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Application deadline: 3 December 2018.

The Disability Rights Scholarship Program provides yearlong awards for master’s degree study to disability rights advocates, lawyers, and educators to develop new legislation, jurisprudence, policy, research, and scholarship to harness the innovations and opportunities offered by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The programme does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Candidates with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. The competition is merit-based and open to those meeting the following criteria:

• citizen and legal resident Mozambique, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania; Mexico, Czech Republic, Georgia, or Ukraine at the time of application
• have work experience in the legal profession or advocacy focusing on human/disability rights
• have an excellent academic record with a bachelor of laws (LLB; in exceptional circumstances, those without a LLB but with substantial relevant experience may be considered) – a degree must be awarded by the application deadline
• have demonstrated leadership in the field of disability rights
• be proficient in spoken and written English or French and able to meet university-designated minimum scores on standardized language tests
• be able to participate in an intensive academic writing programme in August or September 2019
• be able to begin the graduate programme in August or September 2019
• be able to receive and maintain visa or study permit required by host country
• demonstrate a clear commitment to return to home country to contribute to advancing the inclusion and full participation of persons with disabilities in their communities.

The scholarship programme is supported by Open Society Foundations.

 Read the full details, including information on how to apply.

Note: The scholarships are not organised by EENET. Please use the link above to find contact information for the organisers if you have any queries.

This free online e-learning course from INEE is designed to give a broad overview of education considerations in conflict environments. It is intended for field practitioners, donors, and other professionals working in education in emergencies. The course is based on the content of the INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Pack,  which supports the integration of conflict sensitivity into education policies and programs in conflict-affected contexts.

The online course addresses:

• steps for conducting a conflict analysis
• interactions between programmes and conflict
• access to learning environments
• conflict sensitive strategies for teaching and learning and development of education policy
• methods of monitoring and evaluation.

Our exciting and unique Youth Takeover edition of Enabling Education Review is intended for a young audience as well as our usual adult readers. We want to encourage teachers, parents and others who work with children and young people to use this edition of EER in their lessons, clubs or other activities, so we have published an activity guide.

Enabling Education Activity Booklet. Activities to use with children and young people, based on Enabling Education Review Youth Takeover Edition, 2018

It’s packed with fun and reflective activities to help learners – from pre-school age upwards – think about and discuss the education and inclusion-related topics covered by the Youth Takeover EER. The activities include drawing, games, performance, group discussions, individual reading and thinking tasks, and extended projects. The activities can also be used with adults too of course.

If you use any of the activities to help children, young people or any other stakeholders engage with our youth edition of EER, please share your case studies with us.

EENET’s 2018 edition of Enabling Education Review is here… and it’s huge! 68 pages – double the usual size – packed from front to back with contributions from children and young people aged 7-25.

Our young authors and artists cover a wide range of inclusive education topics, from discussing what education and inclusion means to them, to issues like advocacy, disability, good teachers, bullying, and education for girls, street-connected children and children from minority ethnic and asylum-seeking backgrounds. It also features 12 pages about the activities of young researchers in Armenia and Ukraine.  

We hope you enjoy reading this edition and that these young writers, artists and advocates provide insights and inspirations for your own work on inclusive education.

The edition is currently available in PDF format, but the HTML pages will be online soon and printed copies will be available in a few weeks.

The Global Development Institute in the University of Manchester, UK, has opened applications for 27 scholarships (17 for full-time study and 10 for part-time study). The Equity and Merit Scholarships are available for academically excellent professionals from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The courses are Masters degree level and focused on various international development topics. Full-time courses can be undertaken on campus or via distance learning. The 10 part-time scholarships are for distance learning courses only. Visit the Global Development Institute website for more details. Applications close 9 September 2018.

“If donors only fund online publishing then we are being left behind”. EENET’s latest blog by Christopher Chiwalo, a Malawian teacher, and Ingrid Lewis highlights the importance of continuing to invest in printed copies of inclusive education materials, despite the growth in internet usage.