A detailed list of Commonwealth Education Events of relevance to the Commonwealth is maintained by the Commonwealth Consortium for Education.
Commonwealth Consortium for Education
COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION CALENDAR (Update: January 2020)
Commonwealth Education Events: 2020
| 2020 | ||
| Date | Organisation | Event |
| January 8-11 | CASTME | Stand and STEM Workshop at Annual Conference of Association of Science Education (ASE). U. of Reading. Announcement of Findel CASTME Award Winners |
| January 16 | CTEF | Forum. Commonwealth academics in Malaysian universities: bane or boon? Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| January 17 | CEC | 60th Anniversary celebratory event. Half-day conference. Theme: Fit for purpose: health, sport and play in education. 2.30p.m., followed by a Reception. Marlborough House.. |
| January 19-22 | UK Government Departments and British Council
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Education World Forum (Education ministers and national delegations). Theme: One generation – What does it take to transform education? By invitation.
Includes UK Government pre-Reception for Commonwealth Education Ministers on January 20 – by invitation only. |
| January 21 | ICWS | Kigale 2020: How serious IS the Commonwealth about media freedom? 6.00pm, Portcullis House, Palace of Westminster. Attendance by prior registration only |
| January 22
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UK Parliament | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education for All. Discussion Marking International Day for Education: Heralding the Decade for Leaving No Girl Behind.
Speakers: Alice Albright, CEO, Global Partnership for EducationAndrew Stephenson MP Minister of State, DFID Pauline Rose, Impact Initiative and Director of the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge (moderator)Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster 18.00-19.00 |
| January 23
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ComSec | Commonwealth Education Ministers Action Group. Marlborough House. |
| British Council | Schools and Skills Policy Dialogue. Theme Empowering world class leadership in schools and colleges. British Council HQ, Spring Gardens, London. By invitation. | |
| January 24 | (First) International Day of Education
Following adoption on December 3, 2018, by the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for bringing global peace and sustainable development. |
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| January 27-29 | ACU, Wilton Park | Conference. Higher education: global engagement to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Wilton Park, West Sussex, UK. By invitation only. |
| January 29 – 30 | COL in collaboration with UNESCO | Regional workshop. Capacity building on open educational resources: policies and practices. Rodney Bay, Gros Islet. St Lucia |
| January 30 | ACU | Talk. What role for universities in sustainable development? Speaker: Tristan McCowan UCL Institute for Education.
ACU, Woburn House, London, UK. |
| February 3-5 | CF | South-South exchange: Accountable governance for people with disabilities: a learning exchange. India. Sharing experiences and tactics and learning from one another to improve practice in participatory governance initiatives for the rights/ needs of people with disabilities in CW countries. |
| February 4 | REAL U Cambridge Seminar series | Research for Equitable Access and Learning , Faculty of Education Seminar Series Lent Term (Tuesdays 1300-1400
Perceptions of quality teaching in Rwandan secondary schools. Anthony Onwuegbuzi, Nidhi Singhal Room 1S3 |
| February 5 | ICWS | Book launch: Nearly the New World: the British West Indies and the flight from Nazism 1933-1945.. By Joanna Newman, G22/26, Senate House |
| February 5-7 | ACLALS | Indian Branch (IACLALS). Annual Conference, Theme: Reimag(in)ing identities in the global south: challenges, transgressions and articulations. Jadavpur Univ, Kolkata. |
| Feb 6-9;11-12 | CF, Commonwealth Writers | Craft development workshop for selected Caribbean writers submitting a story to the CW Short Story Prize. Guyana |
| February 11
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IFCO | Forum meeting. Royal Overseas League. 6 Park Place, St. James’s Street, SW1A 1LR. 1300 |
| REAL U. Cambridge Seminar series | Preparing the soil of motivation and life long learning in education systems Sharath Jeevan STiR Education Rm1S3 | |
| February 12 | CASTME | Partnership meeting with National Council of Women- Malta at NCW Learning Centre, Blata-l-Bajda, Malta |
| February 13 | ICWS | Lecture Series on Legacies of colonialism in the modern world 1.Legacies of colonialism or the persistence of empire? The French and British cases Prof Robert Gildea, Univ of Oxford. Chancellors Hall, Senate Ho 1730-1930.
