NORRAG Bulletin #50 - December 2020
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David Archer, Head of Public Services at ActionAid UK, announces NSI 05
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NORRAG Launches Special Issue 05 "Domestic Financing: Tax and Education"
The fifth edition of NORRAG Special Issue, titled "Domestic Financing: Tax and Education" was released on 23 November 2020. Its online launch event webinar included over 130 academics, professionals, and activists from around the world. NSI 05, guest-edited by David Archer from ActionAid, consists of 25 articles which focus on education's main source of funding: taxes. With a special emphasis on examples from the global South, NSI 05 analyzes the importance of tax justice and domestic resource mobilization in reaching education development goals. Read more...
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NORRAG Special Issue 06: States of Emergency: Education in the time of Covid-19
Over the past year, Covid-19 has exacerbated existing inequalities in society, leaving the future of education and those who work in and with the sector in states of emergency. How did we get here and what might the future bring? NORRAG Special Issue 06 seeks to answer these questions through six key themes: Nature, States, Progress, Affect, Technology, and Inequalities. Accepting Submissions until 18th December! Interested in contributing to NSI 06?
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KIX EAP Completes Webinar Series for 2020
The Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe|Asia|Pacific (EAP) webinar series was designed to enhance the utilisation of global public goods for policy and planning at the national level. The KIX EAP hub has successfully hosted five webinars, each bringing together hundreds of national experts, academics, and professionals. The series ran from July to November 2020 and included interpretations in English, Russian, and Arabic. A new series of webinars will start in 2021. Watch the replays below:
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Webinar #5 [November 2020] Curriculum Implementation: Competency-based learning and the alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment (with UNESCO Bangkok). Watch the replay...
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Webinar #4 [October 2020] Using data to improve learning: Engaging with policy and reform (with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Watch the replay...
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Webinar #3 [September 2020] Designing with People for People in Education: An Introduction to Design Thinking and Human Centered Design Methodologies (with Sina Mossayeb, CCO or Aero). Watch the replay...
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Webinar #2 [August 2020] Potentials of Innovative Financing Solutions for Inclusive and Quality Education (with Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate, NORRAG). Watch the replay...
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Webinar #1 [July 2020] Implementing Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) during COVID-19 (with FHI 360). Watch the replay...
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Look forward to KIX Learning Cycle 2 in 2021!
KIX Learning Cycles are professional development opportunities offered to national education experts from 21 GPE partner countries in the Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) region. Learning Cycle 1 "Feasibility Study on Scaling Innovation" started in September with a total of 51 participants. The course, led by Julia Levin, Lecturer at the University of Hamburg, was offered in Russian. Learning Cycle 2 on Scaling Innovations begins in February 2021. It will be offered in English to national experts from all 21 KIX EAP countries, with a particular focus to countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more...
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IFE: NORRAG Expert Guest Speaker at World Bank Event
Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate at NORRAG and director of the portfolio on private sector engagement in education at NORRAG, participated as invited speaker on the World Bank event “A review of Innovative Financing Mechanisms in Education (IFE)" Read more...
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NORRAG Advisor is Speaker at SDPI and Malala Fund panel
Wajeeha Bajwa, NORRAG Advisor will be a Distinguished Speaker at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)'s Twenty-third Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 14 – 17 December 2020 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Read more...
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Call for Chapters! Edited Volume: "Systems Approaches in Education"
This edited volume proposes to examine the diversity of systems approaches currently being theorized and applied to education in middle and low income countries. It will bring together theoretical, methodological and contemporary empirical work. Learn more about the publication and submit an abstract by the 8th of January, 2021.
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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 to https://resources.norrag.org/members-directory and fill in the required fields including your latest professional affiliation (are you still working at <<Institution Name>>?), 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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Three Questions to a NORRAG Member: Dr William C. Smith
As part of our series “Three Questions to a NORRAG Member,” we spoke to William C. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, about his move in 2018 to the Scottish university, how his work was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and his focus for 2021. Read more...
If you wish to contribute to the series "Three Questions to a NORRAG Member", reach out to us.
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Featured Podcast: India Education Outcomes Fund
NORRAG's podcast #6 features Archana Mehendale, one of the authors of "India Education Outcomes Fund (IEOF)" case study. In the episode, we get updates on the IEOF and discuss innovative funding strategies. Listen to the podcast here I More IFE case Studies
If you wish to subscribe to the NORRAG Podcast, follow this link.
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Commercialisation of Education in Mauritania (ENG/FR)
The most recent NORRAG Highlights, by Océane Blavot," was posted on the 1st of December, 2020 and is accessible in both English and French. In the blog, the author presents a case study from Mauritania which discusses significant issues and risks which come along with the privatization and commercialization of public education systems. Read more...
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More NORRAG Highlights
- Measuring Global Citizenship: Opting out and obscure comparisons in OECD's latest assessment by Heela Goren read more...
- Hindsight is 20/20: Education for the Eradication of Poverty by Derek Langford read more...
- University League Tables and Quality: What counts? By William C. Smith and Antonia Voigt read more...
- Celebrate the Leadership of Teachers Around the World by UNESCO read more...
- 21st Century Skills in the time of COVID-19 By Le Thu Huong and Yee Ki Au read more...
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NORRAG’s Senior Advisor Interviews Director General of the SDC
NORRAG's Senior Advisor and Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Michel Carton, interviewed Patricia Danzi, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The interview was published in the 26th edition of The Globe, The Graduate Institute Review. Read more...
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Call for Proposals: Global Education Monitoring Report Fellowship Programme
The Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR) just launched a call for its 2021 Fellowship programme which supports researchers who aim to bring a fresh perspective to comparative and international education. Learn more about the selection process and submit a proposal by 15th December 2020.
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19 November 2020: Young Activist Coached by NORRAG's Executive Director
NORRAG's Executive Director, Dr. Moira Faul, coached a young activist as a side activity of the Young Activists Summit. The activist, Mohammad, is a 19-year-old from Syria who founded a school in his refugee camp in Lebanon. Although Mohamad is heavily involved in his work, he is encountering new challenges in providing education, and he sought guidance from NORRAG. Read more...
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