Dar es Salaam, 14 – 16 November 2012
GEA Policy Report Continue reading “Inclusion and Gender Equity in Education: A Conference at the Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University”
Promoting Equality: UK Feminista
GEA Policy Report Autumn 2012
UK Feminista is a relatively new organization of ‘ordinary women and men campaigning for gender equality’. Founded just over 2 years ago, it has wide and international aims, namely a ‘vision of a world where women enjoy all the rights enshrined in CEDAW – the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – otherwise known as the ‘women’s bill of rights’. Continue reading “Promoting Equality: UK Feminista”
BY GOVE: BACK TO THE FUTURE: EDUCATION CIRCA 1962!
GEA Policy Officer’s Report, 2012
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The e-word now at the heart of English (higher) education
The Third Gender and Education Association Policy Report (July 2011) Continue reading “The e-word now at the heart of English (higher) education”
Review of Vocational Education: The Wolf Report for the Department of Education
The Second Gender and Education Association Policy Report (March 2011)
Alison Wolf’s report on education for 14-19 year olds, commissioned by the English Government in Autumn 2010, has received rapturous acclaim in the media, policy and government circles. For example, the Guardian’s editorial on March 4th 2011 was entitled FE colleges. Who’s Afraid of Alison Wolf? It argued that Wolf ‘has blown a gale through the cosy consensus. She understands that overly involved employers will grab subsidies for specific training that they would anyway have had to provide.’ And her recommendations are commended for their ‘acuity’. Continue reading “Review of Vocational Education: The Wolf Report for the Department of Education”
Browne Report + the White Paper = A Murky Outlook for Educational Equality
A report by GEA’s Policy Officer Miriam David, with Jessica Ringrose and Victoria Showunmi
October- December 2010
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Appointment of First GEA Policy Officer
The Association has recently appointed its first GEA policy officer, Professor Miriam David who, as many of you know, has extensive knowledge and research experience in the field of gender and education. We are delighted that Miriam has accepted the post and we look forward to regular reports from her, which will both inform the position which the Association takes on any specific issue, and provide members and other readers of the GEA website with an up-to-date picture of what is happening in policy terms. Miriam’s main brief is primarily to get to grips with UK issues, but it is also hoped that she will have time to consider issues in other countries too. Welcome Miriam.
Gaby Weiner, Chair, GEA