of two extra years of teaching for girls is from the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. Along with a wealth of other research, it supports Larry Elliott's concerns about the need to rethink aid cuts. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW BLOG Creativity, #ArtificialIntelligence and the curriculum Work increasingly involves people operating harmoniously alongside intelligent machines. Yet schools & systems seem determined to block this vital relationship #AI www.ukfiet.org/2025/creativ...

NEW BLOG: Ahead of UK-EU talks on a youth mobility deal, Dr Maia Chankseliani reflects on the impact of cross-border work & study on lives and societies, based on a global study of 704 participants across 70 countries 🌍 Read the @ukfiet.bsky.social blog: www.ukfiet.org/2025/learnin...

Sustaining changes in community attitudes & norms to improve #GirlsEducation outcomes Webinar 29 April: events.tetratech.com/gec-study-7-... Full report: intdev.tetratecheurope.com/wp-content/u... Summary report: intdev.tetratecheurope.com/wp-content/u... News article: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/65

NEW BLOG: To achieve quality education for all, disability inclusion is critical Highlights from 5 presentations by @sightsavers.bsky.social at #CIES focusing on #disability #inclusion & digital education, incl #EarlyYears learning, #data, #GenderBasedViolence www.ukfiet.org/2025/to-achi...

NEW REPORT: #GirlsEducation projects succeed when whole communities ‘live the change’ & carry it forward Working with young women & their communities by mobilising them as “agents of change”. Findings from our latest evaluation of #GirlsEducationChallenge content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/65

Contribute to the REAL Centre Memory Wall – Help us celebrate 10 years! Send your short contributions: Please let us know any key takeaways, lasting memories or a defining feature of engaging with the REAL Centre over the past decade. Fill in a short form here: forms.gle/j9vtUNRn6iPh...

NEW BLOG Adapting classroom observation tools for play-based learning in #Burundi Lessons from adapting a classroom observation tool for a play-based learning programme: context, focus, training & linking feedback to teacher development @thenfer.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/adaptin...

NEW BLOG - Educating children with disabilities: Addressing the unfinished agenda. Reflections a decade later How can we accelerate efforts to help children with disabilities access quality education? 7 actions www.ukfiet.org/2025/educati...

NEW Advancing early childhood development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ten key insights from researchers Sharing highlights from a series of blogs by African #ECD researchers @realcentre.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/advanci...

Former PEDAL PhD student Dina Fajardo-Tovar has written a piece for @ukfiet.bsky.social about a project she worked on at Right to Play UK: www.ukfiet.org/2025/lessons... The piece focuses on lessons learned from implementing and evaluating programmes to promote play-based learning in Ghana.

⏰Countdown for submitting abstracts to #UKFIETConf - Deadline Friday 21 March! Read our FAQs before you apply: ukfiet.org/wp-content/u... More on the submission process: ukfiet.org/conference/u... Expectations from convenors of themes: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

📢2 weeks to go! Deadline 21 March for abstracts for #UKFIETConf Download the Abstract Writing Pack ukfiet.org/conference/u... Read more about the conference themes before you submit! The convenors of all 7 themes have discussed their expectations with us: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

NEW BLOG - As we approach #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 this blog celebrates evidence from 12 years of the #GirlsEducationChallenge The authors highlight lessons from independent evaluation studies they led on according to 6 themes: www.ukfiet.org/2025/celebra...

Thinking of submitting an abstract to #UKFIETConf? Deadline 21 March Read more about the conference themes before you submit! The convenors of all 7 themes have discussed their expectations with us: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

NEW BLOG - Is truth important in research? Unpacking half-truths and misrepresentations in the process Research interview process is not neutral. Does it matter whether what the participants said is true or not? www.ukfiet.org/2025/is-trut...

Join us at the UKFIET conference to reflect on the state of our field in a rapidly shifting global landscape. In times of uncertainty, the need to mobilise knowledge, partnerships, & innovation for sustainable development has never been greater. www.ukfiet.org/conference/u... @ukfiet.bsky.social

Call for papers for #UKFIETConf on "Mobilising knowledge, partnerships, and innovations for sustainable development through education and training". Deadline: 21 March

New blog celebrating evidence on #GirlsEducation for #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay! Lessons from evaluation studies of #GirlsEducationChallenge & examples of how evidence has helped to fill gaps in 6 areas @tetratecheurope.bsky.social @ukfiet.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/celebra...

