Resources

This video is a recording of a UNESCO webinar which took place on 23 July 2021. The aim was to discuss implications of COVID-19 for education research, and how to foster more equitable research partnerships for mutual learning in the current context. It is available in both English and French.

Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures through knowledge co-creation, equitable partnership working & values-based indicators Members of the TESF team offered a symposium at the 16th 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.

This background paper highlights some of the key concerns across the sectors of school, higher and teacher education in India. A few potential research themes that can help problematise the issues raised have been identified. An emphasis is laid on the need to build on practice-based repositories of knowledge, curricular framing and pedagogic strategies.

The visual minutes, which were created by Creative Connection, illustrate the breadth of the presentations and discussions which took place at the University of Bristol's Climate Emergency Discussion Forum in January 2020.

A TESF COVID-19 research report on a project aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 response on education in Somalia/Somaliland.

Intersecting perspectives on why water, food and livelihoods matter in transforming education for sustainable futures.

This paper discusses how building a reciprocal relationship between education and SDG 11 is a prerequisite for urban transformation and sustainability.

This paper is a companion piece to the South African background paper and outlines the insight gained from our first engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, practitioners, activists and researchers in South Africa.

This video is a recording of a webinar which took place on 27 January 2021 as part of the seminar series Bristol Conversations in Education, which is run by the School of Education at the University of Bristol.

In this background paper we consider both: 1) how education can contribute to sustainable development, and 2) how sustainable development can shape quality, relevant education. We also frame the meaning of education broadly, within a lifelong learning framework that includes formal education, technical and vocational education and training, work and learning, as well as social movement and community education and social learning.