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FE Soundbite 456 – We need an education revolution!

FE Soundbite 456

It’s a revolution baby! Well, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has challenged the tech industry to launch an education revolution for schools, colleges and universities… exciting stuff!

We have had some really interesting and exciting EdTech articles recently, which have all been around innovative ways of engaging learners, utilising space and teaching styles, reducing workloads, saving money etc, etc.I think we are in the middle of exciting times, bring it on techies, we want a revolution (in a good, positive and development, not in a cars burning in the streets and black out’s kinda way)!

Why employees in further education need a ‘mental health day’

As well as EdTech, I have noticed a real spike in awareness around mental health and wellbeing for our feature articles over the past couple of months. Maybe we also need to be thinking how technology can impact the mental health and wellbeing in our staff and learners?

 

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Convenience is key: Flexible learning drives in-work training appeal

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – Working life is changing and gone are the days when people stayed within the same job or profession for their whole working lives. The ability to learn completely new skills or to develop existing sk…

Colleges under-estimate risk of cyber attacks

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – Earlier this year, the FE and HE technology solutions not-for-profit, Jisc, conducted a survey of its members to find out their attitudes towards cyber security. Here, the author of the survey, Jisc’…

Developing ‘demand driven’ international programmes

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – There is a growing global acknowledgement that employer driven Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a vital ingredient for global economic and social development. It is also widely …

The bell has rung on the traditional classroom, we need an education revolution

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – In the week that Education Secretary Damian Hinds has challenged the tech industry to launch an education revolution for schools, colleges and universities, Pete Hannah, Head of Channel, UK&I, Zyxel …

Don’t let inadequate data impact your funding

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – As the academic year comes to a close, you’d think that minds would be turning to holidays but instead leadership teams within providers will be focusing on Individualised Learner Record and data cle…

Why employees in further education need a ‘mental health day’

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – Richard Holmes, Director of Wellbeing at Westfield Health, discusses why colleges and organisations in further education need to encourage openness around mental health, improve support services for …

The seven essential digital survival skills

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thumbnail www­.fenews­.co­.uk – Almost 12.6 million of the adult population lack basic digital skills and around 72 per cent of employers (in a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee) say that they are unwi…

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How I knew a creative degree was right for me

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Apprenticeship service transition to be more gradual – Sector Response

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Workers and Technology: Digital revolution, jobs changing faster than ever

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