I always remember Dame Louise Casey’s words in 2013, when she was tsar for the Troubled Families, her headline in The Guardian was “What’s missing is love”. The same can be said of the education system. The passion and love behind the teacher’s vocation; to improve the lives of children and young people has been […]
4th Industrial Revolution
Educations’ Black Hole – A National Crisis
No self-esteem, no self-responsibility Our society is suffering from a lack of self-responsibility; a disease created by decades of Governmental self-interest, amongst other things. Educations’ black hole in the 4th Industrial Revolution is the skills gap; Artificial Intelligence can optimise but not create meaning that creative jobs are the only ones that are safe. There […]
How Artificial Intelligence can save our humanity
There is so much speculation on the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking away all the manual repetitive jobs and a real fear attached to this prognosis. I found this TEDtalk by Kai-Fu Lee inspiring, insightful, emotional and exciting for the future. For me the highlights were: How Artificial Intelligence […]
Employability skills: 4th Industrial Revolution – a ticking time bomb
Why do we wait until young people are leaving school to look at employability skills? Businesses are struggling to stay competitive and complaining about the lack of skills the education system is providing (1) we need to be better prepared for the opportunities the 4th Industrial Revolution (2) is providing. Key points for us in […]
