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APPG Meets With Send My Friend To School Youth Campaigners
Today, the APPG on Global Education met with Send My Friend to School youth campaigners to discuss their campaign, 'The Right Climate To Learn'. In an interactive virtual event, APPG members Kate Green MP (pictured), Harriett Baldwin MP, Lord German and Lord McConnell...
APPG Meets Director of Education Cannot Wait, Yasmine Sherif
Earlier today the APPG on Global Education was joined by Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif, for a meeting to discuss ECW's work on education in emergencies, and the UK's role as a leader in global education. The UK is the leading donor to ECW and...
APPG Holds Virtual Meeting with DFID-FCO Minister and UK Special Envoy for Girls’ Education, Baroness Sugg
Earlier today, the APPG on Global Education held an online meeting with DFID-FCO Minister and UK Special Envoy on Girls’ Education, Baroness Sugg. The meeting covered a variety of topics including the UK’s global education COVID-19 response, the merger between DFID...
Minister Stephenson and Alice Albright, CEO of GPE, join APPG for event celebrating International Day for Education
Last night, the APPG for Global Education celebrated International Day for Education by hosting an event in parliament titled: Heralding the Decade of Leaving No Girl Behind. After opening remarks from the APPG's prospective Chair, Harriett Baldwin MP, we heard from...
A year on from the Global Disability Summit, what progress has been made?
By Elizabeth Tofaris, Communications Officer, Impact Initiative for International Development Research Taking place a year on from the Global Disability Summit, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Global Education event (supported by the Impact Initiative...
Send my Friend to school campaigners take action in Parliament
Today in Parliament, the APPG hosted a group of twenty young people aged 14 and 15 from ten schools. The ‘campaign champions’ have been leading the Unlock Education for Everyone campaign, in which thousands of schools across the UK have been calling on the Government...
MPs quiz Minister on education in crisis zones
In a roundtable discussion in Parliament today, MPs quizzed Minister Harriet Baldwin on her department’s support for the Education Cannot Wait fund (ECW). ECW is the first ever global multilateral fund dedicated to delivering education for children in countries...
MPs meet director of Education Cannot Wait
The director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif, met the APPG today to discuss the organisation’s upcoming replenishment, when the fund will seek new financial commitments from funders. ECW is the first global fund dedicated to delivering education for...
MPs call on Government to unlock education for all
In a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday, MPs from all parties came together to ask the Government to unlock education for the most marginalised children. The debate looked in particular at how different forces of poverty overlap and compound each other, forcing the...
APPG discuss the global teacher crisis
On Tuesday 27 November, the APPG met to discuss the role of UK Aid in tackling the global teacher crisis. Five guest speakers from across the education sector gave their views to the group and an audience of policy experts, NGOs and government representatives. First...