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Union renewal and development Union Renewal in the Education Sector: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific
Kristy Ward, Michele Ford
31 May 2021The primary objective of this report is to construct an initial model of ‘union renewal’ or ‘union transformation’ to be considered for further development by selected Education International affiliates in partnership with Education International’s Asia-Pacific Office.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Education of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of COVID-19: The Education for Life Project in Uganda and South Sudan
15 March 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated education systems, communities, and economies across Africa and globally. The health crisis has seriously affected the education, health and well-being of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Uganda, South Sudan and across the continent.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Pandemic Privatisation in Higher Education: Edtech & University Reform
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 February 2021During the COVID-19 pandemic, a state of emergency engulfed higher education. The crisis of mass campus closures and a rapid ‘pivot’ to online learning became the context for attempts by private actors and commercial organisations to reconfigure the sector.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the future
Christina J. Colclough
27 October 2020The Future of Work is not just making the headlines - it has become an issue of increasing importance for students, teachers and the whole of society. While there is always an element of anticipatory anxiety when facing the future there has also been real concern about the arrival of...
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Equity and inclusion The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4
26 October 2020This report summarises lessons and recommendations from a multi-country study undertaken on behalf of ActionAid, Education International and Light for the World. The study looked at the current state of play, and the realistic requirements for investing in an education workforce that can support disability-inclusive education systems in Ethiopia, Malawi,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Commercialisation and privatisation in/of education in the context of Covid-19
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 July 2020The Covid-19 emergency has affected education systems worldwide. The ‘pivot’ to ‘online learning’ and ‘emergency remote teaching’ has positioned educational technology (edtech) as an integral component of education globally, bringing private sector and commercial organisations into the centre of essential educational services.
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Equity and inclusion EI/AOb Child Labour Projects | Transnational Best Practices and Union Impacts
Nora Wintour
30 June 2020For the last two decades, EI and its affiliates, Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb/the Netherlands) and Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW/Germany), through the Fair Childhood Foundation, have supported projects to reduce school dropout rates and child labour and to contribute to the development of child labour-free zones in over 13 countries on...
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Standards and working conditions Teacher professional development and curriculum Enhancing teacher professionalism in Africa
Yusuf Sayed & Eva Bulgrin
16 June 2020This report is a comparative study on teacher professional development in relation to curriculum. The review seeks to understand the relationship between teacher professionalism and curriculum in Africa by investigating 10 selected countries covering primary and lower secondary schooling.
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Standards and working conditions Covid-19 and Education: How Education Unions are Responding. Survey Report
6 May 2020Education International surveyed its member organisations across five regions to learn about the different strategies and approaches of their governments, and the actions their own organisations to support their members and all education workers. While there are multiple, varied, and substantive challenges from one country to the next, certain trends...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation of education in Morocco. A multi-speed education system and a polarised society.
Khadija Abdous
24 January 2020The study is a detailed examination of the trends and current manifestations of privatisation in education in Morocco. The report also sheds light on various public education reforms implemented in Morocco and how privatisation policies have affected these reforms.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Public education in Greece: Aspects and trends of emerging privatisation
5 December 2019Commissioned and led by the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE) and the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers (OLME), the study is part of EI’s Global Response to the Privatisation and Commercialisation in and of Education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation and commodification of university in Latin America: The cases of Argentina, Peru, Chile and the Dominican Republic
Fernanda Saforcada, Daniela Atairo, Lucía Trotta, Aldana Rodríguez Golisano
17 October 2019Since the late 20th century, Latin American higher education has witnessed two major processes: firstly, considerable expansion – a sustained increase in enrolment, a growing number of institutions, and growth and diversification of study programmes, levels and qualifications; secondly, a decline in public funding.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Commercial Activity in Pacific Education
Anna Hogan, Greg Thompson, Bob Lingard, Dr Mesake Dakuidreketi
10 October 2019This study collected scoping data to document and understand the extent of privatisation and commercialisation of education in eight Council of Pacific Education (COPE) nations - the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Technical and vocational education and training as a framework for social justice: Analysis and evidence from world case studies
Gavin Moodie, Leesa Wheelahan, Eric Lavigne
31 July 2019This report observes several limitations of human capital theory, both as a description of the way qualifications are used in the labour market, and in severely limiting the potential roles of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It proposes as an alternative the human capabilities approach which posits that...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Off Track: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4
15 July 2019In 2015, Education International ensured that the new international agenda for a better world included a commitment to quality education and recognised the importance of teachers in making this a reality.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Copyright and Education
Teresa Nobre
29 June 2019This study intends to demonstrate whether copyright exceptions and limitations for educational purposes are fit for everyday educational practices.
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Standards and working conditions Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they face
Philippa Butler
16 May 2019Education Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and educational institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, and despite being an essential part of...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Pearson 2025 - Transforming teaching and privatising education data
Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan
30 April 2019Where does Pearson want to be in 2025? And what are the potential implications of this vision for public education?