Blog
Blog posts to provide updates on the status of my current work.
April 8, 2021
Vocational training and skills development
PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH, PREACHING WHAT YOU PRACTICE: WORLD BANK SUPPORT FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SINCE THE EARLY 1990s
During the 1990s, I followed closely the activities of the World Bank in supporting technical and vocational education in Africa. As with many other areas of World Bank policy and practice, this powerful institution has had a major impact on TVET provision in many countries across the African continent. Like many others, I was quite […]
February 8, 2021
Educational outcomes and labour market analysis
THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION REPORT ON SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AFRICA
I have also just finished a detailed review of the MasterCard Foundation report on secondary education in Africa, which was published in August 2020. This is a major, high profile publication which lays out an ambitious strategy for attaining universal secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa over the next thirty years. The main message of the […]
January 5, 2021
Higher education
THE IMPACT OF BREXIT AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON TRANSNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
My latest research has focused on assessing the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 on the enrolment of offshore (transnational) overseas students studying for degrees at British universities. Offshore overseas students study for (in this case British) university degrees without ever physically studying in the UK. Not only are these students widely dispersed across the world, […]
Areas of expertise
- Primary and secondary education (51)
- Higher education (17)
- Vocational training and skills development (38)
- Teachers (16)
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on education (18)
- Educational outcomes and labour market analysis (11)
- Industrial development and foreign investment (7)
- Agricultural research planning and management (3)
- Teacher supply planning (7)
- Capacity building and good governance (9)
- Labour market analysis/human resources planning (8)
- Industrial and economic analysis policy and practice (4)
Latest research publications
Primary and secondary education | 2022
Primary and secondary education | 2022
Primary and secondary education | 2022
Primary and secondary education | 2022