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# GCES Symposium 2011

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## GCES Symposium 2011

### Second Annual GCES Symposium

**Intersections of the Public and Private in Education in the GCC**

March 16-17, 2011

Al Hamra Fort Hotel and Beach Resort

Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost Emirate

The GCES Symposium 2011 examined the increasing influence of the private sector on education policies and practices in the GCC. The main questions addressed included:

 

- What does the “increasing influence of the private sector” mean in terms of access, equity, quality and accountability?
- What role should the private sector play in public education?

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#### Speaker

## Susan Robertson

**Susan L. Robertson** is currently a Professor of Sociology and the Head of Faculty at the University of Cambridge. Susan has held academic positions at the University of Bristol in the UK as well as in New Zealand and Australia. Her research engages with education policy, state transformations, governance, and social justice. Susan is also the founding editor and editor-in-chief of the journal *Globalization, Societies, and Education*. She has published articles in leading journals, including the Journal of Education Policy, and her recent books include *Public-Private Partnerships in Education* and *Global Regionalisms and Higher Education: Projects, Processes, Politics*. Some of her most recent publications include the book chapter “Non-state Actors, and the Advance of Frontier Higher Education Markets in the Global South” (2019) and the article “Ordinalization and the OECD’s Governance of Teachers” (2020).

## Program & Schedule

The conference is aimed to stimulate discussions on educational reform in the GCC. This program provides a platform for current and future research that explores achievements, challenges and pitfalls in education. As the education landscape continues to change, it is important to explore the way former education-related practices influence how education is practiced now and in the future.

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- ##### Day 1
  
  March 16th
- ##### Day 2
  
  March 17th

 8:00

Registration open

 9:00

Welcome to RAK

 9:10

Introduction to GCES

 9:15

Plenary

 10:00

Coffee break

 10:15

Panel 1: Blurred Boundaries: Private & Public Schooling in the GCC

 11:45

Panel 2: The Role of the Market in Higher Education in the GCC

 13:15

Lunch break

 14:15

Panel 3: Building Teacher Quality

 15:45

Breakout Session 1: Addressing STEM

 15:45

Breakout Session 2: Leading Policy Change

 17:00

END

 19:00

Movie Night\*

 9:00

Reflections & Voting for Incoming GCES Board Members

 9:30

Panel 4: Building a Knowledge Economy

 12:30

Breakout Session 4: Global Influences, Local Choices

 13:00

Lunch break

 14:00

Panel 5: Innovation in Education

 15:30

Closing Remarks & Announcement of New GCES Board Members

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