This short video created and shared by Humanity & Inclusion in April 2022 on the importance of inclusive education is now available with French subtitles.
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EER10 now available in Arabic
The EER10 has been published in Arabic on EENET’s Arabic website – go ahead and check it out!
**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: INEE present findings of anti-racism review – 16 June 2022
[Webinar]: INEE Minimum Standards Anti-racism and Decolonisation Thematic Review Findings
Date: 16 June 2022
Time: 14.00 – 15.00 UTC
The INEE Minimum Standards update team is holding a webinar to present the findings, recommendations and topics of the recently finished INEE Minimum Standards anti-racism and decolonisation thematic review.
Check out their website for more information and to register for the event.
(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the web event.)
N.B. This web event will be conducted in English with closed captioning in English
**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Achieving fair and responsive school place planning in the UK – 14 July 2022
Webinar: Achieving fair and responsive school place planning: reviewing the National Framework and empowering Local Authorities
Date: 14 July 2022
According to government figures, 418,000 secondary school places will be needed in England alone by 2027 in order to meet the 14.7% rise in pupil population.
The responsibility for ensuring that there are sufficient school places in each area falls to the relevant local authority, however councils have no powers to open new maintained schools or to compel academies or free schools to expand to meet demand. As shown by the Education Policy Institute’s analysis of admissions data in 2019, there are noticeable disparities in first choice offers, not only across the country, but also between white British families and black, Asian and minority ethnic families, the former being more likely to receive an offer from their first choice school.
This symposium provides policymakers, local authorities, education professionals and other key stakeholders with a unique opportunity to understand changing demand for school places and to develop strategies for national and local school place planning. The event will enable stakeholders to generate a collaborative approach to ensuring every child receives a quality education.
AHRC Funding opportunity: the impact of arts and humanities on disability-inclusion (closes Sept 22)
Pre-announcement: international networks for disability-inclusive global development
Opening Date: 13 June 2022
Closing Date: 22 September 2022 16:00 UK time
Apply for funding to explore the impact of arts and humanities research on disability-inclusive sustainable global development.
This is a highlight notice for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Networking scheme (Arts and Humanities Perspectives and Shared Learning: Disability Inclusive Sustainable Global Development). The principal investigator must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. You will need to establish international research networks.
The full economic cost of your project can be up to £100,000. AHRC will fund:
80% of the full economic cost for UK researchers
100% of the full economic cost for some international costs.
**Deadline expired** [Job]: Network Manager (based in Kenya or Uganda) – Able Child Africa
Able Child Africa is looking for a new Network Manager based in Kenya or Uganda.
This role will lead on building a new network of organisations supporting children with disabilities in Africa. The new Network Manager will play a key role in defining how the network operates.
Over the first year, the Network Manager will build the network in Africa identifying, recruiting, and managing new members. Based on a detailed understanding of civil society, they will support and strengthen the network, developing bespoke toolkits, guides and trainings that advance the work of the network members.
Please see the job description for more information.
Please feel free to contact lauren@ablechidlafrica.org.uk for questions about the role.
UKFIET Newsletter May 2022
The UKFIET newsletter provides a summary of news and blogs posted onto the UKFIET website.
The UKFIET Forum features a selection of blogs related to various issues in international education and development, including COVID-19. UKFIET encourages participants to submit ideas, and they will also cross-post articles already published elsewhere.
[Blog]: Thinking about the links between girls’ education and climate change
What do we know about the links between girls’ education and climate and environment change?
In 2021, representatives from around the world met in Glasgow for COP26, with the year being heralded the ‘make or break’ year to avert irreversible impacts upon our planet.
In this blog, Camilla Pankhurst, Education Adviser for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office reflects how for billions of people, climate change is not a future problem but a lived reality. It is the poorest households in the poorest regions hardest hit, with women and girls disproportionately affected due to existing gender inequalities. As experts grapple with these challenges, the question of the relationship of climate change with girls’ education has been building momentum.
[Blog]: How schools in Nepal are including children with disabilities
How schools in Nepal are including children with disabilities
The Inclusive Futures project (a consortium of specialists and global leaders in disability and development from 23 international organisations) works to tackle inclusion issues to ensure children with disabilities, including those with multiple disabilities and other learning support needs, can go to school.
This blog highlights the story of Sandip in Nepal, who lost his leg when he was 14 years old. As Sandip’s story shows, children with disabilities can struggle to attend school. They face a number of barriers, such as not having accessible transport, facing stigma and discrimination, and not being able to access learning environments that support their specific needs.
[Blog]: UNESCO – Launch of the global report on boys’ disengagement from education
Launch of the global report on boys’ disengagement from education
On 7th April 2022, UNESCO organised a webinar in partnership to launch the new report: ‘Leave no child behind: Global report on boys’ disengagement from education’.
This article summarises some of the key points from the panel discussions and provides links to the report, the video of the launch event and other supporting resources.