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AI and Edtech investing

For a year now the impact of AI has been moving more directly into the economy. As with all tech adoption, it has been uneven, with the focus on big companies cutting headcount, e.g. Amazon 14,000, Afterpay/Square 40% and UPS 20,000. While AI has been touted in edtech for many years, from an investor’s perspective […]

6 months ago Education More
 

When will tutoring businesses turn a profit? 

UK tutoring business MyTutor was recently taken over by, or in investor parlance, ‘made an exit to’, a mob called IXL. As an Australian kid who grew up eating IXL tinned fruit (like many working mothers, mine did not have the time or energy for ‘inspired cooking’) this headline kickstarted my dopamine reward system.  But […]

1 year ago 1 Education More
 

Why AI will replace a lot of teachers

Cue heads exploding in education circles…. Let me explain why this is a mathematical certainty and why salaries and pensions are the major factor. Many readers will know that I have long obsessed about the England and Wales Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS). In the 1990s I worked in funds management for two major Australian banks […]

1 year ago Education More
 

NTP (National Tuition Programme) 2.0

Since my in-depth article analysing the NTP last November, a lot has changed. Randstad have taken over from the EEF (Education Endowment Foundation) and NTP 2.0 should have fully been in place for the start of the new school year in England (this week), however that’s not the case. Randstad’s new regime has had a […]

5 years ago Education More