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Vikas Pota
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To succeed, edtech companies must listen to teachers
Technology can revolutionise teaching – but only if its creators integrate learning or pedagogy, and consult with teachers first
17 August 2018
British parents are teachers’ biggest cheerleaders
It’s the UN’s Global Day of Parents, and research shows that British parents have an overwhelming faith in teachers
1 June 2018
‘The failure to educate a child anywhere in the world risks instability for us all’
As many as 175 million young people in poor countries can’t read a sentence – we need to prioritise the global education crisis, writes one charity chief executive
7 November 2017
‘The “march of the machines” and the teacher recruitment crisis together make for a disastrous cocktail’
On World Teachers’ Day one educationist argues that in an automated world post-Brexit we are going to need our human capital to rise to the challenge
5 October 2017
‘We cannot expect nations on the edge of war zones to shoulder the responsibility of educating the world’s refugees alone’
Writing on World Refugee Day 2017, the chief executive of a global charity has a warning for our politicians: the youth vote is powerful and Generation Z are demanding action on the refugee crisis
20 June 2017
The world appears safer in Generation Z’s hands
A ‘reassuring’ global survey of people born around the turn of the millennium reveals that the majority are serious-minded, internationalist and supportive of human rights
10 February 2017