Category: Resources

A report by close partners in the UK, Future First, on the ways teachers and schools engage their alumni and the way young people perceive their futures. Written by Natalie Marshall, Head of Innovation and Learning at Future First based on polling by TeachTapp and YouGov. …

inHive, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, conducted research into the feasibility of a Global Alumni Network looking to bring people together from across the Mastercard Foundation portfolio in Africa. It includes input from over 300 current and former program participants as well as partner institution staff from 19 countries and 23 partner programs. While this report is written with the Mastercard Foundation’s portfolio in mind, it is also informed by inHive’s broader experience and expertise in this area. As a result of this insight, many of the findings will be transferable to those looking to create a similar network. …

An evaluation report from one of our founding Global Network partners, OurSchool. It is the first programme in Australia to build alumni networks for public high schools and has had really impressive pilot results. INTRODUCTION The report will show that there has been a very positive response to the Ourschool development of alumni programs – from the students, teachers and school leadership, and the alumni themselves. It also notes that there are challenges to be faced to achieve scalability and sustainability. The reporting structure is layered as follows: Executive Summary – Provides an overview of project objectives, methodology, outcomes and …

This is the research that launched inHive as an organisation, back when it was known as Future First Global. It’s an in-depth feasibility study across nine countries that demonstrates the universal value of alumni networks in schools and shares examples of ad hoc best practice around the world. Foreword Future First has been building alumni communities in state schools in the UK for five years now. Its work has led to a national rise in state school alumni engagement and a culture shift that is far greater than the organisation itself; the country has gone from less than 1% of …

This is a best practice guide that helped establish inHive as a thought leader in alumni development, back when it was known as Future First Global. The guide is based on best practice from the UK as well as interviews with alumni practitioners from mature and thriving alumni networks in over 30 countries. Introduction Issues of impact, sustainability and community development have led to a marked increase in programmes looking to develop their alumni activities. This ‘how to’ guide is designed to help organisations take the next step, or even the first step, in building their own alumni programmes. Amongst …

Founding Global Network partner, Future First USA is now known as The Alumni Toolkit by Big Picture Education. This report looks into the effectiveness of alumni on students in public high schools in the USA. Extract During the 2018-19 academic year, UC San Diego’s Center for Research in Educational Equity, Assessment Excellence formative, (CREATE) multi-site and Teaching conducted a study of efforts to increase alumni engagement in San Diego County high schools. This report covers findings from 15 high schools (public and charter) that attempted to use their own high school alumni to provide career and college advising to their …

An in-depth study of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) Alumnae Association (CAMA). With nearly 140,000 members and elected leadership across sub-Saharan Africa, and running for over 20 years, this is an example of one of the best alumni networks we’ve come across. Foreword Over the past 25 years, CAMFED – the Campaign for Female Education, has developed a model of support for girls’ education that has resulted in millions of girls gaining the opportunity to go to school. All would have otherwise been excluded from education because of poverty. The most tangible outcome of our work is in the …

In February 2020 our partners and the inHive team handed over the results of the Rwandan Girls’ Education Advancement Programme (REAP-2) to education leaders, champions and allies in Nyaruguru district, in the Southern Province of Rwanda. REAP-2 was part of the UK Government’s Girls’ Education Challenge portfolio, and inHive supported Health Poverty Action and partners by connecting young people from rural, under-resourced communities with former students of their schools. The project, which started in September 2017, used several interventions to make significant progress in addressing some of the challenges that girls and boys face, creating synergies across these efforts. …