Partnerships? Stop! Think! What first pops up in your mind at the idea of partnerships in education? What experiences prompted your first thoughts? Where did they come from and what do they mean? Prominent in the descriptions of partnerships in international education are activities and relationships that involve global actors such as international donors and...
Abstract The rise of different nationalisms in an increasingly unequal and neoliberal world makes predictions about the dawn of a post-national, global society seem both incongruous and fraught with Eurocentric occlusions. In response, we present a postcolonial analysis of research into Muslim youth narratives of nation in Northern Nigeria. This highlights the continued significance of...
This blog was written by Alison Buckler, Senior Research Fellow, The Open University; Jennifer Agbaire, Research Associate, The Open University; Joanna Wheeler, Director, TransformativeStory; Faith Mkwananzi, Researcher, University of the Free State, South Africa; and Yusra Price, independent anthropologist, educator, researcher and facilitator. The blog was originally published on the BAICE website on 3 February 2022. Storytelling...
By Dr Jennifer Jomafuvwe Agbaire, Research Associate at the School of Education, University of Bristol Originally published on Bristol.ac.uk “Those young students can just talk anyhow. If you really want to know about university admission in Nigeria, ask those in charge.” Just before I set out to begin my doctoral research, I got strong forms of...
The working paper develops a framework for ‘endogenous systems leadership’ as a means of supporting the distribution of leadership across the local, middle and central tiers of complex education systems in low- and middle-income countries affected by crisis; in ways that respect the values, knowledge, practices and agency of actors in these contexts, which are...