UKFIET
The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) provides a forum for those working for education and development internationally to share ideas, knowledge and expertise.
- 📢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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
- Reposted by UKFIETNEW 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- ⏰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...
- Reposted by UKFIETJoin 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
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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