Angela Little

Angela W. Little is Professor Emerita at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is known for her work in primary education policy and practice in developing countries as well as education planning, program evaluation and assessment. In particular she has focussed in seven main areas: Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals Multigrade education Globalisation and education Qualifications, motivation and aspirations Education in Sri Lanka Education in China Education and development She has been adviser to various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organisations on education policy, planning and evaluation, including SIDA, the World Bank, DFID, UNESCO, ILO, the Ford Foundation, UNICEF, AusAid and others. Her country experience includes work in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Japan and China. Little was Professor of Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University of London between 1987 and 2010. She was previously a Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Little is Honorary professor at Zhejiang University and Flinders University, advisory professor at East China Normal University and Honorary Fellow at the University of Sussex.