Member stories: moving towards Education 4.0
Have you been following all the coverage about the fourth industrial revolution – Industry 4.0, as it’s sometimes called? Big data, artificial intelligence and robotics will fundamentally change the way products are designed and built and how services are provided. They are already changing how we live and communicate. >>
Edtech 2K19, what’s in store?
Was there a robot or a drone under your Christmas tree this year, or perhaps a smart lightbulb or a connected toothbrush? As tech companies put microchips into everyday objects and connect them to the internet, it feels like our lives are becoming a little more sci-fi every day. >>
Weak IT infrastructure puts colleges at risk
The financial pressure that colleges have experienced over recent years is having knock-on effects across the campus, including for IT teams and IT infrastructure. >>
Shaping the new IT crowd
Universities are changing and so are the skills needed in their higher education IT workforce. Heriot-Watt University's Kathy McCabe reports back from a global IT conference on some of the trends we can expect. >>
How do you deal with a problem like reproducibility?
Marcus Munafò, professor of biological psychology at the University of Bristol, describes the efforts underway to make sure that research is robust and reproducible. >>
Member stories: giving students opportunities to work with primary sources
How can we best use primary sources in a digital age? >>
What does the FE college of the future look like?
In the same way that machines changed the lives of our ancestors in the 19th century, so technology is transforming our world in the 21st century. Here, we imagine a day in the life of a further education principal in a few years' time. >>
Member stories: using digital archives to inspire students
What are the benefits of co-creating a curriculum with digital archives? >>
Chatbots - now is the time
With chatbots active in some institutions and minimal investment required to get them up and running, now really is the time to explore this technology. >>
Implementing Plan S – a welcomed announcement
The Wellcome Trust announced its new OA policy this week, a next step since joining cOAlition S, the policy gives us our first sight of an implementation approach in line with Plan S. >>
