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Edtech: Looking back, planning forwards

Charley Rogers speaks to Sophie Bailey, creator and host of The Edtech Podcast, about her most striking discoveries of 2018, and what’s in store for the next year across the sector

Higher education

New degree apprenticeship from Arden University aims to tackle skills gap

The new Digital and Technology Solutions course, launched in Birmingham, aims to help employers upskill employees, and to provide further options to young people entering the workplace

Business

Enabling cyber careers for neurodivergent individuals in the UK

Immersive Labs' NDCA initiative has helped an early cohort of participants find employment with IASME

Higher education

New Digital Transformation in FE report released

A lack of formal guidance makes buying the right tech and ensuring it is used appropriately a challenge for many FE colleges, finds Canvas

Events

Education suppliers and school leaders line-up for the Education Show’s debut in London

From budgets and procurement to edtech and pedagogy, The Education Show - taking place from 24–25 January 2019 - has a wealth of information for the whole school

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Full STE(A)M ahead on ICT learning opportunities

Tim Phillips, UK Sales Director of Techbuyer, explains how one independent school turned cost-saving procurement into a STE(A)M opportunity for primary-aged children

‘Do-it-yourself’ robotics

Ricky Ye, DFRobot’s CEO, explains the necessity of robotics in education and provides insight into the benefits of, and useful tips for, sharing the foundations of robotics with primary students

Are your pupils ready for Industry 4.0?

The skills young people need to be workplace-ready are rapidly changing

Kids’ obsession with technology: can we unlock a brighter future?

Director of Corporate Sustainability at Tata Consultancy Services UK & Ireland, Yogesh Chauhan, discusses what strides have been made in edtech this year, and what he expects to see unfold in 2019

Business

One in four education professionals say a robot would be better at decision-making than their boss, finds new survey

The Advanced Trends Report 2018 finds that, while staff are keen to utilise new technology, a lack of clear leadership is holding back its adoption

Futureproofing and sustainability: John Haslam

In the fifth and final installment of our series on sustainable edtech, Steve Wright talks to Head of Business Development at Stone, John Haslam

Not enough information on digital careers, say young people

Recent research by Climb Academy has revealed that 84% of young people feel that there isn’t enough information on digital careers

Futureproofing and sustainability: David Tindall

In the fourth installment of our series on sustainable edtech, Steve Wright talks to Managing Director of Schools Broadband, David Tindall

E-safety

The Edtech Podcast: Alternative learning

#129 – Why alternative pathways to learning might not be alternative anymore

Cyberbullying: A cautionary tale

Charley Rogers investigates the growing issue of cyberbullying, and how the education sector can teach young people about digital culpability and online respect

54% of educational institutions have not wiped old ICT equipment of data

Failing to wipe data from redundant IT equipment before disposal could lead to a risk of penalties under GDPR

Google releases new safety resources for teachers

The online resources are dedicated to helping teachers educate students about staying safe online

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Webinar: Data-driven change

Join the Capita AGILIT-e panel as they discuss the HE sector’s changing relationship with data

WIRED encourages young people to ‘be part of the change’

Jo Golding attends WIRED Next Generation and finds herself in a room full of the future’s change-makers

Bett 2019: The technological transformation of education

As the UK’s biggest edtech show returns to London from January 23–26, we hear about how edtech is working to prepare today’s young people for the careers of tomorrow

ET December/January is here!

At the end of another year, we look back on 2018 and the highs and lows of the edtech sector throughout the past 12 months, as well as experts' predictions for 2019

Higher education

Joint Study Agreement signed by University of Liverpool and IBM

The research and innovation agreement will foster closer links between research and industry, as well as teaching support

3D virtual field trips pioneered by University of Exeter

A team from the University of Exeter are using 3D gaming technology to take students and researchers on virtual field trips to the Arctic Circle

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Aruba case study: St John’s College University of Cambridge

Aruba help to prepare St John’s University of Cambridge for a digital future

Transcription service offers $1,000 scholarships

GoTranscript's funding help is open to high school students and university undergraduates across the globe until 2022

International

Blockgeeks collaborate with the University of the Bahamas and others for hackathon

The hackathon and accompanying course was available to Bahamians from November 30 – December 1 as part of an initiative to increase blockchain skills and awareness in The Bahamas

Students of KAUST in Saudi Arabia to receive Blockcerts Open Standard

KAUST will be the first university in the Middle East to issue the blockchain credentials, which will be available to students graduating in December 2018

University of Waterloo researchers help Canadian Paralympians improve performance in wheelchair curling

“This should really make the game more interesting,” said UW's John McPhee, who models interactions between athletes and their equipment

English and Australian universities team up to offer fully online degree

Coventry and Deakin are using the educational platform, FutureLearn, to present a postgraduate degree in Entrepreneurship

People

Outstanding VTCT apprentice reaps rewards

Luke Court, who has been with the charitable trust for two years, triumphed twice at the Southampton City College Awards

University of Oxford researcher appointed to Information Commissioner’s Office post

Dr Binns is a researcher in computer science at Oxford, and has been appointed by the ICO to research and investigate the impact of Artificial Intelligence on data privacy

Charity works to improve computer science education

The David and Jane Richards Family Foundation has appointed a new technical advisor to help approach changes to the teaching of computer science in the UK

Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon announced as new CEO of NMiTE

The future engineering university will open in September 2019 in Hereford with Professor Rodriguez-Falcon at the helm

Primary

Levelling the playing field

Keri Beckingham explores how schools, colleges and universities are using edtech to improve the learning experiences of disadvantaged students

Competition for children to have a star named after them

The Win a Star challenge is open to primary school pupils across the UK

Sponsored

City Montessori School selects Capita for partnership

SPONSORED: Capita expands software presence globally through partnership with world's largest school

SPONSORED: Are you ready to assess without P Levels??

SENCOs: How do you assess that now P Leavels are gone?

Product news

Fathers publish Eddie the Elephant book to help educate children about online safety

The fathers and IT professionals have added Eddie the Elephant to their series of books, which aims to help teachers and parents teach children about staying safe online

Peer-to-peer learning platform offers free blockchain course

The online platform, dacade, has partnered with blockchain company æternity to allow students to earn cryptocurrency by building apps through blockchain

University of Waterloo researchers help Canadian Paralympians improve performance in wheelchair curling

“This should really make the game more interesting,” said UW's John McPhee, who models interactions between athletes and their equipment

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Secondary

Schools need more money for essential practical equipment say science technicians

88% of respondents to Preproom.org's survey agreed that a reduction in practical work is harming pupils’ interest in science and technology careers

Edtech survey launched across England

Educational charity The Learning Foundation has launched the survey to allow schools to have their voices heard by the DfE

National coding gold award presented to Hillingdon School

Pupils at St Swithun Wells’ Catholic Primary School in West London have designed thousands of apps over the last year

Nationwide Cyber Treasure Hunt challenges Scottish S2 girls to engage with data science

The competition, devised by sixth year girls from St Kentigern’s Academy, offers winners the chance to attend DataFest 19 in March

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