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Future of Edtech 2024
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Breaking down barriers to opportunity by building a skills system for the future
The UK’s future workforce is taking shape today. A mix of academic and practical training ensures that T Level graduates step out with the confidence, skills and connections needed to succeed. With T Levels, young people can access hands-on education that puts them on the fast track to high-quality careers. These two-year courses combine 80%...
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Inclusive education tech delivers engagement, equity and empowerment
The right educational technology used in the right way can support inclusive learning experiences, helping students with different needs feel engaged, inspired and independent. Currently, there’s a concerted drive to make education as inclusive as possible, with a sharper focus on the varying needs of students with physical disabilities and neurodivergent conditions. Plainly, that’s as...
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Why sustainable SEND funding is vital for the future of education
Without a funding boost, schools can’t afford essential tech to support special education needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils. As we consider the future of education, the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) must be at the forefront. Funding gaps in SEND support Despite increasing numbers of pupils with SEND, insufficient funding...
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Edtech can be a panacea for growing SEND crisis
Innovations like AI can bring real progress as the Government and schools seek to close the attainment gap. Lost amid the noise of the election, the Department for Education (DfE) updated its risk report in July to warn the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system was ‘very likely’ to become financially unsustainable. With a...
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From theory to practice: making AI work for schools
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have immense potential in education. But, to succeed in schools, they must bridge the gap between what makes sense on paper and what students want to use. Artificial intelligence has already saved teachers countless hours by helping mark open-text answers and transforming worksheets, presentation slides and videos into interactive quizzes. Yet,...
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The educational community connects to learn, network and innovate
Duncan Verry, Portfolio Director at Bett, discusses how the educational community is making a real difference to teachers and students by discussing shared challenges and investigating the latest edtech solutions. What’s your assessment of the education landscape? Education systems around the world have been under pressure for a while, and certainly post-Covid. They have felt...
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Empowering educators by incorporating digital skills into their classrooms
Two tech giants have formed an innovative partnership that will help ensure young people are equipped with the digital skills they need to succeed in the modern working environment. Educators are increasingly turning to innovative learning solutions and cutting-edge technology to add inspiring new dimensions to classroom experiences for both teachers and pupils. Digital skills...
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How schools can use data-driven edtech to support student mental health
Management information systems (MIS) provide schools with comprehensive insights into the wellbeing of students and staff, helping to build an environment where everyone can thrive. As mental health challenges among young people increase, schools are faced with a mammoth challenge. Namely, how do they support the wellbeing of their pupils — often seen as crucial...
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Enhancing educational outcomes through mental health in Generation Z and Alpha
If the significant rise in mental health issues since the pandemic is not already raising alarm bells for the UK Government, its impact on young people’s education certainly should. Young people facing mental health problems are often more likely to struggle academically, be excluded from school, have chronic absenteeism and experience unemployment later in life....
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How adaptive assessments can help shape school tests of the future
Computer-adaptive testing is set to become the ‘gold standard’ for assessing the abilities of school pupils within the next two decades, according to educational experts. Understanding of student abilities is evolving. Increased access to technology in schools and developments in assessment algorithms have allowed a different kind of testing to emerge. Adaptive testing measures core...