THE “OSCARS” OF EDUCATION COME TO LONDON – VISIONARY PARTNER ANNOUNCED

The Reimagine Education Awards and Conference – the ‘Oscars’ of Education’ – is delighted to announce that Imperial College Business School have confirmed their status as Official Visionary Partner, as the initiative seeks to identify and reward education’s most innovative approaches.

The partnership will see Imperial College Business School host the first day of the 2019 Reimagine Education Conference (8th December, Imperial College London, 9th-10th December, Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London), co-convene a number of the conference sessions, and assign senior academic faculty and leadership to the initiative’s Steering Committee.

ANNOUNCING: THE REIMAGINE EDUCATION GRAND JURY

Each year, the Reimagine Education Awards & Conference culminates in our prestigious Gala Dinner, at which the ten highest-scoring category winners deliver two-minute elevator pitches to our delegate dinner audience. Among this audience will be fifteen outstanding expert educators from some of the world’s top universities, edtech companies, online education providers, and edtech accelerators.

Their evaluations will prove pivotal in determining the direction of our $50,000 funding pool, and our Steering Committee has – ensuring that only the finest innovations are rewarded – elected fifteen individuals ideally-placed to evaluate each application’s innovation, uniqueness, scalability, and efficacy. You can meet our Grand Jury – here.

THE EDTECH PODCAST #169: ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CORPORATE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

This week, Sophie Bailey speaks to Alex Stephany, the CEO of Beam, the world’s first crowdfunding platform specifically oriented towards people from disadvantaged backgrounds. This episode also sees Ian Hurd in conversation with Rory Meredith, HEad of School for Creative INdustries at Coleg y Cymoedd and Visiting Lecturer at the University of South Wales. They discuss VR for teacher observation and skills priority programmes in Wales..

NURTURING EMPLOYABILITY WITH 21ST SKILLING INNOVATION

Tackling national skill gaps in India is like battling a hydra — defeat one aspect of the issue, and multiple new ones will spawn in its place. Sunil K. Tatkar, MD of ProTeen, discusses how the app combines disruptive technology with on-ground innovation to nurture 21st Century Learning, Skilling and Employability, offering over 3,000 professional roleplay situations, digital support and the opportunity to gain credentials valued by employers.

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED: BUILDING INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

The idea that experience builds more meaningful and transferrable knowledge may seem obvious, but in reality, most education delivery takes a passive stance. Think about the prevalence of the droning lecturer, or the high stress culture of cramming for exams. Why do education practices remain in the dark ages? Join Sarah Toms, executive director and cofounder of Wharton Interactive to explore questions like this and learn about achievable solutions.

HELP US TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION!

With an Awards program contested by over 1,000 top academic faculty and edtech companies, and an international event attended by over 500 pedagogical pioneers from across the globe, Reimagine Education is at the very forefront of cutting-edge approaches to education.

Supporting Reimagine means supporting one billion future learners. Supporting Reimagine means placing your institution in front of education’s finest change-makers. Supporting Reimagine means emphasizing your deeply-held institutional commitment to educational change. If you’d like to join our global group of esteemed sponsors and partners, contact us today.