Tech For Good - Education

Education

Academia and business must collaborate more

Blue Prism’s Alex Alcalde on the effective education of the future workforce

Tech can help deliver optimum outcomes for students

ALE’s Shaun Sen on the key technology advances disrupting the education sector

Reinventing the school run

Kura is using technology to make home-to-school transportation safer, easier, and more sustainable

What teachers need from technology to cope with blended learning

Winston Poyton, Senior Product Director for Education at IRIS Software Group, writes for Tech For Good

STEM: Breaking the vicious circle

Anoushka Patel on creating a global COVID-19 entrepreneurial challenge aged just 18

Updating the outdated in education

LearnLife’s Christopher Pommerening on why education needs to be dragged into the 21st century via an open learning ecosystem

No substitute for learning

Karthik Krishnan speaks about the future of education and why digital enhancement is the way forward in transforming the schools system

How COVID-19 and the cloud have changed the face of education forever

AWS’s Ken Harley says the learning sector must innovate with technology during these challenging times

How immersive technologies can transform learning

Phil Birchinall talks us through how immersive technologies can be a powerful force in education

Creative use of technology will save the university sector

Jon Faulkner, MD for Domain7 in the UK, outlines the tech that will make remote learning successful

UK universities must embrace tech to adapt in these challenging times

A radical rethink is required in today’s climate, stresses Dr. Nicos Nicolaou, CEO of UNICAF

Case Studies

Driving a county-wide tech transformation

Norfolk County Council CTO, Kurt Frary shares his burning desire to leverage technology to improve the lives of every citizen and business in the county.

How Danfoss is using AI to revolutionise building energy efficiency

How Danish engineering giant Danfoss is using advanced IoT and AI to deliver dramatic energy efficiency gains to buildings around the world.

Articles

Innovation Nation

The global pandemic has tested the UK’s NHS to its limits, and it has innovated in response. Can it maintain the momentum?

Beyond the brain

Neuroelectrics’ Ana Maiques explains how brain stimulation can help patients with epilepsy and depression

Thought Leadership

Breaking barriers online: Women working together to transform the internet

Lisa Box, SVP at Identity Digital, highlights how women continue to shape the internet. Despite challenges, collaboration, leadership, and curiosity are key to driving change.

Data-driven resilience: The foundation for effective disaster response

Robust data management is crucial for disaster response. Accurate, real-time data enables swift decisions, preventing misallocated resources and delays that could cost lives.

At 15, Alisha Arora is a philanthropist, developer, and AI-for-good advocate. In this podcast, Alisha discusses the AI model for suicide prevention that she’s building alongside Microsoft, her work as a UNICEF Youth Advocate and how she was inspired to create a non-profit organisation alongside her sister.

Novis Games is bringing gaming to the blind

Arianna Ortelli, CEO and co-founder of Novis Games, on her team’s partnership with Microsoft and using AI to bring video games to the visually impaired.