Book via sas.events@sas.ac.uk |
| February 15 | CGEF | Annual Valentine’s Gala – reception, dinner, live entertainment. Royal Overseas League 1830-2200.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/CGEFValentines2020 |
| February 17-19 | Commonwealth Foundation (CF) | Amplifying women’s voices for peace. Three-day dialogue involving women peace advocates from the Commonwealth working on UNSCR1325. Malaysia |
| February 18 | REAL, U Cambridge Seminar series | African based education researchers – What do we know?Samuel Asare, Pauline Rose (REAL Centre). Room 1S3 |
| February 19 | CEID, UCL Institute of Education (IOE) | CEID Education in Conflict and Emergencies Seminar Series 2019/20. Rethinking higher education for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, Book here. |
| February 20 | ICWS | Lecture Series on Legacies of colonialism in the modern world. 2. Brexit, education and Empire Emeritus Prof. Sally Tomlinson, (Goldsmiths, U of London). 22/26, Senate House 1730-1930. . Book via sas.events@sas.ac.uk |
| February 21 | RCS | Commonwealth Family Day at Westminster Abbey, London |
| February 25 | REAL U Cambridge Seminar series | Can the promise of education technology be realised to accelerate progress and increase quality in education? Susan Nicolai, Overseas Development Inst. Room 1S3 |
| February 26 | CASTME | Trustees meeting |
| February 27 | BAICE, Univ Coll London, U E London ESRC | Thematic Seminar. Diaspora and internationalisation in higher education. Montague Room, U of London Senate House Malet St WC1E 7HU, 0930-1630 |
| March 8-13
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CAM
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Venue: South African Museum, Cape Town
March 8 Meeting to discuss redevelopment of the CAM Distance Learning Programme: Basic Certificate in Museum Studies.
March 9-10 Pre-conference workshops: 1. Collections management and preventive conservation of human remains and sacred belongings; and 2. Interpreting difficult history: curation and education.
March 11-13 Conference. Living forward, looking back: museum practice for postcolonial futures, |
| March 14-15 Post-Conference tours | ||
| March 9
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Commonwealth Day 2020
Theme: Delivering a common future: connecting, innovating, transforming |
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| CEC | Commonwealth lecture: ‘Combating slavery in the modern Commonwealth: education’s role’. Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. Room G, Palace of Westminster. 1100. | |
| Council of CW Societies, RCS | p.m The Commonwealth Day Service, Westminster Abbey. By invitation. Information from RCS | |
| ComSec | Evening. Reception. Marlborough House.. By invitation | |
| March 9 – 13 | CF, ComSec | Commission on the Status of Women 64. Women’s rights bodies and women-led organisations from across the Commonwealth participate. London. |
| March 10 | REAL U. Cambridge | Early Childhood Education and Disability. Paul Lynch, University of Southampton. Room 1S3 |
| ICWS | Workshop: Religion, media freedom and the Commonwealth. Mary Ward House Conference Centre, Bloomsbury. Prior registration required. | |
| March 11 | ComSec
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Ceremony. Commonwealth 2020 Youth Awards for Excellence in Development |
| March 11-13 | ACU, ComSec, British Council | 3rd of three Commonwealth Futures workshops. The role of student leaders in creating cohesive societies.