Tuesday 11 March 1-2pm GMT The Engage Toolkit: Measuring adult-child interactions that promote learning New toolkit measuring support children receive from teachers & caregivers @matthewchjukes.bsky.social @rti.bsky.social with @pedalcam.bsky.social Register: toolkitforlearning.eventbrite.co.uk

Read our collection of blogs for International #MotherLanguageDay - focusing on the importance of preserving #language & learning in one’s own mother tongue www.ukfiet.org/2025/interna...

NEW BLOG - High frequency administrative monitoring to tackle coach absenteeism in hard-to-reach schools: Reflections from #Afghanistan & #SierraLeone Suggesting some tools that can help to monitor absenteeism & engagement - but quality of coaching is key! www.ukfiet.org/2025/high-fr...

If you are invested in #climate and #environmental #justice and #education, this call is for you. We seek creative, bold proposals that disrupt and push us towards action. See you in September! #UKFIETConf - www.ukfiet.org/2025/climate... cc: @ukfiet.bsky.social

Including our colleague Laraib Niaz co-convening the Inclusion and Intersectionality theme! Make sure to get your abstracts in by 21 March! #UKFIETConf

We are so excited to have a brilliant team lined up for our #UKFIETConf September conference on: Mobilising knowledge, partnerships, and innovations for sustainable development through education and training Call for abstracts deadline 21 March! www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

Our first newsletter of 2025 is out! News about our September #UKFIETConf including the Call for Abstracts & abstract writing drop-in sessions. Plus all our latest blogs incl on scholasticide in #Gaza, role of #HigerEducation in #Syria & much more! mailchi.mp/ukfiet/newsl...

📢Our Call for Abstracts is now open!📢 Deadline 21 March. Lots of different presentation types & themes. Download the Abstract Writing Pack & sign up to join one of our Abstract Writing Drop-in Sessions 4, 5 or 6 March: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

How can higher education contribute to peacebuilding and recovery in post-dictatorship Syria? My thoughts in this @ukfiet.bsky.social blog: t.co/yNIZ8ri863 @chet-bristol.bsky.social @soebrisresearch.bsky.social

Details of the 2025 @ukfiet.bsky.social conference are out with some brilliant sounding sub-themes and great people on the committee. Take a look #educationalresearch and #comparativeeducation folk: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

NEW BLOG - The right to education for pregnant girls and adolescent mothers: Breaking barriers and biases Education is still a distant dream for many girls esp adolescent mothers & pregnant girls @worldvisionuk.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/the-rig...

NEW BLOG - Recentring Mathematics curricula in developing countries using the Global Proficiency Framework: Insights from #SierraLeone Proposing ALIGN for Minimum Proficiency process as a useful tool to recentre the curricula. www.ukfiet.org/2025/recentr...

With 66% of children in sub-Saharan Africa falling below their developmental needs... Where is the research on #ECD from African researchers? Only half of ECD research from Africa is funded. Key findings from @realcentre.bsky.social & ESSA mapping: www.ukfiet.org/2024/early-c...

NEW BLOG Educational aid and #slavery #reparation The potential for education to be an important part of the #reparations response - outlining 4 areas of prospective action aimed at moving towards more equitable educational outcomes. #decolonisation www.ukfiet.org/2025/educati...

📢ICYMI Our latest newsletter is packed with all of our latest research, publications & collaborations. Including our new seminar series: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/real-cent... Sign up for future newsletters: educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/real... Read the current issue: mailchi.mp/caa1ba6d2dd0...

NEW BLOG - The landscape of #RefugeeEducation research: Complicit scholarship in violence, oppression and imperialism Uncovering patterns in knowledge production, role of colonial legacies & how this manifests in the type of knowledge & how it is produced www.ukfiet.org/2025/the-lan...

NEW BLOG! Scalability of educational innovations in West Africa: The role of civil society organisations Identifying strong capabilities among communities for developing & sustaining their own educational provision incl accelerated learning @realcentre.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/scalabi...

NEW BLOG! Scalability of educational innovations in West Africa: The role of civil society organisations Identifying strong capabilities among communities for developing & sustaining their own educational provision incl accelerated learning @ukfiet.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/scalabi...

BLOG - Tackling the toughest barrier for girls: Social norms Many well-known factors work to constrain a girl’s ability to meaningfully attend, participate in & complete school. They are all underpinned by one thing: social norms. #GirlsEducation www.ukfiet.org/2025/tacklin...