New report highlights regional variation in digital divide
Class Technologies CEO: ‘The education landscape has forever changed’
Digital learning course solution launches in multiple continents
Most Plan S ‘transformative journals’ miss first-year open access targets
Electronic attendance registers to become mandatory
GCHQ to launch CyberFirst Schools initiative in the north-west
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Virtual Roundtables
Edtech in 2022: ‘The pandemic exposed people to what edtech can do’
The panel Martin McKay, CEO of Texthelp Ashley Harrold, Executive Headteacher at King’s InterHigh Graham Glass, CEO of Cypher Learning…
‘Artists have always been eager to push the boundaries and experiment with whatever technology was available’
The panel Sophia Woodley, head of innovation and policy research – The Audience Agency Group; senior consultant – Golant Innovation…
COVID-19
LGfL CEO: ‘I’m not a shrinking violet in terms of risk’
It’s been a good year for edtech charity LGfL, the National Grid for Learning (formerly London Grid…
Human Rights Watch raises edtech data privacy concerns
Following a global study of products used by schools during the pandemic, Human Rights Watch…
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International
Lack of access to technology a global barrier to learning – report
Human Rights Watch raises edtech data privacy concerns
UN Women release statement for International Girls in ICT Day 2022
Investors must seek out research-led edtech, says education foundation
Global bodies sign letter calling for governments and businesses to improve access to edtech
PPDS boosts lifelong learning with displays donation
Teaching and learning
Global edtech company Cengage has announced the launch of Cengage Unlimited for Institutions, a higher education…
People, policy, politics
More evidence of the UK’s digital divide has emerged this week, with research from Lancaster…
Schools
GCHQ to launch CyberFirst Schools initiative in the north-west
GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is bringing its CyberFirst Schools initiative to the north-west for…
Cybersecurity company, Bitdefender, charity SWGfl, and the Institute of Cyber Security for Society at the University of…
Higher and further education
Global edtech company Cengage has announced the launch of Cengage Unlimited for Institutions, a higher education…
Figures from Plan S show that more than half of the journals that signed its…
Products
Digital learning course solution launches in multiple continents
MAT launches bespoke digital platform for CPD
Boxlight and Munetrix scoop top spots at 2022 EdTech Breakthrough Awards
Equality-focused learning platform raises $15 million in Series B funding
Relaunched Misty robot platform targets edtech sector
NewTek reveals innovative new lecture capture tech
Business
Figures from Plan S show that more than half of the journals that signed its…
At 16, Richard Clegg left school as a wannabe DJ with a noticeable lack of…
E-safety
National Cyber Security Centre certify master’s degree
Immersive ‘cyber lab’ designed to improve cybersecurity skills
Human Rights Watch raises edtech data privacy concerns
AI developed that destroys cyberattacks in 0.3 seconds
Why are we ignoring play in the digital world?
Cybersecurity education platform receives government funding
Comment
Due to the pandemic, the children in our classrooms today have an unprecedented level of…
Special educational need coordinators (SENCOs) have played a key role in our schools for many…
New report highlights regional variation in digital divide
More evidence of the UK’s digital divide has emerged this week, with research from Lancaster University think tank, the Work…
Class Technologies CEO: ‘The education landscape has forever changed’
Having grown up in Connecticut, in a “hick town with cows”, Michael Chasen went on to study computer science in…
Digital learning course solution launches in multiple continents
Global edtech company Cengage has announced the launch of Cengage Unlimited for Institutions, a higher education course solution providing 24/7 access…
Most Plan S ‘transformative journals’ miss first-year open access targets
Figures from Plan S show that more than half of the journals that signed its ‘transformative journal’ (TJ) open-access (OA)…
Electronic attendance registers to become mandatory
School attendance and admissions registers will have to be held electronically, under plans announced in a new Department for Education…
GCHQ to launch CyberFirst Schools initiative in the north-west
GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is bringing its CyberFirst Schools initiative to the north-west for the first time with MediaCity…
