REAL Centre Upcoming Events
REAL Centre Seminar Series
The REAL Centre is delighted to announce the following seminar series for February/March 2023.
These are in-person events with the option to join online. They will take place in the Donald McIntyre Building, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.
Please sign up to each event that you are interesting in attending using the individual Eventbrite links. Event details will be emailed out in the days leading up to the seminar.
Eliminating Violence in Schools. We must do more, test more and know more
Tuesday 7 February 2023, 13:00-14:00 GMT Room GS5
- Susannah Hares, Co-Director of Education Policy and Senior Policy Fellow, and David Hares, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Register on Eventbrite
More than the money: What else does philanthropy contribute to global education progress?
(Change of date) Monday 13 February 2023, 13:00-14:00 GMT Room GS5
- Laura Savage, Executive Director, International Education Funders Group (IEFG)
- Register on Eventbrite
Mothers and their daughters’ education: A comparison of global and local aspirations
(Change of date) Monday 13 March 2023, 13:00-14:00 GMT Room GS5
- Aliya Khalid, Lecturer in Comparative and International Education at the Department of Education, University of Oxford
- Register on Eventbrite
The Girls' Education Challenge: Improving educational opportunities for the most marginalised girls
Tuesday 7 March 2023, 13:00-14:00 GMT Room 1S3
- Asma Zubairi and Laraib Niaz, Research Associates, REAL Centre
- Register on Eventbrite
REAL Centre Past Events
A Cambridge event with the Yidan Prize Foundation
Creating an Equitable Future through Education:
An event showcasing transformational work in education research and practice in the context of COVID and climate change, with a focus on girls’ education.
- Date and Time: Thursday 7 October, 9:00-16:15 BST.
- Full programme with speaker bios:Read the full programme with details of all speakers.
Catch up on the event via Jesus College's YouTube page
About the Conference
The Yidan Prize Foundation, the University of Cambridge and CAMFED co-hosted a conference to showcase transformational work in education research and practice, with a focus on girls’ education.
Conference theme
The theme of the event was on the global challenges facing education today, as we consider the inequalities exposed by the pandemic and the disruption exacerbated by climate change, which disproportionately affects women and girls. There was be a focus on the efforts and partnerships to find solutions, in reaching the most marginalised young people and in re-imagining quality education for all.
Sessions that the event will cover:
- inclusive education through disruption exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change
- education and mental health in challenging times
- cross-sector support and financing for global education
Speakers
The conference will bring together global policymakers, educationalists, foundation heads, leading academics and activists.
CAMFED Co-Executives Lucy Lake and Angeline Murimirwa—2020 Yidan Prize for Education Development laureates—will join discussions about keeping marginalised learners in education. They’ll share what they’ve learned about getting—and keeping—girls in school with CAMFED’s Patron Julia Gillard AC, former Chair of the Global Partnership for Education and 27th Prime Minister of Australia.
The panels and keynotes will feature speakers including HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Professor Pauline Rose of the REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge, and Professor Usha Goswami and Dr Erum Mariam, who are members and representatives of the Yidan Prize Foundation’s Council of Luminaries.
Book launch event to celebrate the work of the late Christopher Colclough, who, as a leading figure in education and international development, played a key role in the global fight for education for all children. At the launch, the book editors provided an overview of the book. Authors of the chapters, all of whom knew Christopher and his inspirational work well, were present to answer questions from the audience.
A 20% discount is available for the hard cover version of [pdf] this book on Reforming Education and the e-book. Please use the code FLY21 when ordering either of these versions. With this discount the e-book costs £29.59.
The 20% discount can also be used for other books in the series: see [pdf] Education, Poverty and International Development book series.
Book by Routledge: Visit Routledge for more information on the book and open access to the Foreword and four chapters.
See full list of chapters and authors below. Chapters 1, 6, 7 and 12 are available open access.
REAL Centre launch in collaboration with CAMFED
Date: 16 June 2015
The need for the REAL centre is pressing. It will make a difference in helping us to understand what works to make education more equitable. It will generate much light to educate every child, including every girl. The REAL centre will be one of real achievement.
The Honourable Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
Watch highlights of the opening event on YouTube.
You can also read about our launch event in a University of Cambridge news article: Cambridge gets REAL about overcoming obstacles to global education.
