whose aim is to provide a focal point for work on education and development in low income countries. The Centre is one of the foremost groups in the UK in its field.
Formally established in 1989, CIE was founded on the understanding that education lies at the heart of development and poverty reduction. Educational participation is both part of the definition of development and a means to achieving sustainable improvements in livelihoods and wellbeing. Improved educational opportunities are important to ensure knowledge and skills can be applied constructively for the satisfaction of basic human needs, to diminish ill health, improve incomes and contribute to the economic growth that can support higher standards of living. CIE is now one of the largest and best known academic groups of its kind in the UK.
Our research is clustered around four research themes:
- Planning, finance and governance
- Access and outcomes
- Gender and inclusion
- Quality learning, pedagogies and assessment.
These themes encompass learning and development issues from pre-school to university and across public, private and non-government organisations. All are informed by aspirations to promote educational investment and initiatives that can make a difference to promoting development outcomes and reducing poverty.
CIE offers a friendly, supportive and challenging environment in which to debate development issues, develop theoretical perspectives on fundamental concerns, reflect on practice and search for solutions to pressing problems. Members of staff have a commitment to the analysis of evidence and experience to improve policy and practice in ways which recognise the significance of both the global and the local in enhancing development.
Research by members of faculty also complement and inform teaching on programmes within the Department of Education, including the PhD in Education, the International Doctorate in Education and the MA in International Education and Development.
CIE maintains academic links and collaborates on research with partners in many countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Staff also work closely with sister universities and ministries of education in east, west, central and southern Africa, south and south east Asia and China.
