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WELS leads community education in Zimbabwe during COVID-19

A young, black African girl sits on a step outside writing in a note book.Research conducted by WELS colleagues during the pandemic-enforced school closures in Zimbabwe explores the complexities of remote learning for many children in low-income countries who are offline.

24th February 2021

SAGE learning materials adopted by the Zimbabwe Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education

Four female participants in the Zimbabwean SAGE project are shown sitting in a line,

Up to two million out-of-school learners will benefit from new learning materials now approved by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe.

5th February 2021

Sustainable Development Goals through the eyes of 17-year-olds

The Project 17 logo has text PROJECT 17 against a pink background with coloured circles around it.Project 17, a new radio series from the BBC World Service and The Open University, hears from seventeen 17-year-olds on whether the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals are making progress in addressing the issues relevant to them and their communities.

21st January 2021

Research funding win to improve education in Africa

Four Ghanaian children (three boys and one girl) are sitting in a large pink play car. They're smiling and one of the boys is holding a tablet.A research project, led by Professor Kwame Akyeampong, which takes a play-based approach to learning to improve education in early years education in Africa, has received $500,000 CAD in funding.

11th December 2020

TESS-India celebrates 3 million views!

a young boy is writing in English in his exercise book whilst reading a school text bookDr Lina Adinolfi, English Language Lecturer from the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, has celebrated 3 million views of the authentic classroom video clips she developed as part of the TESS-India project.

2nd December 2020

OU academic joins Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel

Portrait photo of Kwame Akyeampong, sitting in front of a windowProfessor Kwame Akyeampong, School of ECYS, has joined the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel to share his international research and expertise on education systems in Africa.

18th November 2020

IGATE project in Zimbabwe scores top marks!

The IGATE project has recently heard back from its annual review by DFID, where they've scored an A++ rating for the 'Whole School Development' output.

16th September 2020

New Professor of International Education and Development appointed

Professor Kwame Akyeampong has been appointed Professor of International Education and Development in the OU’s School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sports.

22nd July 2020

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