Welcome to the TESF Network Plus
We support collaborative research to develop understanding of how education systems can act as drivers of sustainable development in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
The Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures network is funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund through the Economic and Social Research Council Network Plus scheme. It is coordinated out of the University of Bristol and works with partners in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It is due to run for three and a half years, from November 2019 to April 2023.
Our research addresses the role of education in climate action, decent work and sustainable cities. Addressing inequalities relating to poverty, gender and the status of indigenous knowledge are cross-cutting themes in our work, as are concerns for foregrounding marginalised voices and decolonising research.
Funded projects
Our aim is to develop new knowledge that can assist education policy makers, practitioners, non-governmental and community-based organisations to implement policies and practices in education that are transformative and can contribute to ensuring equitable, just and environmentally sustainable development.
We are funding and supporting a balanced mix of 60+ exploratory, innovative studies and pilot projects lasting up to 12 months within the four countries of India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
Latest research
A presentation from South Africa on the Covid-19 education response providing intersecting perspectives on why water, food and livelihoods matter in transforming education for sustainable futures.
Action-based research in Rwanda exploring the use of solar-powered radios to reach poor communities in remote areas.
A Sociology Mind article exploring the educational and broader social impacts of Covid-19 control measures in the education sector in Somalia/Somaliland.
A rapid response paper reflecting the network’s collective experience in terms of responses to the current crisis caused by the pandemic.
Latest outputs
- Remote Learning among Vulnerable Families during COVID-19 in Rwanda
- Building a Reciprocal Relationship between Education and SDG 11
- South Africa First Engagement paper
- South Africa - Background paper
- Somalia/Somaliland - Background paper
- Rwanda - Background paper
- India - Background paper
- Co-Creating Education for Sustainable Futures
- Skills for Sustainable Futures
- Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Foundations paper
Latest events
- UKFIET Conference - TESF Symposium
- Webinar - Evidence, Knowledge and Research in the Context of Covid-19
- Webinar - Re-imagining Curriculum in India: Charting a Path beyond the Pandemic
- Webinar - Skills for Sustainable Futures
- Webinar - Unintended Methodologies: arts-based research practices as forms of listening
- Webinar - Re-imagining UK Education Research Partnerships in the South
- Webinar – Conceptualising Education for Sustainable Futures: Framing the work of the TESF Network Plus
@36Tesf & @GER_Global collaboration with @KayonzaDistrict will significantly improve the school feeding program and empower students to replicate knowledge in their respective households and communities @BoscoNyemazi @RwandaEast @TransformingESF @IMusore @Aphrodice2 #RwOT https://twitter.com/36Tesf/status/1539213397576798208 Today in Students at Groupe Scolaire #Buhabwa in @KayonzaDistrict under the @36Tesf harvested 14.5 Kilos of beans from their school garden. This harvest will contribute to the school feeding program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_13SR7whI @BoscoNyemazi @GER_Global @jhaganza @TransformingESF These are school gardens for G.S Rwankeri under @36Tesf in @NyabihuDistrict where today students harvested vegetables for tomorrow's lunch & watered the gardens and planted 800 seedlings , all this is to improve school feeding @TransformingESF @jhaganza @BristolUni @GER_Global Our first engagement @TransformingESF session with the Hoedspruit school principals and business partners. We asked them to draw representations of what education for sustainable livelihoods meant to them. @EduFacultyUJ @SitholeKati joined in the learning Students in Groupe Scolaire Cyanika in @NyabihuDistrict are harvesting cabbages from their school garden.@36Tesf is collaborating with schools to foster School Gardening & Feeding as one of the best ways to supplement meals for learners @jhaganza @RichardMugisha1 @TransformingESF Today in Groupe Scholaire #Rwankeri in @NyabihuDistrict Students harvested 56 Kgs of #Beetroot from the school garden. This is to improve school performance & reduce feeding-related expenditure , as part of @36Tesf outcomes @TransformingESF @jhaganza @GER_Global #RwOT Celebrating the closure of the two-day @TransformingESF workshop and the beginning of field visits to further engage with our stakeholders. School Gardening in #Rwanda 's schools is to foster school feeding for students , increase the school-enrollment , & also increase of learners’ academic performance. @36Tesf @GER_Global @TransformingESF @jhaganza #RwOT @KayonzaDistrict @NyabihuDistrict @BristolUni @Uni_Rwanda https://twitter.com/36Tesf/status/1538780210832752640 @36Tesf believes that healthy food is vital to a successful educ. & a thriving community. Access to essential vitamins & nutrients improve a student’s ability to pay attention in class, a parent’s ability to work, & a community’s ability to self-sustain @jhaganza @TransformingESF @36Tesf believes that healthy food is vital to a successful educ. & a thriving community. Access to essential vitamins & nutrients improve a student’s ability to pay attention in class, a parent’s ability to work, & a community’s ability to self-sustain @jhaganza @TransformingESF Group discussions ongoing about the challenges and opportunities on knowledge creation and co-production. #Somaliland
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