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What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

⚖️ How can gender equality, disability and social inclusion (#GEDSI) be integrated into #ImplementationScience research? Explore this question & more in a new working paper from Laraib Niaz and Pauline Rose of @realcentre.bsky.social: buff.ly/mFThZD3

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What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🆕 New blog! Over 250M children are out of school, with the majority living in remote, underserved communities. Our new blog explores the link between the cost of reaching these schools & the role of local governments in scaling solutions. @realcentre.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/th...

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The cost of reaching remote schools and the role of district government to enable scale - What Works Hub for Global Education

This blog explores the link between the cost of reaching remote, under-resourced schools and the role of local governments in cost sharing and scaling programmes, using the 'My Village' project in…

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · 18/08/2025

How can we address climate change adaptation in education during a time of complex organisational crisis? Takeaways from ‘Decolonisation, climate and conflict’ @realcentre.bsky.social ’s 10th anniversary conference on 12 June 2025. www.ukfiet.org/2025/the-rol...

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The role of education in decolonisation, climate and conflict: A call to action

This blog post provides key takeaways and insights from the panel discussion on ‘Decolonisation, climate and conflict’ at the REAL Centre’s 10th anniversary conference held on 12 June 2025.

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International Education News (IEN) @intlednews.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

In #Mozambique: Locally Produced Early Childhood Development Research in Mozambique: Trends, Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions 👦 📖 🧭 www.ukfiet.org/2025/locally... @realcentre.bsky.social @ukfiet.bsky.social

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Planning your UKFIET 2025 conference: A walk through the programme All you need to know to plan your sessions & networking for next week's #UKFIETConf! www.ukfiet.org/2025/plannin...

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Planning your UKFIET 2025 conference: A walk through the programme

If you are joining us for the UKFIET September 2025 conference, these highlights will be useful for deciding what sessions to take part in.

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A girl’s future shouldn’t depend on a budget line. The UK’s legacy on #GirlsEducation is at risk. Our Director Professor #PaulineRose, #MalalaYousafzai #RichardCurtis #AnnieLennox #MyleneKlass #KevinWatkins & others are calling on the PM to act. Read & share: bit.ly/4lgaYOP #GirlsDeserveEducation

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Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge @camedfac.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A very happy 10th birthday to @realcentre.bsky.social! As the REAL Centre marks its anniversary, this feature explores how it has led the way in producing collaborative research to advance equity and social justice in and through education. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/10-y...

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10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education

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Prof Prachi Srivastava 🌈 @prachisrivas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My fun memory was the cartoon by the talented (then PhD student) Kalifa Damani during my talk on silent exclusion at @realcentre.bsky.social in January 2020 before the world shut, and many fun moments with @paulinemrose.bsky.social over the years. Congratulations! The achievements are remarkable.

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Academic research and activism: Key lessons from #SouthAfrica & #Palestine 17 June 4pm BST Join us @camedfac.bsky.social discussing the interrelationships between research & activism & the role of academics & intellectuals in the academy & society www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-r...

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Academic research and activism: Key lessons from South Africa and Palestine

Students, researchers, academics and activists are warmly invited to a critical conversation on the relationship between activism & research

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What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Exciting news! Our blog on the interplay between gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and scaling education interventions was mentioned by the Guardian Opinions. @realcentre.bsky.social 📷 Check out the Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate | Larry Elliott

This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · 29/05/2025

We just wrapped up our PhD retreat on Theorising in PhD Research at @camedfac.bsky.social two days of powerful conversations on theory, lived experience & decolonising knowledge. Grateful to all who joined us! @homertoncollege.bsky.social @realcentre.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

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Prof Prachi Srivastava 🌈 @prachisrivas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The FOMO about the @realcentre.bsky.social 10-year Celebration Conference next week is so *real*. If you can't be there in person (like me), join online. An amazing lineup. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/10-years-o...

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10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education

Join us for our one-day conference to celebrate and reflect on a decade of research and impact; and ask the question: What comes next?

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Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge @camedfac.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The evidence mentioned here that £75 pays for the equivalent of two extra years of teaching for girls is from the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. Along with a wealth of other research, it supports Larry Elliott's concerns about the need to rethink aid cuts. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate | Larry Elliott

This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

📢New era of aid cuts & conflict threatens educational lifeline of youngest learners Sharp drop in aid for pre-primary education = 1st sign that international community is turning its back on world’s most vulnerable children #ActForEarlyYears content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/new-...

