Policy & Practice - A Development Education Review

 

 

issue16
A Critical Analysis of North-South Educational Partnerships in Development Contexts
Spring 2013

Guest Editorial: A Critical Analysis of North-South Educational Partnerships in Development Contexts

Gerard Downes

This special issue of Policy and Practice was conceived with the intention of critically analysing the process of North-South educational partnerships in development contexts.  Many Irish and Southern higher education institutes (HEIs) have, particularly in the past decade, invested heavily in educational partnerships for development, both in terms of finance and personnel, but also in intellectual and academic terms.  However, there is a dearth of critical reflection and analysis on North-South educational partnerships, based on national and international experiences gleaned to date.

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