Top tips for a sustainable approach to innovation
These days, we usually associate the word ‘sustainability’ with the environment, but colleges and universities also need to keep their technology sustainable. >>
Degree apprenticeships can reach diverse learners in new ways
Launched in 2015, degree apprenticeships (DAs) are still relatively new – and I believe they offer exciting opportunities for the higher education (HE) sector. >>
People not technology: the role of leadership in digital transformation
Most UK universities want more direction from leadership in terms of digital transformation, but what should this leadership look like? >>
Paper-driven processes belong in the last century: cloud tech and digital transformation
How cloud technology can help you embark on your digital transformation journey >>
Is lifelong learning the defining issue of our age?
According to Matthew Fell, chief UK policy director at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) “adult learning is heading in the wrong direction at precisely the wrong time for our economy and our society”. >>
Technology can enhance education. Here's how
From the virtual learning environment that underpins the day-to-day study activity at many UK colleges and universities, to the use of digital lecture capture, enabling students to review and absorb information anytime and anywhere, technology is embedded within today’s student experience. >>
For universities and colleges, survival depends on agility
The world is changing - rapidly. Expectations of education are shifting. Requirements for learning are diversifying as people work longer, retire later, gain skills, re-skill, and up-skill. >>
Are we ready for AI?
With our lives increasingly affected by artificial intelligence (AI), there's a need for a big conversation that reaches beyond technologists. >>
Three ways to combat peer review bias
New peer review models show promising results but need careful consideration. >>
It’s time to take state-sponsored cyber attackers seriously
The volatile nature of geo-politics - particularly in the Middle East - means that as I write, it’s a difficult time to identify the existential threats of nation state cyber crime to our sector. And very tricky indeed to invest smartly and wisely to provide a balanced approach to cyber resilience. >>
