United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

1. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Global Perspectives on Education Policy & Research Staff Research Conference 17th July 2008 9.45-10.55 UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research

2. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Introduction wide range of projects in UCCER reflecting range of interests of staff and special professors Non-formal Education & Civil Society European Identity & Citizenship Labour Market & Intercultural Experiences Lifelong Learning Education & Civil Society Peace Education Further & Higher Education

3. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Introduction • Wide range of projects in UCCER reflecting range of interests of staff and special professors • Key Themes • Further Education & Training • Comparative Higher Education • Peace Education • Intercultural Learning & Lives • Adult and Non-Formal Education • Adult Basic Education • European Identity, Citizenship, Inclusion & Social Cohesion & Lifelong Learning

4. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Further Education & Training • South Africa - Building South African Capacity • Phase 1 of Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS)-funded England-Africa partnership completed in June; phase 2 under development • Developing a strategy for vocational teacher education • Building research capacity in the college sector • Facilitating a new network of FET with colleges, universities, government and other stakeholders

5. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Comparative Higher Education • Development Discourses: Higher Education & Poverty Reduction in South Africa • Funded by ESRC and DfiD in third phase of Poverty Reduction programme • Seeks to explore ‘human development professional capabilities’ and the role of universities in social transformation • Higher Education and the Labour Market in China • In collaboration with Institute for Economics of Education, Peking University, Institute for Educational Research, Tsinghua University • Funded by Sino British Fellowship Trust • Seeks to explore graduate destinations in the labour market of Chinese students from different sectors of H.E.

6. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Peace Education • Peace Education in Jordan, Palestine & Israel • Funded by the British Academy and by the UNESCO PEACE Programme. Seeks to explore the philosophy and practice • of Peace Education and Dialogue in Conflict Situations • Education for Community Cohesion – Rwanda & the UK • Funded by the DELPHE Programme of DfID-British Council. Seeks to explore through a partnership between KIE & SoE teacher educators & trainees development of dialogue about sensitive and controversial issues in schools & communities • Teaching about the Holocaust – Lithuania, Romania & the UK. Seeks to evaluate in partnership with Beth Shalom cross-national use of an interactive Holocaust Education website and related teaching and learning of sensitive issues in classroom settings

7. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Intercultural Learning & Lives • International Students’ Intercultural Experiences in UK HE • Funded by ESRC • Seeks to explore the nature of international students’ change and adaptation over time • Rethinking the Needs of International Students: Critical Perspectives on the Internationalisation of UK Higher Education Institutions • Funded by ESRC: Seminar series 2008-09 • Impact of UK Educational Experiences on Chinese Returnees’ Lives & • Careers • Funded by the British Academy • Seeks to explore how and why overseas educational and intercultural experiences may (or may not) contribute to the personal and professional development of Chinese returnees

8. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Adult and Non-Formal Education • Adult Education and the Development of Civil Society in Britain and India • Funded by the British Academy-Association of Commonwealth Universities • Seeks to explore the relationship through comparative case studies • Non-formal Education, NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Russia • In collaboration with the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences • Seeks to explore the relationship in post-Soviet Russia through historical and comparative case studies

9. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Adult Basic Education • What works in Adult Learning? • Adult Learning in Rural Areas – Practitioner Research • Funded by the Learning Skills Council • Seeks to explore adult learning pedagogies in Lincolnshire and Rutland through Action Research projects

10. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • European Identity, Citizenship, Inclusion & Social Cohesion & Lifelong Learning • Developing European Identity & Citizenship • Strategies for Inclusion & Social Cohesion in Europe through Education (EU-FP6) • Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: The Contribution of the Education System (EU-FP6)

11. School of Education United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • Future Research Developments in UCCER • Over the next three years, the core themes will continue, although fresh aspects will be considered in partnership with colleagues elsewhere in the University, such as the China Policy Institute, the Leverhulme Globalisation Centre and the Human Rights Law Centre, as well as internationally, and as a contribution to global development goals. • Comparative Higher Education • Vocational and Technical Education and Skills’ Development • Adult Basic Education • European Identity, Citizenship, Inclusion & Social Cohesion & Lifelong • Learning • Peace Education and Education for Dialogue and Conflict Resolution • Education, Training and International Migration