Special Lectures by Prof. and Prof. renowned scholars of education and development

1. From Education Policy to Practice: drivers, incentives and threats Speaker: Dr. Angela Little Date: Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 8:45-10:15 Venue: Seminar Room 6 (515), (5F) at GSID This lecture explores the nature and range of education policy and asks ‘who are the key policymakers and planners of changes in practice’? It examines technical and political economy approaches to education policy and its translation into practice.

2. Development Alternatives Beyond Dependence in Sub- Sahara Africa: How much, to whom, for what? Speaker: Dr. Keith Lewin Date: Thursday 8 November 2018 at 10:30-12:00 Venue: Seminar Room 6 (515), (5F) at GSID

Over the last three decades well over half a trillion dollars has been disbursed as aid to education through bilateral and multilateral agencies. The worrying thought is that without new and more strategically focused approaches more aid to education may not lead to sustainable educational development, but to more dependence and exogenously led development. This lecture explores the evidence and the options.

Dr. Angela W. Little is Professor Emeritus Emerita of UCL Institute of Education, the . She was previously a Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies at the .

Dr. Keith Lewin is Professor Emeritus of International Development and Education at the University of Sussex. He was formerly the Director of the DFID funded Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity.

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