Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Literacy and Development Group (LDG) brings together researchers from the Schools of Education and Lifelong Learning and the School of International Development at UEA and now contributes to the UNESCO Chair programme
Formed in 2003, the group takes a ‘situated literacy' approach, aiming to combine theory and practice to engage actively with key policy institutions in the UK and internationally and to encourage cross-cultural interaction between literacy researchers and practitioners around the world.
Researching literacy practices in schools, adult learning programmes, development organisations and universities in a range of country contexts, we focus particularly on issues of power, inequality and social change. We promote inter-disciplinary perspectives and methodologies, particularly collaboration between anthropologists, linguists and economists.
We have strong links with development agencies and organisations, including UNESCO, the British Association for Literacy in Development (BALID), the Asia and South Pacific Bureau for Adult Education (ASPBAE), British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) and various NGOs in South Asia. LDG is also represented on the UK Literacy Working Group and the UK Forum for International Education and Training (UKFIET)
Our regular conferences have brought together researchers from across the world to debate issues around education, literacy and development, including:- ‘Literacy Inequalities', ‘Gender and Adult Education', and ‘Literacy, Identity and Social Change'. We have conducted commissioned research for major development agencies, including for UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report.
Network
Profiles
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Sheila Aikman
- School of International Development - External Research Associate
- Gender and Development - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
Person: Other related - academic, Research Group Member
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Lucio Esposito
- School of International Development - Associate Professor
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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John Gordon
- School of Education & Lifelong Learning - Professor, CreativeUEA Academic Chair
- Language in Education - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
- Developing Resilience through Climate Narratives - Member
- CreativeUEA - Academic Chair
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Member, Group Lead, Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Decolonising university and community partnerships in public health: a pilot project in Nepal and the Philippines
Robinson-Pant, A. & Binesse, H.
27/02/23 → 26/08/24
Project: Research
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Teacher agency with technology: creating an ecological model through a place-based study of teaching and learning in Norfolk
Gordon, J., Bartholomew, K., Blair, R., Chin, J., Craske, J., Dyer, H., Greenwood, D., Hammond, S., Maddox, B., Medler, D., Parr, G., Priyadharshini, E. & Russell, K.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/12/22 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Commonwealth Scholarship Commission - Access, Inclusion and Opportunity - Amie Jammeh
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Economic development, economic well-being, and left-right orientations
Esposito, L. & Theuerkauf, U., 27 Mar 2023Research output: Other contribution
Open Access -
Education for rural development: forty years on
Robinson-Pant, A., 1 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Educational Development. 96, 102702.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (Pure) -
Urban and peri-urban agriculture for sustainability and wellbeing: A response
Rao, N., Patil, S., Singh, C. & Roy, P., May 2023, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 92, 104462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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BMW Group Award for Intercultural Learning 2007 (Theory Category)
Robinson-Pant, Anna (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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National Teaching Fellowship, AdvanceHE
Yulita, Leticia (Recipient), Aug 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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International Conference on Sudurpaschim Studies: Heritage, Innovation and Transformation
Anna Robinson-Pant (Speaker)
13 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
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BAICE International Conference 2022
Anna Robinson-Pant (Speaker)
13 Sep 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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7th. International Conference on Adult Education
Anna Robinson-Pant (Speaker)
30 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk