03 Jun 2013
Skills, Work and Development: Initial Reactions to the High Level Panel’s Post-2015 Vision
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham.
My overall sense of the HLP proposals is a positive one, notwithstanding my wider scepticism about ... Read More
29 May 2013
Future Education - Global Mega -Trends and the Post-2015 Agenda for Education
By Desmond Bermingham, Save the Children.
Global ‘mega-trends’ are having an impact on education: Slowing population growth and an ageing population; the continuing ... Read More
24 Apr 2013
Don’t Get Lost – Focus on Quality
Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University.
UNESCO has done both a service and a disservice to those concerned about global development. GMR 2012, Youth ... Read More
18 Mar 2013
The 2013 Human Development Report: education, skills and decent work matter; just don’t ask us what any of these mean!
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham.
I always read the UNDP Human Development Reports with interest, finding that they combine grand narrative and ... Read More