Generation Green connects 26,000 disadvantaged young people with nature
Learning News | Personal development |
Youth-focused outdoor learning initiative exceeds targets and calls for policy integration.
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EdTech firms urged to act as European Accessibility Act nears implementation
Learning News | ReadSpeaker |
Digital learning providers must shift from compliance to strategy, say experts at a webinar discussing the implications of the European Accessibility Act which becomes legally enforceable later this week.
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UK Government launches £187m ‘TechFirst’ skills programme with AI focus
Learning News |
UK’s £187m TechFirst scheme will deliver AI and digital skills to 1m pupils and 7.5m adults, backed by industry and regional training partnerships.
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European Accessibility Act
Learning News | ReadSpeaker |
Expert panel to discuss upcoming changes to the European Accessibility Act and its implications in the education industry.
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Class chasm in creative industries
Learning News |
Research from Netflix and the National Youth Theatre has uncovered a significant “class chasm” within the UK’s creative sector; Nine out ten working-class do not want their children in creative jobs.
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Pearson unveils AI tool for instructors
Learning News | Pearson, Hoboken, N.J |
Aims to help educators save time and prioritise student learning.
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New Instructional Design Diploma
Learning News | Omniplex Learning |
Omniplex Learning’s Leena Randhawa joins Learning News to discuss a new qualification for instructional designers.
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IT training 2023
Learning News | Lumify |
Jon Lang and Gary Duffield from Lumify join Learning News to discuss IT training: the market, skills and business challenges.
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Innovative coding school opens in London
Learning News | 42 London |
A new coding school, 42 London, opens; tuition-free, project-based learning and peer collaboration.
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Thoughtworks joins as industry collaborator in Data Analytics Career Accelerator
Learning News | Fourthrev |
Technology consultancy, Thoughtworks, has joined the Data Analytics Career Accelerator, a new programme developed by The London School of Economics and Political Science and online education company FourthRev.
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Work placements: smart portals to help students with employment choices
Learning News | London |
Workscan is a new type of placement platform utilising the power of automation and AI to match students with trusted, respected and suitable employers.
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Graduates’ confident about careers despite pandemic
Learning News | CFA Institute |
Graduates consider more education and credentials; optimism exists while re-evaluating career trajectories; men more confident about career prospects than women.
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Investment for e-assessments platform provider Inspera
Learning News | Inspera |
Inspera has received growth capital investment to the meet surge in demand for e-assessments.
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Anthology and Blackboard to merge
Learning News | London |
Two leaders in the edtech market, Blackboard and Anthology, are to merge to create a global provider of education software and solutions.
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New fast track data analytics programme opens
Learning News | London |
FourthRev and The London School of Economics and Political Science launch first ‘Career Accelerator’ in data analytics.
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Kortext raises £15m to accelerate platform development roadmap
Learning News | Kortext |
Kortext, the UK’s market leading, university focussed, digital teaching and learning platform, announces that it has finalised additional investment funding from dmg ventures and Paul Zwillenberg, CEO of DMGT will join the Kortext Board.
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FIDA launch new open access Education from Scotland
Learning News | FIDA | Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland |
An open-access online learning platform that empowers young people to learn in new ways launches today; aims to address sustainability, equitable access to education and the need for curricular reform, through innovative projects rooted in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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New child safeguarding elearning from Virtual College and LBSC
Learning News | London |
Interview with Christine Davies from London Borough of Sutton.
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New initiative to boost post-Covid employment for graduates
Learning News | London |
100,000 graduates to get the opportunity to join a senior leadership programme to improve personal branding and progress their careers in a partnership between business and universities; Programme organiser James Saward-Anderson joins Learning News to discuss the challenge to equip graduates, and society more broadly, with social media skills.
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UK education business leader Ben Pike appointed to take edtech startup MasterStart global
Learning News | Cape Town, South Africa |
South African edtech startup, MasterStart, is taking its management education solutions global under the leadership of newly appointed UK-based Chief Executive Officer Ben Pike. This comes as online learning takes off globally due to lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Elearning scams highlighted in Digital Learning report
Learning News | London |
Learning News has contributed to a special report in The Times this week about elearning scams.
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NetSupport launches classroom.cloud classroom management and teaching platform
Learning News |
NetSupport has launched a classroom management and teaching platform to help educators blend school and home learning experiences enabling teachers and learners to move between in-class and remote schooling.
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UNESCO Mobile Learning Week
Learning News | UNESCO, Paris |
Online edition MLW 2020: Registration and call for proposals & innovations are open.
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EDUopinions ranks German Universities best in Europe
Learning News | London |
Education review site EDUopinions has found that Universities in Germany have the highest proportion of 5 star reviews in Europe.
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