Young children are being gifted a smartphone at an increasingly young age. In the UK, following a similar worldwide trend, children as young as seven are being given smartphones. While there are some positives – preparing children to use technology and its role in the workplace – there are also many negative outcomes. COVID-19 led…
Deloitte´s annual back-to-school survey looking at consumers’ spending patterns (in the US) for 2020 is quite different from previous ones. The major impact on this has been the choice of channel and also costs involved, “about half of consumers feel safe going to the store, and over one-third of parents are concerned about making upcoming…
While most of the focus and discussion around education has been on the children and teachers, perhaps a thought should be given to the poor parents who have had to juggle jobs, commitments and responsibilities around home-based educational support. This article, by Greater Good, written from a psychologist’s perspective, seeks to add some narrative around…
While we are all used to hearing reports about hackers targeting multinational companies we have probably seen little of the increasing activity for this type of criminal activity targeted at the education sector. Sadly this is one of the other unsavoury outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen “recorded attacks on education providers have…
While all sectors in the economy have been affected by the pandemic one is taking prominence at the moment – Education – due to its symbolism of some kind normality, as well as the fact that schools have been closed for so long and affected progress for millions of children. This McKinsey article admits that…
Each country has reacted differently to the Covid 19 pandemic. Similarly each country has also come up with a different plan as to how to return children to school. The major tactics are that in France teachers will wear masks; in Italy class sizes will be smaller; in Germany many different regional rules now exist,…
The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, made an important speech last month, reminding us that we have had “largest disruption of education in history” and yet that it is probably the single most important challenge that we have today. Education is “the key to personal development and the future of societies. It unlocks…
As we start a new, yet very different school academic year, parents are understandably filled with concern over the safety of their children as they return to school premises, or not, as the case may be. CNN has put together a very useful checklist for parents to use to help ensure that their offspring are…
An American teacher Emma Pass (@emmabpass) has taken the trouble to document and share all her experiences, based on teaching a hugely diverse group of students from different backgrounds and with diverging incomes, but using technology to help build a bridge between all of these children. In particular she has raced to complete a book…
As part of their launch activities in the Indonesian market, Geniora, our Asian go-to-market partner has been presenting the Gen 1 Geniora phone in a number of shopping malls, with a great deal of interest from curious shoppers. They have their next exhibition from 14th to 23rd August. The Geniora offering combines a smartphone, our…