September 10, 2007
Release: Immediate
GOING FOR GROWTH IN WORLDWIDE EDUCATION
Delegates from all over the world are meeting at the University
of Oxford this week for the 9th UKFIET International Conference on
Education and Development when they will be discussing the impact
of growth on education worldwide.
High-profile guests, including the Ugandan Minister of Education
and Sport, the Honourable Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire and
representatives from ministries of education in Chile, Vietnam and
Cambodia, will join more than 300 delegates, representing 54
countries, at the conference from September 11 – 13. Plenary
speakers include Professors Hugh Lauder, University of Bath; Julia
Preece, President of the British Association for International and
Comparative Education (BAICE); and Sugatha Mitra, University of
Newcastle.
More than 200 papers from distinguished academics and education
professionals will be presented over the three days covering 16
themes including, Growing Education in Difficult Environments,
Education, Skills and Sustainable Growth, Non-State Providers and
New Educational Systems, Higher Education for Economic Growth and
Community Development: Potential, Problems and Politics.
“This year’s conference promises to be bigger and better than
ever,” said UKFIET Chairman, David Theobald. “The Going for Growth
topic has attracted some interesting and innovative examples of
education practice and development from all over the world and we
are looking forward to a large number of stimulating sessions which
have attracted delegates from all over the globe.”
Sponsors to the conference include; Aga Khan Development Network,
BAICE, British Council, Cambridge Education, DFID, Elsevier, and
the Jeremy Greenland Bursary Fund.
CfBT Education Trust has managed the biennial conference since 1999
and this year’s conference is the ninth in UKFIET’s history.
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Notes for Editors:
For more information about the 9th UKFIET International
Conference on Education and Development visit www.cfbt.com/ukfietconference
UKFIET – The UK Forum for International Education and Training is
an organisational network committed to international education and
development. UKFIET shares ideas and knowledge between members and
maintains an inventory of relevant organisations and individuals;
arranges conferences, colloquia and workshops; publishes work on
issues of topical concern; constitutes a body of professional
expertise available as a resource for government and other
agencies.
Visit www.ukfiet.org for more
information
CfBT Education Trust is a leading education consultancy and
service organisation. Our object is to provide education for public
benefit both in the UK and internationally. Established 40 years
ago CfBT Education Trust now has an annual turnover exceeding £100
million and employs more than 2,000 staff worldwide who support
educational reform, teach, advise, research and train.
As a not-for-profit organisation we commit around £1million of our
surpluses every year for practice-based educational research.
2007 is the fifth UKFIET Conference managed by CfBT Education
Trust.
Visit www.cfbt.com for more
information.
For more information and interviews
contact:
Karen Borrer MCIPR
PR Manager, CfBT Education Trust
60 Queens Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4BS
0118 902 1256
07920 476593
kborrer@cfbt.com
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