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CSGD is thrilled to announce that Professor Kwame Akyeampong, our director, has been appointed to the Yidan Prize Advisory Committee. The Yidan Prize is a global award that recognises changemakers who inspire educational progress for a better world. graphic.com.gh/news/education…

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How are recent government welfare cuts affecting child poverty in the UK? In this video, Dr Keetie Roelen shares the current situation many families are facing, and the proposed solutions for addressing it. Centre for the Study of Global Development

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📚Reconceptualising the Learning Crisis is OUT NOW! In this new book, Kwame Akyeampong & Sean Higgins challenge outdated views on Africa’s “learning crisis” and offer bold, community-driven solutions rooted in Ubuntu and real-world success stories. 👉 routledge.com/Reconceptualis…

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Join World Vision and CSGD's webinar as a panel from several organisations discuss their experiences with various catch-up and accelerated learning initiatives. Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM, UK Live French & Spanish Translations worldvision.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join World Vision and CSGD's webinar as  a panel from several organisations discuss their experiences with various catch-up and accelerated learning initiatives.
Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM, UK
Live French & Spanish Translations  
worldvision.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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CSGD's Dr Keetie Roelen and Thaís Carvalho new insightful Research evidence paper 📜Social Protection for Economic Inclusion in Latin America: The potential of comprehensive programming, address key questions facing policymakers in Latin America today.wels.open.ac.uk/research/centr…

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Join this interactive talk as Jeremy Mayer shares an insider's perspective on U.S. political events,how they are reshaping the domestic political, legislative,and policy landscape,and their global implications. Thur 22 May 2025 🕒14:00–15:00hrs UK 💻eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethnography-…

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Catch-Up Then What? : Aligning Education Systems with Children's Realities ✨ Co-hosted by Centre for the Study of Global Development in collaboration with World Vision Chaired by Prof. Kwame Akyeampong, CSGD Director, The Open University 📅 27 May 2025, 12:00 – 13:15 UK 💻 Online Register >> buff.ly/RcPq1NC

Catch-Up Then What? : Aligning Education Systems with Children's Realities
✨ Co-hosted by <a href="/OU_CSGD/">Centre for the Study of Global Development</a> in collaboration with <a href="/WorldVision/">World Vision</a>
Chaired by Prof. <a href="/kwameakyeampong/">Kwame Akyeampong</a>, CSGD Director, <a href="/OpenUniversity/">The Open University</a>
📅 27 May 2025, 12:00 – 13:15 UK
💻 Online
Register &gt;&gt;
buff.ly/RcPq1NC
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Join us at CSGD as Jeremy D. Mayer shares an insider's perspective on U.S. political events, how they are reshaping the domestic political, legislative, and policy landscape, and their global implications. 📅Thur 22 May 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-happen…

Join us at CSGD as Jeremy D. Mayer shares an insider's perspective on U.S. political events, how they are reshaping the domestic political, legislative, and policy landscape, and their global implications.  
📅Thur 22 May 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK 
👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-happen…
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IDS Research Fellow Stephen Devereux speaks with CSGD Deputy Director Dr Keetie Roelen about her new book, which explores how empathy can shift how we tackle poverty.🎧Listen and discover how empathy might be the missing link in fighting global poverty. ids.ac.uk/news/podcast-t…

IDS Research Fellow Stephen Devereux speaks with CSGD Deputy Director Dr Keetie Roelen about her  new book, which explores how empathy can shift how we tackle poverty.🎧Listen  and discover how empathy might be the missing link in fighting global poverty. ids.ac.uk/news/podcast-t…
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CSGD & World Vision, presents an insightful webinar titled "CATCH-UP THEN WHAT? ALIGNING EDUCATION SYSTEMS WITH CHILDREN'S REALITIES." Join the discussion Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM UK Live French & Spanish Translations available. lnkd.in/enD7bnUu

CSGD &amp; World Vision, presents an insightful webinar titled "CATCH-UP THEN WHAT? ALIGNING EDUCATION SYSTEMS WITH CHILDREN'S REALITIES." 
Join the discussion
Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM UK
Live French &amp; Spanish Translations available.
lnkd.in/enD7bnUu
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This inspiring blog explore how World Vision’s Catch-Up Program through play-based, flexible learning tailored to the realities of children in Chile, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe shapes what success looks like & how formal education systems can support this. ukfiet.org/2025/struggle-…

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Join Dr Kris Stutchbury CSGD member & TESSA Academic Director, for an informal & interactive session that explores how TESSA has shaped our understanding of teacher professional development . 📅Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/BST 💻Online 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Hh4de

Join Dr Kris Stutchbury CSGD member &amp; TESSA Academic Director, for an informal &amp; interactive session that explores how TESSA has shaped our understanding of teacher professional development .
📅Thursday, 26 June 2025
🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/BST 
💻Online
👉 lnkd.in/e-9Hh4de
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🎙️First Episode Alert: The Innovating Methods Podcast, a space for exploring creative methods in development research hosted by Laura Camfield & Keetie Roelen This episode explores the power of storytelling with Joanna Wheeler and Alison Buckler 🎧lnkd.in/eJGSWTWz

🎙️First Episode Alert: The Innovating Methods Podcast,  a space for exploring creative methods in development research hosted by <a href="/lauracamfield/">Laura Camfield</a>  &amp; <a href="/KeetieRoelen/">Keetie Roelen</a>    This episode explores the power of storytelling with <a href="/JoannaWheeler/">Joanna Wheeler</a>  and <a href="/AlisonBucklerEd/">Alison Buckler</a> 🎧lnkd.in/eJGSWTWz
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We Make Milton Keynes – Join Us! Be part of something special. Date: 20 July 2025, at 12:30 pm Led by Dr Keetie Roelen & Community Action:MK    🎨Participate in a community art installation 📍Workshop Tent, Campbell Park, MK9 4AT All ages welcome 🖌️ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-make-…

We Make Milton Keynes – Join Us! Be part of something special. 
Date: 20 July 2025, at 12:30 pm
Led by Dr <a href="/KeetieRoelen/">Keetie Roelen</a> &amp; Community Action:MK    
🎨Participate in a  community art installation
📍Workshop Tent, Campbell Park, MK9 4AT
 All ages welcome
🖌️ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-make-…
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Dr.Keetie Roelen, is spearheading a groundbreaking research project with her team, exploring the opportunities and challenges of living in new housing developments and towns. Their mission? To tackle poverty and inequality. learn more of the project here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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Economic inclusion initiatives empower households to initiate productive activities and establish new income sources, leading to sustainable well-being. 📄 Dive into the full document here: bit.ly/42TWxd4 for this research by Thaís de Carvalho & Keetie Roelen

Economic inclusion initiatives empower households to initiate productive activities and establish new income sources,  leading to sustainable well-being. 📄 Dive into the full document here: bit.ly/42TWxd4  for this  research  by Thaís de Carvalho &amp; <a href="/KeetieRoelen/">Keetie Roelen</a>