Professor of Education and International Development, The Open University UK
Oxford, England
Joined March 2011
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Freda Wolfenden retweeted
@FCDOGovUK want to hear from you: what do you think about the links between girls’ education & climate change? What one thing should we prioritise?
Please complete our survey & help us focus our efforts where they will have the most impact: bit.ly/girlsedclimate #COP26
📺 Did you watch our #COP26 girls' education and climate event with @Camfed and @FCDOGEC youtu.be/OKbwOvc35h0?
Now we want to hear from you! Please share your views on girls' education and climate: bit.ly/girlsedclimate
Looking forward to joining everyone tomorrow at the final day of the KIX EAP conference
📝How can we develop and improve teaching quality & learning? 👩🏫
Join us this Thursday 28 October (10 AM CEST/ Geneva) for the final day of #KIXEPIC w/ @freda_w @OpenUniversity as our keynote speaker, followed by thematic sessions.
✍️Register ➕agenda👇norrag.zohobackstage.eu/KIXE…
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
#BAICE2022 Exciting Opportunity! BAICE is recruiting sub-theme co-convenors for the Conference Committee for BAICE 2022 baice.ac.uk/?p=30393 via @baicenews
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
NEW BLOG
From the community and for the community: Newly qualified female #teachers in #SierraLeone
Teachers shining a light for their students: “I call them to study because I have light in my house.”
#GirlsEducation @FCDOGEC @OpenUniversity @PlanGlobal
ukfiet.org/2021/from-the-com…
Alicia Herbert challenges global education community to innovate #UKFIETConf, this must include innovating in how we generate policy, more participative with voices of those impacted.
Help shape the #2023GEMReport on technology and education. What areas of new research should we look at? How can we expand on already established or previously unexplored sources of data? bit.ly/2023consultation
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
I've just had a great time presenting in #UKFIETConf 2021 with @freda_w. Interesting findings&brilliant conversations around #school #leadership and #continued #learning. Thanks @UKFIET, @baicenews for the platform to share and learn!
Looking forward to rich discussions #UKFIET in 10 days- don’t forget to register
It's the countdown! Registration deadline Monday 6 Sept, #UKFIETConf starts Monday 13 Sept!
Have you signed up yet?
We are so excited to welcome you back after 2 years, albeit virtually. So much going on:
What to expect from the 2021 UKFIET conference
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Looking forward to presenting here with @GlobalEdTechHub on Friday 27
We're excited to present at the 9th International Skills Forum hosted by @ADB_HQ on effective #EdTech interventions in #TPD. Registration is free. See details and register at: isf2021registration.adb.org #adbskillsforum
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
In this @norrag Highlights, Joel Samoff, Research Associate at the Faculty of Education @go2uj looks at the @WBG_Education Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel first report: "Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning".
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But needs to be complemented with more research understanding children's lived experiences of schooling to enable local solutions within policy frameworks blogs.worldbank.org/educatio… via @WorldBank
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
20 million secondary aged girls could be out of school by the time the Covid-19 pandemic has passed. GEC projects are helping national governments ensure marginalised girls are considered in response plans #myvoiceourequalfuture #DayoftheGirl #UKAid bit.ly/GECCovidResponse
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
Baroness Sugg made a virtual visit to #Ethiopia this morning and heard about the Girls’ Education Challenge work to help 80,000 girls access an education and a better future #DayoftheGirl #UKAid @FCDOGovUK @FCDOEducation @UKinEthiopia girlseducationchallenge.org/…
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
Today UK Special Envoy for Girls Education Baroness @Liz_Sugg virtually visited Ethiopia, finding out about:
📚 Ethiopia's girls education progress and challenges from HE @DrGetahun
📚 Our support on girls ed from UK funded People in Need project, CHANGE (@FCDOGEC )
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
FEATURED: @Telegraph "Save the Children estimate that Covid has triggered the largest education emergency in history and is widening the gap between rich and poor." #ProtectAGeneration telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
Critical issue for girls both with and beyond schools. Welcome comments on the GEC paper.
We are glad to be sharing lessons from GEC projects on strategies to address violence in schools today at the @DFID_GEC and @UNICEFROSA #LeaveNoGirlBehind webinar. For the full paper you can visit the GEC website bit.ly/30A3eQi @PwC_UK @Camb_Ed @SDDirect_global
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
Looking forward to sharing lessons from GEC projects on strategies to address violence in schools at the next @DFID_GEC and @UNICEFROSA webinar happening tomorrow. If you wish to register please drop me a PM #LeaveNoGirlBehind @DFID_Education @PwC_UK @Camb_Ed @SDDirect_global
Learning without fear:- sharing lessons from GEC projects on strategies to address violence in schools at the next @DFID_GEC and @UNICEFROSA webinar Wed 22 July #LeaveNoGirlBehind @DFID_Education @PwC_UK @SDDirect_global @Camb_Ed @GPtoEndViolence
Freda Wolfenden retweeted
Webinar: Gender and disability - Findings from the Girls’ Education Challenge globalpartnership.org/events… @dfid_gec #allmeansall
Inspiring, uplifting and truly diverse, London’s 7 year olds in Steve McQueen’s Year 3 @Tate . absorbing detail in the photographs, awesome scale.