Joining the Dots - UK tech leaders band together to fight digital poverty
How CIOs, CTOs, policy and educational experts, along with business and sports stars, are coming together to tackle digital poverty
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Dreamforce 2021 - one USC, one digital campus, one Slack use case from the University of Southern California
The University of Southern California wanted a connected world anyway, but COVID focused thinking significantly.
The UK A-Level ‘COVID-19 algorithm fiasco’ and lessons for the enterprise
Influential think tank Institute for Government has broken down exactly what went wrong with the A-Level algorithm during the COVID-19 pandemic - and there are lessons for business.
Unit4 targets $10 billion valuation as it gears up customers and partners for ERPx
As Unit4 moves ahead under new ownership, CEO Mike Ettling tells us how it plans to achieve a $10 billion valuation as customers move onto its ERPx platform
Colby College blazes an AI trail in liberal arts education, with the launch of the Davis Institute
Liberal arts education faces a difficult future, yet too many colleges cling to their status quo. Not so at Colby College. Here's what I learned about their groundbreaking initiative to integrate AI and ethics into their program, via the Davis Institute.
COVID-19 - lower income students suffer the most with remote learning
A report from the National Audit Office has highlighted that the digital divide in the UK runs deep, with lower income families facing a broad range of learning challenges during COVID-19.
Digital lessons learned for the education sector during COVID-19
Repeated lockdowns in the UK have accelerated digital adoption in the education sector by as much as five years. Here are case studies of how two organisations coped and how they now intend to build on their digital foundations.
Will the future of Europe's post-pandemic, tech-driven capitalism be a Utechia or a Dystechia?
Eighty top leaders agree that Europe must rebuild around a new kind of growth that respects both vulnerable workers and the environment.
Transforming student services with Salesforce at the University of Michigan-Dearborn
Prior to using Salesforce as a CRM platform, students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn had a challenging time getting the information that they needed.
A different Higher Education view of ERP and COVID
A deep dive into an alternative perspective on Higher Education...
Friday Rant - academia still drinking the algo-pop despite the A-Levels fiasco
One British university is using AI and automation to solve all the problems caused by AI and automation. Or is it?
UK A-level algorithm fiasco a global example of what not to do - what went wrong and why
The UK government ignored its own guidance and refused external help, resulting in an A level algorithm disaster that disproportionately impacted students from disadvantaged backgrounds. But what exactly went wrong and what are the implications?
How the University of Miami's IT team tackled COVID challenges and still kept ahead on innovation
CIO Ernie Fernandez on how the University of Miami's IT team has taken on the COVID crisis and seen leadership step up to the mark.
