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BAICE Student Essay Prize 2020

17/11/2020 | By BAICE

Each year BAICE runs an essay competition open to all doctoral students who presented at either the BAICE or UKFIET conference. As you may know we had to cancel BAICE 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, instead of cancelling this year’s essay competition we are opening it up to a wider cohort of potential applicants. Therefore, BAICE invites all postgraduate students of international and comparative education (or a closely related discipline) to write and submit an original essay on…

Advertisement for the Role of BAICE Student Representative

09/10/2020 | By BAICE

Are you passionate about representing your fellow students? Do you feel you have a contribution to make to international and comparative education? Then, we would like to hear from you! We are looking for a new BAICE Student Representative who will join the BAICE Executive Committee in December 2020 until December 2022, to work alongside our current Student Representative, Dorothy Ferary. The commitment involves attending three Executive Committee Meetings each year and the BAICE/ UKFIET conference; the organisation of the…

Advertisement for the position of BAICE Secretary

25/06/2020 | By BAICE

Applications are invited for the position of Secretary of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE). BAICE Secretary – Job Specification The Secretary is a key position on the BAICE Executive Committee and carries full voting rights. The role is voluntary but offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the strategic direction of a diverse, thriving and respected professional association. All officers of the Executive Committee work closely together and are expected to attend meetings held three times…

Postdoctoral Researcher Vacancy in Education at CREMCYA, St Mary’s University, London

16/06/2020 | By BAICE

Post: Postdoctoral Researcher – Education (fixed term) Department: Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA) Responsible for: Teaching, contributing to research, publishing, obtaining research grants, building external partnerships and public engagement Salary: £30,046 per annum (Band G, Spine Point 26) Hours: Full Time (1.0 FTE) Annual Leave: 35 days per annum Term: Fixed term, ending 14th May 2021 St Mary’s University Established in 1850, St Mary’s University, Twickenham (London) has a strong reputation for…

Advertisement for the Position of BAICE Vice-Chair 2020

04/05/2020 | By BAICE

Applications are invited for the post of Vice-Chair of the British Association for International and Comparative Education. This post is normally for a period of two years. The Vice-Chair is expected to have a demonstrated commitment to furthering the aims and scope of BAICE, namely to: promote research, policy and development in all aspects of international and comparative education; and encourage the growth and development of international and comparative studies in education. The post is voluntary, and a time commitment…

MA Education, International Development and Social Justice at St Mary’s University, Twickenham

04/05/2020 | By BAICE

St Mary’s University, Twickenham is offering a new postgraduate programme – MA Education, International Development and Social Justice. The MA has been designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the complex relationship between education, international development and social justice within global contexts. The degree is part of St Mary’s wider commitment to addressing issues of social justice through the work of the Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA) and the Centre…

BAICE Awards 2020: Our statement on researching international and comparative education during a global pandemic

25/04/2020 | By BAICE

With the outbreak and spread of Covid-19, many things in our lives have changed. In academia things we took for granted – events and deadlines that gave our professional lives structure and focus – have been swept away or put on hold. Others have taken on new shapes and new meanings, and there are new opportunities too. At BAICE we are aware of the proliferation of new research funding targeted around the crisis. We recognise the need to be proactive…

Call for papers for UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative

21/04/2020 | By BAICE

UNESCO’s Futures of Education: Learning to become is a global initiative to reimagine how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet. The initiative is designed as a coconstruction process that activates broad public engagement, expert inputs, as well as the work of an independent International Commission on the Futures of Education chaired by the President of Ethiopia. Following its first meeting in January 2020 the commission released a document “Visioning and Framing the Futures of…

UEA UNESCO Chair webinar series #All4Social Change

21/04/2020 | By BAICE

We are delighted to invite you to participate in our popular #All4Social Change University of East Anglia webinar series. On Monday 27th April at 1 pm (BST), the webinar will be a joint event with the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at Glasgow University, hosted by the University of Sanctuary at the University of East Anglia on ‘Language sanctuaries: why language is integral to the arts of integration’. In this webinar, Alison Phipps with Gameli…

BAICE 2020 Conference Cancelled

20/03/2020 | By BAICE

Dear BAICE members and colleagues It is with great regret that we inform you of our decision to cancel BAICE 2020. Our biennial conference was due to be held between 23rd-25th September, at the University of Edinburgh. Due to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, and uncertainty over freedom of movement in the coming months, we have decided it is not safe, ethical or feasible to go ahead. If you have already registered for the conference, we will be in touch in…

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