Our Blog
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Calling time on the ‘gold standard’? The future of assessment in England
The Westminster Education Forum in February 2022 brought together nearly twenty experts from the world of education to discuss the future of assessment in England. Claire Gilbert reports back on the key talking points.
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5 challenges and solutions for ELT publishers
With a wide variety of local contexts, increasing exam pressures, and a patchwork of British, American and other varieties of English being delivered, producing quality ELT resources poses plenty of challenges. Frances Amrani looks at how these challenges can be met by ELT publishers.
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Listen, read and get involved this #EducationDay
Our top picks of things to listen to, read and get involved with this #EducationDay.
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EdTech in 2022: What to look out for
The trip to London’s Excel for the annual Bett show is a familiar ritual to everyone involved in education. This year, of course, we’ll have to wait until March for the dancing robots and air-guitar contests. In the meantime, we look back at last year’s virtual BettFest to pull out key themes for the next…
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EdTech innovation: 10 minutes with Henry Warren
Henry Warren is a multi-award winning innovation expert and entrepreneur specialising in education technology. He is Chairman of the South African education company Watobe, co-founder of the Turn On The Subtitles campaign, and sits on the boards of several other charities and companies – almost always around education and technology.
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Q&A: Navigating cultural contexts in educational publishing
Charlotte al-Qadi explains why and how the publishing industry can embrace cultural contexts.
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Project insights: Cultural adaptation
Our client was publishing maths and science instructional materials for schools in the Middle East region on behalf of the Ministry of Education.
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Project insights: Producing the first Oxford Language Report
An insight into our work with Oxford University Press to produce the first Oxford Language Report.
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Turn on the subtitles and let the magic happen!
Did you know that turning on the subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of them becoming good at reading? We talked to the edtech innovator behind the Turn On The Subtitles campaign to find out about this brilliantly simple literacy project.
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CfEY interview part 2: The future of education and technology
In part two of this interview, Oriel Square Director, Sam Derby, sat down with Alix Robertson and Loic Menzies to ask what they see in the future of EdTech.
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Teacher training: Putting the past behind us
Whatever training route is chosen, it needs trainees. A lack of graduates willing to become teachers has posed a threat to children’s education over the past few years and has become an important issue for the school sector. John Howson looks at teacher training, supply and retention in a post-Covid world.*
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EdTech Insights: December briefing
In our EdTech Insights series, we will bring you articles and interviews from the front-lines of funders, entrepreneurs and leaders working to improve education. We’ll be talking all things EdTech – from investment and transaction trends to what works in content, policy and innovation, through to who’s who.