Education

Exams in England could soon be taken digitally, as COVID-19 inspires broader use of education technology This article is sponsored by:

Ofqual - England’s qualifications and exams regulator - has set out a new three year plan, which looks at the opportunity of on-screen assessment.

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Diversity and inclusion in STEM education - access to role models and inspiring experiences are key This article is sponsored by:

Experts provide evidence to the Science and Technology Committee about how Britain can both improve take up of STEM, and attract more teachers to the subjects, from people with more diverse backgrounds.

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Joining the Dots - UK tech leaders band together to fight digital poverty This article is sponsored by:

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 This article is sponsored by:

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 This article is sponsored by:

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.

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Unit4 targets $10 billion valuation as it gears up customers and partners for ERPx This article is sponsored by:

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

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Colby College blazes an AI trail in liberal arts education, with the launch of the Davis Institute This article is sponsored by:

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 This article is sponsored by:

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.

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Digital lessons learned for the education sector during COVID-19 This article is sponsored by:

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.

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Will the future of Europe's post-pandemic, tech-driven capitalism be a Utechia or a Dystechia? This article is sponsored by:

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 This article is sponsored by:

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 This article is sponsored by:

A deep dive into an alternative perspective on Higher Education...

Friday Rant - academia still drinking the algo-pop despite the A-Levels fiasco This article is sponsored by:

One British university is using AI and automation to solve all the problems caused by AI and automation. Or is it?