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Improving the skills and competences of VET teachers and trainers in the age of Artificial ...
Pontydysgu are partners in a new project on Artificial Intelligence and vocational Education and Training, starting this month. The project will last for two years and is funded through the ... -
An Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Middle School Students
With all the bad news emanating from MIT Media Lab in the last few weeks it is good to have something positive to report. MIT have released 'An Ethics of ... -
The school run is an outdated anachronism
In two hours I will be off to join the students striking over climate change in Valencia. One of the schools which are taking part is in my street. Wednesday ... -
Career Development: Identity, Innovation and Impact
On Thursday, 10th October 2019 I am delighted to be speaking at the conference on 'Career Development: Identity, Innovation and Impact' in Birmingham UK The conference will focus on career development ... -
Productivity, innovation, learning and 'Place'
The UK Centre for Cities has been undertaking a lot of interesting research on the future of cities. In a recent article on their website, they look at 'why place ... -
Is this the right way to use machine learning in education?
An article 'Predicting Employment through Machine Learning' by Linsey S. Hugo on the National Association of Colleges and Employers web site,confirms some of my worries about the use of machine ... -
Reading on screen and on paper
Do you read books and papers on screen or do you prefer paper. I am conflicted. I used to have an old Kindle but gave it up because I am ... -
Learning, education outcomes and socioeconomic class
We have long known that educational outcomes are heavily influenced by social class. But little has been done to try to understand how social class affects learning. In that respect ... -
Back to school
It's the last day of the summer holidays. On Sunday I am traveling to Hamburg for the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER). I am not a great fan of ... -
Privacy online: a toolkit for childre
The London School of Economics has published an online toolkit to promote children’s understanding of the digital environment and support them to make good decisions about privacy online. They say ...