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New era of aid cuts and conflict threatens educational lifeline of youngest learners

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PEDAL Research Centre @pedalcam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The @realcentre.bsky.social Conference will take place the day after the #PEDALConference2025, on Thursday 12 June, also at @camedfac.bsky.social. Why not make the most of a trip to Cambridge and attend them both? Book your place today: 10yearconference.eventbrite.co.uk

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Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge @camedfac.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A sharp drop in aid for pre-primary education may be the first sign that the international community is turning its back on the world’s most vulnerable children amid wider economic strain, a new report from @realcentre.bsky.social says. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/new-...

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New era of aid cuts and conflict threatens educational lifeline of youngest learners

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

NEW BLOG Reaching the marginalised or going to scale? Lessons from Girls' Education Challenge Exploring potential tensions between achieving scale & reaching the marginalised in education programmes. Benefits & +ve spillovers for all outweigh higher costs www.wwhge.org/resources/re...

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Reaching the marginalised or going to scale? Lessons from the Girls’ Education Challenge

This blog explores the potential tensions between achieving scale and reaching the marginalised in education programmes, drawing on evidence from the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC).

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Sustaining changes in community attitudes & norms to improve #GirlsEducation outcomes Webinar 29 April: events.tetratech.com/gec-study-7-... Full report: intdev.tetratecheurope.com/wp-content/u... Summary report: intdev.tetratecheurope.com/wp-content/u... News article: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/65

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

📆WEBINAR Tuesday 29 April 12:30-13:30 BST Sustaining changes in community attitudes & norms to improve #GirlsEducation outcomes Findings & recommendations from #GirlsEducationChallenge Independent Evaluation report incl #Nepal & #Zimbabwe case studies Register: events.tetratech.com/gec-study-7-...

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

NEW REPORT Lessons learned from 12 years of evaluation & learning from FCDO's #GirlsEducation Challenge programme. Need for early development of programme-wide evaluation strategies, investment in longitudinal impact studies & clear performance indicators intdev.tetratecheurope.com/wp-content/u...

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

NEW REPORT: #GirlsEducation projects succeed when whole communities ‘live the change’ & carry it forward Working with young women & their communities by mobilising them as “agents of change”. Findings from our latest evaluation of #GirlsEducationChallenge content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/65

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Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge @camedfac.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Education projects supporting marginalised girls in lower-income countries are more likely to achieve lasting transformations when they mobilise communities as “agents of change”, a new @uniofcam.bsky.social @realcentre.bsky.social report shows. Read our summary here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/65

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Girls’ education projects succeed when whole communities ‘live the change’ and carry it forward

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Contribute to the REAL Centre Memory Wall – Help us celebrate 10 years! Send your short contributions: Please let us know any key takeaways, lasting memories or a defining feature of engaging with the REAL Centre over the past decade. Fill in a short form here: forms.gle/j9vtUNRn6iPh...

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

📢2 weeks to go! Deadline 21 March for abstracts for #UKFIETConf Download the Abstract Writing Pack ukfiet.org/conference/u... Read more about the conference themes before you submit! The convenors of all 7 themes have discussed their expectations with us: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Tuesday 11 March 1-2pm GMT The Engage Toolkit: Measuring adult-child interactions that promote learning New toolkit measuring support children receive from teachers & caregivers @matthewchjukes.bsky.social @rti.bsky.social with @pedalcam.bsky.social Register: toolkitforlearning.eventbrite.co.uk

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Centre for Lebanese Studies @lebanesestudies.com · 07/03/2025

Call for Papers Join us for this residential PhD retreat at the University of Cambridge Apply by 25 March! Details here: lebanesestudies.com/events/call-for…

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

💡 PhD Retreat on Theorising in Social Science Research📝 25 March Deadline for applying to retreat 10 April Informing successful candidates 10 May Deadline to submit texts 27-28 May retreat @camedfac.bsky.social Information, eligibility criteria & how to apply: lebanesestudies.com/events/call-...

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Call for Papers: Theorising in PhD Research in Social Science in the SWANA region - CLS

The Centre for Lebanese Studies, the REAL Centre and Centre for South West Asian and North African Studies (CSWANA) at the University of Cambridge is organising a two-day residential PhD retreat on T...

