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Tualang Honey, a children’s storybook produced as part of Voices of the Rainforest, is being exhibited at the Educational Research Impact Showcase 2026 from 20 to 24 April 2026. The showcase, organised by the School of Education, University of Leeds, is hosted at Helix on 20 April and at Hillary Place from 21 to 24...
As COP30 begins today in the administrative centre of the Amazon region, Belém, Brazil, Dr Syafiq Mat Noor, Lecturer in Climate Change Education at the School of Education University of Leeds, has published a policy brief titled “Why Revitalising Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Education Matters: Insights from Voices of the Rainforest” [DOI: https://doi.org/10.48785/100/380]. The...
As the Ministry of Education moves closer to implementing the 2027 School Curriculum, an education reform framework designed to foster holistic, place-based, and competency-driven learning that integrates knowledge, skills, and interpersonal development. In this context, the participatory curriculum development workshop represented a key step in ensuring that community voices shape the curriculum from the ground...
From 6 to 9 September 2025, Cottage Inn in Gerik, Perak became the meeting point for indigenous Jahai community representatives, teachers, agency officers, non-governmental organisation (NGO) representatives and researchers. The four-day participatory workshop sought to bridge indigenous ecological knowledge with climate education, creating opportunities for meaningful collaboration. The programme aimed to co-create a climate curriculum...
From 2 to 5 August 2025, the Voices of the Rainforest participatory curriculum development workshop brought together indigenous Semai communities, teachers, government agencies, children and researchers in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, to co-create a traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)–based climate curriculum. Hosted at Jelai Inn Boutique Hotel, the four-day participatory workshop was structured as two distinct workshop sessions:...
The 16th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA 2025) was held from 25–29 August 2025 at Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark. With the theme, Transitions in Science Education: Sustainability and Digital Advances, ESERA 2025 brought together more than 1,750 international scholars and researchers to exchange ideas and explore transformative directions in science education. ESERA...
The 14th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC 14) took place from 12–13 August 2025 at the Waterfront Hotel, Kuching. Highlighting the theme Sustainable Development, Vulnerabilities and Resilience: Malaysia and ASEAN, MSC14 gathered social sciences and humanities scholars and researchers to share research insights and reflections on Malaysian studies. MSC14 aimed to connect scholars to share...
On Tuesday 20 May and Wednesday 21 May, the Principal Investigator of Voices of the Rainforest, Dr Syafiq Mat Noor, together with Dr Siti Nur Diyana Mahmud and Dr Zanisah Man from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, hosted a two-day showcase celebrating the recent milestones achieved by the project. They were supported by postgraduate researchers Muhammad Zulfadhli...
From 10th to 19th April 2025, Voices of the Rainforest conducted the first component of its creative and arts-based fieldwork across five partner schools in the states of Kelantan, Pahang, and Perak, Malaysia. These schools are situated in rainforest areas, some located as far as 400 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur. Reaching them required a variety...
Dr Syafiq Mat Noor delivered a plenary on Decolonising the Climate Change Curriculum through the Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge at the 5th PSALM (Passion for Scholarship and Love for Mission) International Conference for Teacher Education and Formation in Manila, Philippines, on 8th February 2025. This conference, organised by the University of Santo Tomas, the...