The National Literacy Trust recently announced through their research that half of teachers in the UK feel that the national curriculum is not equipping young people with the right skillsets for learning. Specifically, this refers to digital skillsets and the skills for the jobs that do...
Welcome to the 10th edition of The Educator magazine from the Academia Group, your indispensable guide to all things technology that features the latest news, reviews and in-depth product and service analysis of what is essential to the UK’s education sector. This edition is a...
That was quick – my contact has made a couple changes as well as updated your changes Ryan – Fred full text to use is now: The dust has settled on yet another brilliant BETT show for the year, and your team from Academia have...
Academia are delighted to announce our participation as a principal sponsor at the BETT show 2019. Taking place on the 23rd to the 26th January, BETT is the biggest Educational Technology show in the world – bringing together 800+ leading companies, 103 exciting new EdTech start-ups...
A news headline recently lamenting the rollout of interactive whiteboards as part of a government initiative from 2004 as “a waste of money”: telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/08/07/replacing-blackboards-interactive-whiteboards-waste-money-education/ I was working as a Teaching and Learning consultant when interactive whiteboards were being introduced in schools. Personally I thought they were something...
Longevity in business is a sign of success – the Academia Group are delighted to celebrate our 15th birthday this year as we reminisce on the past whilst looking forward to the future in the world of Technology Support and Services. Our Marketing and PR Manager,...
Data, in all its free floating and cloud roaming glory, will always face the possibility of never ending Cyber-Security hacking and GDPR compliance checks that will test the patience of even the sternest IT manager. Data will always talk if perpetrators are willing to listen.The...
It is the question that every education establishment in the UK should ask itself on a daily basis: If your school or college came under cyberattack, do you know how you would handle it?The very mention of the word ransomware is enough to send nervous...
Recently, on a cold and rather wet Tuesday in the Academia head office, our Marketing Manager Brad Chuck headed down to the area that has affectionately been nicknamed as the ‘Nerd Cave’ - a centre for all things technical support in the digital age. Amongst...
