Compare is a leading journal of international and comparative education, publishing eight issues a year of high quality articles on diverse issues of educational policy and practice around the world. It is the official journal of the British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE), which works to support activities of research, teaching and collaboration in the field. In order to maintain its significant global standing, one of Compare’s missions is to develop the diversity of its authorship, and support…
Call for Sub-theme Co-convenors for the Conference Committee for BAICE 2022
The British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) is recruiting sub-theme co-convenors for the Conference Committee for BAICE 2022 BAICE 2022 will be held in Edinburgh between 13th – 15th September 2022. The overarching theme of the conference is: Partnerships in education: collaboration, co-operation and co-optation BAICE 2022 will critically consider the changing relationships around how education is conceptualised, planned, implemented, provided, resisted, researched, and communicated in various contexts. While recognising the potential value of collaboration, we intend to…
2023 Annual Early Career conference – Call for Abstracts
British Association for Comparative and International Education 2nd Annual Early Career Conference (Online) Saturday 5th August – Sunday 6th August 2023 We are delighted to announce that the call for abstracts is now open for The British Association for Comparative International Education (BAICE). The Student Committee warmly welcomes your submissions to our 2023 Annual Early Career conference, ‘Transformative education as a force for change: reflections and experiences from around the world’. The conference will be held over two days, hosted…
Call for Applications: BAICE Student Fieldwork Grants
Wednesday November 1st is the next deadline for the BAICE Student Fieldwork Grant. Doctoral students intending to undertake international fieldwork for their education-related doctorate can apply for up to £2500 to support travel, subsistence and other research-related expenses. For information about how to apply, and for the terms and conditions of the grant, please see https://baice.ac.uk/baice-funding/student-fieldwork-grants/
Call for Papers: Diaspora and internationalisation in higher education
University College London, Institute of Education 10 May 2019 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Funded by BAICE and co-hosted by UCL Institute of Education and University of East London, this Forum will explore the role of diaspora and how this intertwines with internationalisation in higher education. We aim to: examine diverse theoretical perspectives on diaspora and how they inform the theme of diaspora in internationalisation; critically assess the dominant discourses around diaspora and internationalisation in higher education; and to explore…
BAICE Awards 2020: Our statement on researching international and comparative education during a global pandemic
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…
University of Cambridge Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for African Students
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Cambridge is designed to provide talented students from economically marginalised and hard-to-reach communities in Africa with fully-funded opportunities to complete their Master’s training, grow in transformative leadership, and contribute to climate resilience and sustainability in Africa. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program covers the cost of travel and visas, accommodation, meals, allowance for a laptop, health cover, and a living stipend – as well as tuition costs. It also provides an allowance for dependant children…
2012 Conference Short Report and Podcasts Available
Education, Mobility and Migration: People, ideas and resources 8-10 September, 2012 Churchill College, University of Cambridge, in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University, UK A short report and video podcasts of the Plenary Addresses from the 2012 BAICE Conference are now available in the Events Archive.
2013-14 BAICE President Roger Dale
Journals on offer
Volumes of the following journals are being made available by long standing BAICE member and former Director of Education Commonwealth Secretariat, Peter Williams. These must be picked up before mid March from Peter’s Dorking, Surrey home or – by mutual arrangement – in Central London. They will be provided free of charge. Preference given to a Library, but failing interest from Libraries to any individual on a first-come-first-served basis. Compare 1977-1984 (13 vols) Comparative Education only Vol 15 No 3…
BAICE 2020 Conference Cancelled
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…
Call for Presentations: BAICE Student Thematic Forum November 2021
Studying Comparative and International Education (CIE) in the global emergencies and uncertainties 29 Nov 2021, 11-1 online hosted by Bath Spa University Guest speakers: Rafael Mitchell , University of Bristol Michael Fertig, University of Bath This is an event of the BAICE-funded thematic forum series on ‘multi-stakeholders’ perspectives on learning and teaching of Comparative and International Education (CIE) during the global emergencies and uncertainties’. The event is a Student Forum for university students, especially taught degree students who are studying…
BAICE Special Announcement – additional grants for UKFIET conference released
BAICE recognises that escalating costs can make conference attendance difficult for colleagues, especially those on lower incomes and insecure contracts who are less likely to be eligible for funding. There is a long history of collaboration between BAICE and UKFIET, and we value the opportunities the UKFIET conference provides for facilitating connections, collaboration and collegiality between the two organisations. Therefore, while our standard conference bursary scheme has now closed for 2023, we have launched an additional scheme to support attendance…
2016 BAICE Student Essay Prize
If you are a BAICE Student Member and have given a paper at the BAICE Conference in Nottingham in September 2016, you are invited to submit your paper for the BAICE student prize. Deadline is midnight on Sunday 24th January, 2016 The prize of £500 is for a paper presented by a student member at the BAICE Conference (12-14 September 2016) and fully written up afterwards. Entrants will be asked to provide a letter from their department that attests to…
University of Sussex Vacancies – Lecturer in International Education and Development
The University of Sussex is looking to recruit a new Lecturer in International Education and Development to join the Department of Education within the School of Education and Social Work (ESW). The candidate will join the vibrant and influential Centre for International Education (CIE) – http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cie/ contributing to teaching and research. The Education Department is engaged in a range of courses in international education at undergraduate level, a highly successful and expanding Masters in International Education and Development and there are regular…