Pauline Rose

Professor of International Education at the University of Cambridge

Pauline Rose is Professor of International Education at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre. Prior to this position, she was Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (from August 2011) during which time she directed two reports on youth, skills and work, and on teaching and learning. Pauline is author of numerous publications on issues that examine educational policy and practice, including in relation to inequality, financing and governance, and the role of international aid. She has worked on large collaborative research programmes with teams in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia examining these issues. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with international aid donors and non-governmental organizations, providing evidence-based policy advice on a wide range of issues aimed at fulfilling commitments to education for all.

Class Description: This course examines how global frameworks, international organizations, and international educational financing and accountability structures shape education systems and educational practices on a global scale. In the first part of the course, we will consider how the different global perspectives – from human capital to human rights – adopted by international organizations affect national education policy and practice in developing countries and consider the ways in which this has changed over time. In the second part of the course we will consider both the amount of financing available to support education systems in low-resource settings, as well as how funds from different sources (governments, aid donors, and households) are allocated within the education system to ensure its equitable distribution. We will further discuss how accountability relationships between governments, communities and schools within education systems can influence the effective use of resources, taking a particularly close look at the contentious role of the private sector in financing and delivering education.