Special Issue of Education and Training

My colleagues (Dr Saikat Maitra, Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, India; Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz, Univ. of Cologne, Germany) are editing a special issue of the journal, Educationa and Training, entitled, 'Not in high regard: an exploration of low reputation of vocational education in the Global South'.

This special issue will explore a comparative analysis of the factors behind the lower reputation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Global South.

CR&DALL Themes:

Adult, Vocational and Community-based Learning, Pedagogy of Post-Compulsory Education, Sustainable Development

Community Insights in Health & Education in Africa after COVID 19: Policy briefs and documentary launch event

The dominant discourses during the COVID-19 pandemic have mostly been generated in the Global North, by a minority of wealthy and powerful authors, reflecting narrowly on a crisis that, while impacting the whole world, was experienced in vastly different ways. This event is part of a wider project to shift the narratives. It reflects the responses to COVID-19 in vulnerable and underrepresented communities across sub-Saharan Africa.

UNESCO UIL and SFG Network present: ‘Pluriversal Literacies for Sustainable and Equitable Education’

In the current context of increasing environmental vulnerability, persistent economic inequity and social fragmentation, education policy-makers and practitioners, youth leaders and sustainability activists are calling for new ways to equip learners with the skills they need to prosper in a volatile world.

Multilingual Festival in Vietnam and worldwide

Painting, drawing, dancing, singing with words, images, gestures, and leaves. These are some of the most recent arts-based activities developed in the VietABLL project.