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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe EU and the right to education in the West BankEducation is a crucial component for a self-determined future but for Palestinians this future is hindered by the...
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Published in: oDRThe tragic echoes of Turkey’s anti-Gülen campaign in TurkmenistanIn this highly isolated Central Asian state, “Turkish schools” guaranteed good education and a relationship with the...
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Published in: oDROne Chechen man’s quest for a real educationOn this day in 1944, thousands of people in Russia’s North Caucasus were deported to Central Asia. They had few...
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Published in: oDRBeyond the scandal: what is Ukraine’s new education law really about?After three years of discussion, Ukraine has adopted a new framework law on education. It’s only caused more debate. RU
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, propaganda starts in preschoolMilitaristic ideas and gender stereotypes can dominate one’s early life in Russia — as public holidays in honour of...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s displaced universitiesAlmost three years of war in eastern Ukraine have left their mark on the region’s education services. Without a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe current and future challenges of Middle Eastern studiesIn the wake of Trump's victory, what are the challenges for Middle Eastern studies in the US? And what should be the...
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Published in: TransformationWhat’s the point of education?Can creativity survive in the climate of fear and coercion that’s emerging in our schools?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHigher education reform in Algeria: reading between the linesThe LMD reforms have tied the fate of the Algerian higher education sector to European intellectual and economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael FirstersFor the past few months Israelis and Palestinians have experienced a wave of terrorist attacks mainly on civilian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter the Paris attacks, what role for reforming education in the Middle East?Recent terrorist attacks are an opportunity to push for crucial curriculum and educational reforms in Egypt and the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNormalising bloodshed: education and the dreams of the MarshallWhat are the people in Egypt forcing themselves to believe in order not to deal with the harsh realities of the past...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReview - 'Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason'Ansgar Allen's book traces our obsession with assessment, standards and measurement in modern education. It is both...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBudget 2015: A growing student movement has found its new hookAfter the trebling of tuition fees in 2010, student movements suffered a major blow. Now they are rising up again.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKComing to a university near you: casualisation through internal outsourcing
Warwick University’s new ‘Teach Higher’ initiative aims to centralise ‘casual’ academic work. This move will only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Our turn to talk": why we should listen to Occupy LSEUniversities are increasingly becoming factories, churning out obedient citizens and “human capital.” It's time to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor young refugees from Syria, education equals hopeYoung Syrian refugees have shown extradordinary resilience, but hope for their short and long-term futures hinges on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Whose University?" dislodges Cambridge University's mask of humanityAt universities across Britain, business interests are increasingly promoted over the welfare of students.
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Published in: TransformationBadass teachers and the future of American democracyEducation should be a transformative experience. Instead, it’s being converted into a commodity that can be...
