CSGD News

A young girl from the Lake Chad area is taking a photograph. Her face is obscured by the camera and she's wearing a green and white hijab

The voices of the children of Lake Chad come to the OU

A series of images and reflections taken by children and young people from the crisis-hit region of Lake Chad will be displayed at The Open University on 27 May. The exhibition offers critical reflection into how participatory photography can facilitate their participation in decision-making around the issues that directly affect their lives.

3rd May 2022

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OU project shares in £5.5M research portfolio to improve education tech in low and middle income countries

An OU study to professionally develop maths teachers in low- and middle-income countries is one of the projects within Edtech Hub’s first research portfolio, and will investigate the impact of technology on teaching in Bangladesh.

14th April 2022

Three women in an art space. Two in the foreground laugh as one creates a piece of artwork.

Storytelling project plans ‘critical exploration’ of its own methods

An OU team carrying out storytelling-led research will simultaneously analyse whether the method reinforces inequality rather than challenges it.

29th March 2022

A pair of young persons hands tends to a seedling, in a pile of earth

Launch of the new Centre for the Study of Global Development

The Faculty of WELS has launched a new research centre, the Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD), which will aim to advance human wellbeing through global development research. The launch event featured a special message from UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J Mohammed.

24th March 2022

Zimbabwean schoolgirl on mobile phone whilst writing in notebook outdoors.

Worldwide access for gender transformative education programme materials

Learning materials created to support adolescent girls in Zimbabwe are now available as an open access resource via OpenLearn Create.

10th March 2022

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TIDE wins award for Open Collaboration

The Open University’s TIDE project (Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education) has won the 2021 Open Practices Awards (Open Collaboration category) of the Open Education Awards for Excellence.

12th November 2021

Eight hands of different ethnicities surround a 3D graphic image of the world in an overlapping circle. The globe is pictured with Africa, Asia and Europe in view.

Package of free FCDO-approved safeguarding leadership courses launches

In collaboration with WELS academics, the OU has launched the first module in a package of free Safeguarding Leadership Training courses, aimed at those working in the international development sector.

28th September 2021

Katharine leads on UNESCO education and digital skills policy

Open University Associate Lecturer Dr Katharine Jewitt has been appointed co-lead of the Education and Digital Skills team within UNESCO’s Inclusive Policy Lab.

22nd September 2021

portrait of Professor Kwame Akyeampong. He is sitting in front of a window, facing the camera and smiling. He is wearing a red tie and glasses.

Kwame appointed co-chair of Global Education Advisory Panel

Professor Kwame Akyeampong has been appointed co-chair of the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), hosted by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the World Bank.

23rd June 2021

Zambian teacher training project thrives during pandemic

By changing the way teachers access learning materials and taking advance of smartphone technology, OU Zambian teacher training project ZEST is emerging from the pandemic stronger, and potentially more sustainable.