As a follow up to the Sixth Commonwealth Research Symposium on Teacher Mobility, Recruitment and Migration, which IICBA hosted in Addis Ababa on June 8-9, 2011, the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNESCO-IICBA presented a paper entitled, “Next steps in managing teacher migration; the role and status of migrant teachers in emergencies”, at the 11th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development held on 13 – 15 September 2011 in New College, Oxford, UK (http://www.cfbt.com/UKFIET/default.aspx).
UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development is a biannual event, and this year’s theme was Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency. Among the emerging thematic sessions, IICBA is exploring partnership in teacher education, in such areas as: skills for work in changing macro-economic environments; education and labor mobility; post-crisis capacity development; the role of education and training in peace-building; and the role of teacher education in good governance and sustainability. For more information, please contact: Akemi Yonemura, Programme Specialist [a.yonemura@unesco.org]