CONTENTS
In this issue... 4-12 NEWS
Highlights from the UK education sector 13 VIEWS
With author Sal McKeown, and Patrick Hayes, Director at BESA
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today, and Happy New Year! In late- breaking news at the time of writing, we have a new Education Secretary in Damian Hinds, former minister at the DWP. Mr Hinds’ elevation has come about as a result of Justine Greening’s departure from the post she took on 18 months ago, and his immediate priorities must be to continue the work of his predecessor, to deliver on her commitment that an extra £1.3bn of the education department's budget would be moved to schools, and to ensure that the education brief he has inherited offers stability and investment after years of upheaval. He also has the thorny issue of tuition fees and university funding to deal with, a task not helped by the resignation of Toby Young for some very ill-advised comments in the past.
Turning to the magazine, we have a bumper issue for you this month, with five features including two previews of Bett 2018, the UK’s largest educational technology show; a Feature Focus double header focusing on ed tech in the classroom; and a fascinating piece from Shirley Billage on managing cultural diversity in schools. We have our regular contributors as always offering insight and advice, as well as a great roster of commenters as usual sharing their thoughts on the world of education. Finally, we continue our section on UK education writers, “From the pen of…”, this month featuring well-known journalist and author Sal McKeown.
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Enjoy the issue! Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor
14 BESA CORNER With ITSI and Tassomai 16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
With Jacob Woolcock of Penpol School in Hayle, Cornwall 18 COLUMNISTS
Insight and advice from Graham Cooper and Kirsty Bertenshaw
19-25 VIEWS & OPINION
Featuring comment and opinion from the UK education sector
26-28 FEATURE: BETT 2018 Nina Iles of BESA looks ahead to Bett Futures 30-31 FEATURE: BETT 2018
We highlight some of the key speakers and themes of the show
32-33 FEATURE FOCUS: CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
With Nancy Knowlton, co-founder and CEO of Nureva Inc.
34-36 FEATURE FOCUS: CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
With HumanEyes Technologies and RM Education 37 ED TECH SUPPLIERS With Pupil Asset and The Map Archive
38-39 FEATURE: MANAGING THE CHALLENGE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
With Shirley Billage from Cascade Cultural Solutions
40-43 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT Including news from Junckers 44-45 ASSET MANAGEMENT With Selectamark Security Systems Plc 46-48 RESOURCES
Including products and services from Gopak and Gratnells
49-50 ROUND UP Including news from The Edge Foundation
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