Brendan Rigby

Brendan is a education and development specialist currently completing a PhD at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. Brendan is studying the literacy practices of out-of-school children in Ghana & Myanmar, using participatory photography to document their transition through a Complementary Basic Education program into formal schooling. He is also a consultant for Plan International, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and UNICEF. Formally, Brendan was an Education Officer with UNICEF in Ghana and Director of Venture Support for StartSomeGood. He writes about literacy, globaldev and schooling at ill-literate and tracks down NFL jerseys in Ghana.