Call for Applications: Summer University Courses on Privatisation in Education and Innovative Financing for Education

The Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundations and the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, are offering a summer school, "Towards a Political Economy of Education," to be held July 9–13, 2012.

The summer school will run two concurrent streams. One is Regionalisation, Globalisation and Privatization in Education; the other is Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Quality Education. Taken together, the two streams work towards a more comprehensive analysis and exploration of the political economy of education and as such begin to establish a core of durable and useful ideas and debates around education justice and to provide knowledge and examples of how these can be advanced collaboratively and internationally. 

This course aims to bring together original, internationally renowned academics at the top of their field, state-of-the-art research, and original web-based resources into critical debates on education financing and privatisation in and of education in its different forms.

Applicants must choose which course they wish to take and may not apply for both.  Places are limited to 25 for each stream, are fully funded and offered on a competitive basis. The scholarships include visa, travel, accommodation, tuition fees and a subsistence allowance.

Global applications are invited from educational researchers, policy analysts, education finance specialists, government officials, advanced graduate students and faculty members. Preference will be given to applicants with academic and professional experience with these issues. Practitioners engaged with policy are also strongly encouraged to apply, especially those based in or working with southern countries.

Deadline

Applications made after February 15, 2012, will not be considered.

To Apply

Further details can be found on the Central European University Summer School website. All applications must be made using the CEU SUN online application, located via the latter webpage through the "Apply Now!" link.