UNESCO UNITWIN
Massey University is one of the first universities in the Southern hemisphere to become a partner in a UNESCO UNITWIN initiative of a Global Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education. The Centre for Equity through Education in the Institute of Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences will take on the lead in fulfilling the requirements of this global partnership on promoting social justice and inclusivity. The collaborative programme among others, aims to contribute directly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals to: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning”.
Hosted by the University of Lapland, Finland, the UNITWIN programme, will focus around three major areas: Teacher Education, Inclusive Education and Indigenous Education. The UNITWIN collaboration involves sharing of knowledge through joint research activities; hosting bi-monthly seminars on-line seminars, developing and sharing joint lectures in teacher education courses on inclusion and indigenous education. It provides “researcher/teacher and student exchange opportunities” and the setting up of a virtual resource centre.
The other signatories to date include:
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Educational Studies School - Mongolian National University of Education
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Murmansk Arctic State University, Russian Federation
Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Russian Federation
Sámi Education Institute, Finland
Sámi University College, Norway
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
University of Helsinki, Finland
University of Iceland
University of Lapland, Finland
University of Manitoba, Canada
Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
The Centre for Equity through Education is looking forward to working alongside Te Putahi-a-Toi in this exciting knowledge building and sharing partnership.