Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures
Join us in reimagining education and shaping contemporary educational policy through the transformative power of knowledge co-creation.
In search of authenticity: Breaking the mechanical shell of mainstream teacher-education
Prosperity begins with a peaceful home
Healing is in the pot
Hands in the soil, singing to the sky
Reflections on using participatory methods in higher education research with youth
Filling the gaps: deepening environmental education in Somalia's school curricula
School Teachers: their role, status and agency
Planting an urban forest in the Somalian desert
From a classroom to a plate of food
Dipping into Pune's Water Classrooms
SOCSA's Somaliland slamdunk!
Youth Exploring Afrocentric Responses to Climate Change
The ocean is our heartbeat: Q&A with Vainola Makan about her work with mining affected fishing communities on the West Coast of South Africa
That’s a wrap! Film submissions close with a bang for TESF filmmakers
December marked the culmination of more than a year’s worth of training, feedback and creative hard work by TESF network filmmakers.
Jama Adam transports us deep into the Horn of Africa with his film on education for climate adaptation
Jama Adam transports us deep into the Horn of Africa with his film on education for climate adaptation.
TESF Filmmakers begin to tell their stories
We are delighted to introduce the first round of films that have been submitted by a number of TESF filmmakers.
TESF team presents at BAICE 2022: Partnerships in Education
Call for proposals in India now open - submission deadline extended to 20 September
TESF team presents at UKFIET Conference on International Education and Development
This year’s conference theme was ‘Building Back Better in Education and Training?’ and TESF’s contribution was to the thematic area of research methods. Transforming education systems for sustainable futures requires new approaches to research methodologies, partnership working and measurements of what we value. In this symposium, TESF partners described the Network’s approaches to research methodology, partnership working, and indicator development.
Webinar - Education for Sustainable Development and Covid-19 in Southern Africa
Intersecting perspectives on why water, food and livelihoods matter in transforming education for sustainable futures.
UNESCO Chair Seminar Series (3/3) – Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures
Education’s ‘reparative’ possibilities: responsibilities and reckonings for sustainable futures
UNESCO Chair Seminar Series (2/3) – Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures
From theory to practice: decolonising education for sustainable futures
UNESCO Chair Seminar Series (1/3) - Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures
Connecting decolonial and sustainable futures in education
Webinar - Re-imagining Curriculum in India: Charting a Path beyond the Pandemic
Webinar - Unintended Methodologies: Arts-based Research Practices as Forms of Listening
Upcoming webinars - autumn 2020
We are delighted to announce a number of upcoming webinars: Re-imagining UK education research partnerships in the South: prospects for mutual and equitable relationships (18 Nov 2020), Unintended Methodologies: arts-based research practices as forms of listening (25 Nov 2020), and Skills for Sustainable Futures (16 Dec 2020). For further information on these events, please visit our Events page.
Webinar - Skills for Sustainable Futures
Webinar - Re-imagining UK Education Research Partnerships in the South: Prospects for Mutual and Equitable Relationships
Recent Webinars
We were delighted to connect with many attendees at our two recent webinars: Launch of Professor Leon Tikly’s new book ‘Education for Sustainable Development in the Postcolonial World’ (16 July 2020), and our first TESF webinar on ‘Conceptualising Education for Sustainable Futures: Framing the work of the TESF Network Plus’ (22 July 2020). Please visit our Events page for more information and to access recordings of our webinars.
TESF Public Launch Videos
We launched our Network Plus on 6 January 2020 at a well-attended public event in Bristol, UK. Videos covering the event are available via the link below.
Climate Emergency Discussion Forum
In January 2020, alongside TESF’s Network Plus launch in Bristol, TESF members joined up with the Bristol University Sustainable Futures group to discuss the role of Higher Education in addressing the climate emergency. This was an opportunity to further the thinking about Bristol University’s response to the climate emergency by learning from TESF partners in South Africa, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Sweden, as well as from other projects in the Bristol University’s School of Education.