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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2020 “Platform University in the Digital Economy”, by Janja Komljenovic.
Janja Komljenovic
Digital technological innovations have the potential to improve higher education and bring benefits to students, academics, and university administrators. They also bring new monetisation opportunities. Indeed, the education technology market is worth $187bn with 15% growth rate as estimated by IBIS Capital [1]. Investment in education technology is unprecedented, including...
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Climate action and literacy 23 December 2019 "On life and the market", by David Edwards.
David Edwards
From an early age, we try to fit children into the world. Instead, perhaps, we should reflect on how the world should fit children.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 November 2019 Greece: Report warns of emerging privatisation in public education
Today Education International (EI) affiliates in Greece launched a study revealing the growing trend towards privatisation in public education, following years of austerity and poor funding. The report marks the beginning of a regional strategy to fight privatisation and commercialisation in education in Southern Europe.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 October 2019 Statement | EI calls on World Bank to change tack in education
As the board of governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund come together for the 2019 Annual Meetings in Washington this week, Education International sends two clear messages to the World Bank:
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Leading the profession 26 September 2019 Right to authorship, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
Education International's decision to encourage discussion of an International Treaty concerning the exceptions and limitations to copyright for educational and research activities is both timely and necessary. The obstacles imposed on these activities by the excessively restrictive regulations in this area become remarkably difficult to overcome in the current context,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 September 2019 UK: Member of Parliament argues for international aid to support public education systems, not private providers
Education International welcomes the intervention of UK Member of Parliament Dan Carden who demanded that his country’s international aid be used to support universally accessible inclusive quality public education, and not private education providers in the Global South.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 July 2019 Educators’ unions in Australia and the EU call for education to be carved out of trade negotiations
During the Education International (EI) 8th World Congress, affiliated educators’ unions in Australia and the European Union issued a statement calling for the Australian government and the European Commission to be more transparent in ongoing negotiations on the potential free trade agreement and to explicitly carve out education from the...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 4 September 2018 Ghana: Unions denounce plans to give tax money to for profit education companies
"Given the scarcity of resources, it is deplorable that the Education Outcome Fund (EOF) for Africa and Middle East intends to transfer tax-payer funds intended for the well-being of children to private investors who seek to profit from education."
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2018 In Latin America, teachers and students champion the right to attend university, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
15 June marked the centenary of the university reform led by the student movement in Córdoba, Argentina. This pioneering reform paved the way for a democratic reconstruction of academic institutions that shook the entire region. The transformation of Latin American public universities became a permanent battleground between those who yearned...
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Leading the profession 6 July 2018 Nepal: trade unions unite around fighting privatisation and commercialisation of education
Organised as part of Education International’s Global Response against the commercialisation and privatisation in and of Education, the Convention on Privatisation of Education and Right to Education in Nepal helped further raise awareness and disseminate international research on education privatisation in the country.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 November 2017 Uruguay: the latent privatisation and commercialisation of education is setting off alarm bells
The launch of a new study on the commercialisation and privatisation of education in Uruguay was an eye-opener to those who believed public education was safe from becoming a commodity.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 22 May 2017 EI research reinforces advocacy against growing privatisation of public education
In the framework of its Global Response to the privatisation of education, Education International has published documents exploring privatisation and its impact on access to education, quality education, and teachers’ conditions of employment.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 May 2017 Nigeria: Union renews fight against commercialisation and privatisation of education
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has reaffirmed its commitment to lead the advocacy against commercialisation and privatisation of education in the country.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Challenges to public education systems globallyChallenges to public education systems globally
Dennis van Roekel
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Union renewal and development 1 February 2016 Always Learning
Sam Sellar, Anna Hogan, Bob Lingard
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Commercialization of education in the PhilippinesCommercialization of education in the Philippines
Curtis B. Riep
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 Reforms and teachersReforms and teachers
Antoni Verger
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 February 2016 When Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not GoWhen Private Interests Into Public Education Simply Do Not Go
Susan Robertson