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Edtech, Pensions and Covid

Can pensions help edtech? The sad answer is no in the UK but yes in the rest of the world.  And yes, Covid will have an impact. The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (England and Wales) (TPS) is a scheme (not a fund, as it has no assets) with a £432 billion liability to its 1.3 million members. […]

1 year ago Education More
 

SEEK and you will find (out)

Most people in edtech have no idea that an Australian company, SEEK, has been making waves in the world of MOOCs. To understand the educational significance of what at first glance appears to be a successful listed Australian recruitment business you need to look beyond the headlines.  The backstory – SEEK rescued Australian education business IDP […]

3 years ago Education More
 

Who I’d like to hear from (& it’s not the usual suspects)

After another London edtech week I’m feeling rather sanguine about ever attending an edtech event ever again. Of course I will but I’m going have 3 criteria: I want to hear from people who have something new to say (edtech is so often an echo chamber) I will try not to ask a question or […]

4 years ago Education More
 

Australia Trumps Brexit

Educational exports are the third largest sector in the Australian economy as the following figures show:   Value $21.8bn [1] in 2016/17 700,000 international students, 300,000 in the higher education sector Strong sector growth at 14% (2014), 15% (2015) and 17% (2016).   Australia’s educational success hasn’t happened overnight and there have been plenty of […]

6 years ago Education More