Australia has officially joined a UNESCO framework allowing qualifications from its institutions to be recognised internationally.

International Education Day 2023 is being marked across the globe, with the driving theme behind this year’s iteration bringing the education of Afghan women and girls into focus, UNESCO has said.

Despite such levels of government and international spending, education outcomes are at crisis levels. The World Bank’s most recent update estimates that 89% of 10-year-olds in the Sub-Saharan Africa cannot read a simple sentence

There is really an issue of a raison d'etre and survival for universities

Some European countries have committed to paying compensation for the impact of climate change on low-carbon emission countries – a move which campaigners within the international education sector say is “particularly relevant” to the industry. 

The future of universities depends on their ability to provide ‘lifelong learning’ that equips non-traditional students with in-demand skills, UNESCO warned last week. 

Adult education is failing to reach those who need it most despite participation increasing across over half of UNESCO's member states since 2018, according to a new report. 

Education is in its worst crisis in a century following the Covid-19 pandemic, delegates heard at the Education World Forum 2022 in London on May 23.