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
Demonstrates the need for equity-oriented evidence & decision-making in education in crises! Includes statistical evidence of the inadequacies of well-intentioned national efforts to ensure continuity of learning during lockdown in Rwanda New @TransformingESF study from @t_rwibasira & Dan Imaniriho Remote Learning among Vulnerable Families during COVID-19 in Rwanda: Opportunities, Challenges and the Potential for Sustainability At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, every country proactively adopted measures to protect its citizens from CO... zenodo.org Yes, it's a great project - come and join us! https://twitter.com/eric_herring/status/1518488384624340993 Come work with our project on transforming education for sustainable futures. https://tesf.network as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol! Details here https://bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=271725&jobTitle=Senior+Research+Associate# Come work with our project on transforming education for sustainable futures. as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol! Details here https://bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=271725&jobTitle=Senior+Research+Associate# TESF : Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures We support collaborative research to develop understanding of how education systems can act as drivers of sustainable development. tesf.network In the #Rwimiyagasector @NyagatareDistr the youth are working together on an art project @Digitalartwork1, today they highlighted their activities to the leaders & show them what they are going to start implementing in 2022.@DOTRwanda @Imbuto @unicefrw New open access working paper from @CIRE_bristol: How to enhance ministry of education leadership during & beyond crises? Our recent knowledge-sharing forum suggests: How to enhance ministry of education leadership during & beyond crises? Our recent knowledge-sharing forum suggests: Please circulate @CRADALLGlasgow @UofGEducation @TransformingESF https://twitter.com/mcgrath_simon/status/1504483567744667659 I'm delighted to start publicising this @JVETjournal special issue call on skills for sustainable futures, led with @SusanJamesRelly @PreshaRamsarup We're keen to hear new voices, especially from those communities that journals often marginalise
with powerful testimonies of educational exclusion from disadvantaged households
"Remote learning among vulnerable families during COVID-19 in Rwanda"
"Endogenous systems leadership for education in crises: A framework for inclusive and equitable quality education in LMICs"
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-> https://bit.ly/35JcvvW https://twitter.com/IIEP_UNESCO/status/1509557325148917769
💡Embrace complex systems thinking
📚Improve capacities at multiple levels of the education system
🤝Communicate, coordinate, collaborate
➡️https://bit.ly/3NCmFiN
💡Embrace complex systems thinking
📚Improve capacities at multiple levels of the education system
🤝Communicate, coordinate, collaborate
➡️https://bit.ly/3NCmFiN
https://bit.ly/_Vocational_Education
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