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5 ideas to NOT borrow from Australia’s asylum policy
developmenteducation.ie recently spoke with an old friend and colleague Phil Glendenning, director of the Edmund Rice Centre in Sydney and now president of the Refugee Council of Australia, about Australia’s offshore and onshore asylum seeker detention system.
Study visits were not driven by an ‘education-aid’ mentality
Scott Sinclair has been involved with Birmingham Development Education Centre and Tide~ Global Learning since it started and is a Tide~ trustee. Scott and his
What The Fact? Fighting hoaxes, fakes and myths on key human rights and human development issues
In a digital world packed with fake news and fact checkers, is there a need for another one? Before continuing any further, four reference points
World Population – a rich resource with great data and killer graphics
We’re big fans of the excellent website Our World in Data
The Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series
Understanding Development within the Black Power Movement
A final-seven finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, Grace McGinnis looks at the Black Power Movement in the United States, and beyond.
Staying Warm
There are still large numbers of people sleeping outside, in the cold struggling to find any way to simply stay warm. Ethan Kudler, a final-seven
Health Wealth: Inequalities in ‘well-being’ across the world
‘Health’ and ‘well-being’: does our understanding depend on if we are in a developed or developing country?
Smart Cities Developments – impacts on democracy and why we should remain critical
What’s so smart about ‘smart cities’ and who really benefits when technology and expert private firms are building them? A final-seven finalist in the 2018
Have your say and shape our work in 2019 – annual survey time
The annual survey is one of the driving forces in listening to our readers who get to share views, ideas and suggestions on how we
Public Good or Private Wealth? Oxfam’s annual check is in…
This week, Oxfam released their annual wealth check report, Public Good or Private Wealth?, highlighting the concentration of the world’s wealth. As you have probably
‘Leave No One Behind’ – launch of the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2019
Announcing the official launch of the 2019 Our World Irish Aid Awards for primary schools across the island of Ireland. “There are 7.6 billion people
Smart Cities Developments – impacts on democracy and why we should remain critical
What’s so smart about ‘smart cities’ and who really benefits when technology and expert private firms are building them? A final-seven finalist in the 2018
Rana Plaza, homelessness, plastic and sustainability – the top 10 blogs of 2018
The results are in for the most popular blogs of the year on developmenteducation.ie , which has been marked by the second year of a Trump presidency,
‘Back to Black’ Friday
The hyper-consumption phenomenon, Black Friday, now takes place beyond the US and is growing. Toni Pyke reports on Black Friday from an afternoon in late
Basketball – More than Just Fun and Games
Basketball – More than Just Fun and Games. A final-seven finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, Jane Litvin explores
Introducing the new developmenteducation.ie
The new developmenteducation.ie is all about teachable moments – in crisis, in opportunities and in education for change, now in the era of Sustainable Development Goals, extreme inequalities and human-induced climate shocks.
Blogging for development, democracy and human rights – introducing the 5th year of the Trinity College Dublin blog series
The seven finalists, which will be published weekly from today on international Human Rights Day. Founding member of the initiative Michelle D’Arcy of Trinity College
Approaching Human Rights Day: Two Key Reports
A new CIVICUS Monitor Report highlights the fact that 6 in 10 countries now seriously repress civic freedoms. CIVICUS, the global alliance of civil society