J. P. Jindal University, Haryana, India |
| March 12 | ICWS | Lecture Series on Legacies of colonialism in the modern world. 3. The postcolonial legacies of the Criminal Tribes Act in India Dr Sarah Gandee (Inst of Historical Research)
G22/26, Senate Ho.1730-1930. Book via sas.events@sas.ac.uk |
| March 16-20 | ACU, Kwame Nkrumah U, for Science Technology
(KNUST) |
Conference/workshop. Developing the next generation of researchers. Exploring innovative approaches to professional development and collaboration. KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. Information from NextGen@acu.ac.uk |
| March 18 | CEID, UCL Institute of Education (IOE) | CEID Education in Conflict and Emergencies Seminar Series 2019/20. Strengthening the education in emergencies data architecture, Book here. |
| March 18-19 | COL in collaboration with UNESCO | Regional workshop. Capacity building on open educational resources: policies and practices. Victoria, Seychelles. |
| March 22-26 | CIES | Comparative and International Education Society annual conference. Education beyond the human. Miami. |
| March 24 | CEC | 48th Meeting of the Support Group for CSFP. ACU, Tavistock Sq 1315-1500. Members only. |
| March 31 | ROSL | Evelyn Wrench Lecture. Impact of climate change on the Commonwealth. ROSL, Park St, St James 1900- 2030. |
| April 21-24 | ComSec, CARICOM | Workshopp. Roll-out to education planning officers of Caribbean member states of The Commonwealth Education Policy Framework. Georgetown, Guyana. |
| April 23 | ICWS | Lecture Series on Legacies of colonialism in the modern world. 4. The Windrush generation and the hostile environment. Amelia Gentleman, Guardian journalist in conversation with Dr Juanita Cox (ICWS). Book via sas.events@sas.ac.uk |
| April 29-30 | COL in collaboration with UNESCO | Regional workshop. Capacity building on open educational resources: policies and practices. Oakland, New Zealand. |
| April 30 | Round Table | Conference. Decolonising the university and its curriculum: the challenge for the Commonwealth. U of Birmingham. |
| May 13-15 | ComSec | Committee of the Whole (CoW) meeting to discuss Agenda and draft output documents for CHOGM. Marlborough Ho. |
| May 18-20 | ACLALS | European Branch (EACLALS). Triennial Conference. Theme: Transcultural mo(ve)ments: memories, writings, embodiments. University of Cardiff. Wales |
| May 27-28 | COL in collaboration with UNESCO | Regional workshop. Capacity building on open educational resources: policies and practices. New Delhi, India |
| May 27- June 6 | CLEA | CLEA- Menon Inst of Legal Advocacy & Training. (MILAT) Summer School 2020. Human rights & justice. New Delhi. |
| May 29-31 | ACLALS | Sri Lankan Branch. Conference. Theme: Continuing postcolonialism University of Peradineya. |
| May 30-June 1 | ACLALS | Canadian Branch (CACLALS). Conference at Congress 2020, Western University, London, Ontario, Theme: Ecologies of alliance in a divided age. |
| June (tbc) | CF | Climate change and gender in the Caribbean. Civil society leaders in the Caribbean examine methods to mainstream gender analysis in their programming strategies. |
| June 21 | CAM | Museums & ICT in Africa, Pre-CHOGM Symposium, Kigali |
| June 22-28 | ComSec, Govt. of Rwanda | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), and associated forums Kigali, Rwanda.
CHOGM Theme: Delivering a common future: connecting, innovating, transforming. Sub-themes: (i) Governance and rule of law (ii) ICT and innovation (iii) Youth (iv) Environment (v) Trade. Tentative schedule in Rwanda includes: CW Youth Forum (Sun 21-Tues 23) Organiser: Layne Robinson ComSec CW People’s Forum (Mon 23-Wed 25) Organiser: CW Foundation CW Women’s Forum (Mon 22- Tues 23) Organiser: Gender Section, ComSec Organiser: C’wealth Enterprise & Investment Council |
| June 29-30 | British Council | Going Global 2020, QEII Centre London. Theme: Global learners, global innovation. |
| July 7 tbc | CEC, CSCUK and CPA(UK) | Parliament event for Commonwealth Scholars CPA Room, Westminster Hall, 1400-1730. By invitation |
| July 23 | ComSec | 10th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting. Tokyo |
| August 2-10 | ACU | ACU Summer School 2020. The Migration generation? Climate, youth and refugees. Univ of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| August 23-29 | CAPA-ATUPA | Conference. The future of jobs: training, workforce development and reskilling Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| September 1-4 | CCEAM | 50th anniversary Celebratory Conference. Theme: Educational leadership for sustainable development and global citizenship. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
More details: https://www.cceam.org/2020-conference/ |
| September 21-24 | ACU, Amity U. Uttar Pradesh | HR in HE Community Conference. Universities in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for HR. Amity University Uttar Pradesh in New Delhi. Further info. from india2020@acu.ac.uk |
| September 23-25 | BAICE |
Conference. Partnerships in education: collaboration, co-operation and co-optation. University of Edinburgh. |
| September 30 | CLEA | Closing date for entries to CLEA Essay Competition |
| October 2-4 | Uppingham Seminars | Residential seminar. Indigenous peoples and education. Bishop Woodford House, Ely, Cambridgeshire. For more information apply to the convenor, Prof Alan Rogers at info@uppinghamseminars.co.uk |
| November 3-5 | IIEP-UNESCO, Min. Education Malaysia, Malaysian Quals. Agency, CTEF | Policy Forum, SDG4: planning for flexible learning pathways in higher education. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2021 | ||
| January 24 | International Day of Education | |
| End-February | CAM, with National Museum of Kenya and ICOM Kenya | Pre-CCEM workshop on Museum education in Africa. Nairobi. |
| CEC | Annual Conference. Nairobi, Kenya tbc | |
| March 1-5 | ComSec, Govenment of Kenya | 21st Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (21CCEM). Kenya International Convention Centre, Nairobi |
| March 14 | Commonwealth Day 2021 | |
| October/Nov | UNESCO | General Conference, Paris |
| October 5 | World Teachers Day | |
Key to acronyms and contact details of sponsoring organisations
(* = CCfE Members, + = CCfE Associate Members,)
ACEAB* – Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies
ACLALS* – Association of Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies
ACU* – Association of Commonwealth Universities
BAICE – British Association of International and Comparative Education http.//www.baice.ac.uk
BC – British Council
BUILD* – Building Understanding through International Links for Development
CADME – Commonwealth Accelerated Development Mechanism for Education
CAM* – Commonwealth Association of Museums
CAPA* – Commonwealth Ass’n of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa
CASTME* – Commonwealth Ass’n of Science, Mathematics & Technology Teachers http//www.castme.online
CCEAM* – Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management
CCfE – Commonwealth Consortium for Education
CCS – Council of Commonwealth Societies
CCL – Commonwealth Countries’ League
CEC* – Council for Education in the Commonwealth
CEID – Centre for Education and International Development, UCL Institute of Education
CET* – Commonwealth Education Trust
CF* – Commonwealth Foundation
CGEF* – Commonwealth Girls Education Fund (formerly CCLEF)
CHEC* – Commonwealth Human Ecology Council
CLEA* – Commonwealth Legal Education Association
COL* – Commonwealth of Learning
ComSec – Commonwealth Secretariat
CPA UK – Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch)
CSA* – Commonwealth Students’ Association
CSC – Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
CSFP – Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
CTEF – Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility http://www.ctef.com.my/
CTG* – Commonwealth Teachers’ Group
CYC – Commonwealth Youth Council
ESU – The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth
ICWS – Institute of Commonwealth Studies
RCS* – Royal Commonwealth Society
REAL – Research for Equitable Access and Learning Centre (U of Cambridge)
ROSL+ – Royal Over-Seas League
UKFIET – UKFIET- the Education and Development Forum http://www.ukfiet.org
UNESCO – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
VUSSC – Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
The calendar can also be accessed online via http://commonwealtheducation.org/events/