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

📢 Save the date! Thursday 12 June 📢 10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education Join us for our 1-day conference to celebrate & reflect on a decade of research & impact and ask: What comes next? Register for in-person or online: 10yearconference.eventbrite.co.uk

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10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education

Join us for our one-day conference to celebrate and reflect on a decade of research and impact; and ask the question: What comes next?

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Tuesday 25 February 1-2pm GMT Growing pains: #HipHop pedagogy confronts neoliberalism in #Senegal Examining how youth organisations use Hip-Hop to challenge established systems of power & knowledge Join us @camedfac.bsky.social or online: hiphopinsenegal.eventbrite.co.uk

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Including our colleague Laraib Niaz co-convening the Inclusion and Intersectionality theme! Make sure to get your abstracts in by 21 March! #UKFIETConf

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Last week we co-hosted a parliamentary discussion on the state of education in #Gaza & #Lebanon with @appgglobaled.bsky.social Tens of thousands of children & teachers killed & injured. Education must restart at scale to provide safety, structure & hope www.globaleducationappg.co.uk/appg-on-glob...

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

📢Our Call for Abstracts is now open!📢 Deadline 21 March. Lots of different presentation types & themes. Download the Abstract Writing Pack & sign up to join one of our Abstract Writing Drop-in Sessions 4, 5 or 6 March: www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

With 66% of children in sub-Saharan Africa falling below their developmental needs... Where is the research on #ECD from African researchers? Only half of ECD research from Africa is funded. Key findings from @realcentre.bsky.social & ESSA mapping: www.ukfiet.org/2024/early-c...

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Early Childhood Development outputs by researchers in sub-Saharan Africa: Focus, funding and collaboration

Early childhood development (ECD) is important for ensuring that children aged 0-3 can achieve their full potential, and this is widely recognised in advocacy, policies, and research.

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Tuesday 4 February 1-2pm GMT An #EdTech tragedy? Technology, crisis & future of education Ideas to help reorient the digital transformation of education, reflecting lessons learned during pandemic With @unesconow.bsky.social & EdTech Hub Join in Cambridge or online: edtechtragedy.eventbrite.co.uk

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

WEBINAR 23 Jan 10:00am GMT to hear more & ask questions about our call of grants for Africa-based #ECD researchers Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More information about the grants & how to apply: essa-africa.org/node/1972 Apply now to drive policy-relevant change! And please share!

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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Eight outstanding scholars were awarded the Impact Prize in a ceremony at Bill Gates Sr. House on Friday. See the pics & read about the ceremony here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/i...

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Impact Prize ceremony celebrates purpose and positivity | Gates Cambridge

Eight outstanding scholars were awarded the Impact Prize in a ceremony at Bill Gates Sr. House on Friday

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

📢ICYMI Our latest newsletter is packed with all of our latest research, publications & collaborations. Including our new seminar series: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/real-cent... Sign up for future newsletters: educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/real... Read the current issue: mailchi.mp/caa1ba6d2dd0...

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

NEW BLOG - The landscape of #RefugeeEducation research: Complicit scholarship in violence, oppression and imperialism Uncovering patterns in knowledge production, role of colonial legacies & how this manifests in the type of knowledge & how it is produced www.ukfiet.org/2025/the-lan...

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The landscape of refugee education research: Complicit scholarship in violence, oppression and imperialism

In this blog, we summarise insights from the research programme Decolonising Knowledge Systems. Specifically, we focus on the field of education of forced migrants and the rise and quick growth of the...

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Useful starter pack from @mchankseliani.bsky.social - which includes our new account! Follow us to hear about our latest research, events and other news 👏

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UKFIET @ukfiet.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

NEW BLOG! Scalability of educational innovations in West Africa: The role of civil society organisations Identifying strong capabilities among communities for developing & sustaining their own educational provision incl accelerated learning @realcentre.bsky.social www.ukfiet.org/2025/scalabi...

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Scalability of educational innovations in West Africa: The role of civil society organisations

Civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been central in supporting education for some of the most disadvantaged children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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Scalability of educational innovations in West Africa: The role of civil society organisations

Civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been central in supporting education for some of the most disadvantaged children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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REAL Centre @realcentre.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

📢Calling all Early Childhood Development researchers in sub-Saharan Africa! Together with Education Sub Saharan Africa, supported by Conrad N Hilton Foundation, we are offering grants of up to $15,000 to boost #ECD research in SSA. Learn more & apply by 28 February 2025: essa-africa.org/node/1972

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New Grants of up to $15,000 for Africa-Based Early Childhood Development Researchers

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