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The 3rd World Higher Education Conference brings together the global higher education community to reflect on how to address the impact of the pandemic and design the future of higher education to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Organised by UNESCO, the Conference takes place from...
The voice of educators at the UNESCO World Higher Education ConferenceThe idea of a university is a noble and important one. A place where knowledge can be shared, tested, developed and expanded. Where people can interrogate everything important about who we are, how the world works and how we fit within it. This happens in an environment built on freedom...
Education Support Personnel build and protect universitiesOn May 16th, Education International and its member organisations will mark the fifth edition of World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day by holding an online meeting around this year’s theme, Decent Work for ESP Now!
Celebrate education support personnel with us!Education International, the global federation of educators, condemns the arrest of Iranian teacher trade unionists and demands their immediate and unconditional release.
Statement: Teachers and trade unionists in Iran must be immediately and unconditionally released!Convened by Education International and the OECD, the International Summit on the Teaching Profession brings together governments and education unions in OECD countries in order to strengthen and support an informed and honest policy dialogue between and among elected representatives of the teaching profession and national government authorities.
International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2022: Governments and teachers’ unions working together to leave no-one behindEducation unions from Ukraine and other European countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, local authorities in neighbouring countries, and international organisations came together in Warsaw on May 3 and 4, to step up collaboration to ensure that education continues for all Ukrainian refugee students. Since the beginning...
Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students