Yusuf Sayed is a reader in International Education at the University of Sussex. He is an education policy specialist with a career in international education and development research. Previously he was senior policy analyst at the EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO, team leader for Education and Skills, the Department for International Development UK, and head of the Department of Comparative Education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His research focuses on education policy formulation and implementation as it relates to concerns of equity, social justice, and transformation. He has published on various issues in international education and development including education exclusion and inclusion; education governance and the role of the state; equity, financing and education; and education quality and teacher education.