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16 April 2026

Tag: ed tech

CEO’s mission to make AI a force for good in classrooms

Priya Lakhani is at pains to express how many of the achievements in her colourful career were driven by a strong moral conviction to make the world a better place. This is because the founder of ed tech firm Century Tech is acutely aware of fears over the potential harms from technology being misused (she […]

Major MAT’s edtech demonstrator contract exposes potential governance pitfall

The government insists it has a “robust governance process” for its edtech demonstrator scheme after the selection of a major academy trust to deliver its second phase prompted conflict of interest warnings. Schools Week revealed this week that United Learning, England’s largest academy chain, had been awarded an £850,000 contract to run the next year […]

Snow days melt into the mists of time

Most people can remember listening to the radio or checking their school’s website to see if snow had shut its gates.  But with the strides in remote learning during the pandemic, could disrupted learning because of the fluffy white stuff be a distant memory? Dan Bunker, an educational technologist for primary at United Learning, said […]

New report calls for dedicated ‘Office for Edtech’ to drive change

A dedicated Office for EdTech and Digital Skills should be established “at the heart of government” to drive “coherent national change”, a new report has recommended.  The Edtech Advisory Forum, made up of school leaders and tech specialists, has released an interim report investigating the impact of Covid-19 on education and children’s services.  The report, […]

Oak National Academy lessons will ‘never be sold’

The Oak National Academy has pledged it will “never sell its lessons” after the government confirmed that its charity owners will retain the intellectual property, despite large public investment in the platform. Launched in April using content voluntarily contributed by teachers and schools, Oak quickly became a household name during the national lockdown, delivering millions […]