What Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Push Means for Education
I have been writing this blog for over twenty years. One thing I have found is that I am either scraping for things to write about for there. Is a glut of stories waiting to be told. And yes, we are in a glut phase. You might think that something called the European Technological Sovereignty Package is something that could happily be left aside but I think this is one of the most important of the many European legislative initiatives. Anyway, on 3 June 2026, the European Commission published what it is calling the European Technological Sovereignty Package [1]. It […]
Beyond Skills A Capability Conception of Vocational Education
I don’t often cover press releases in this blog. But I am making an exception of this book for two reasons. Firstly because the authors and publishers, while still charging a lot for the hard back, are providing a PDF version for free. I am acutely aware that the cost of things like conferences, journals and books are the serious barrier to education for many. So lets hope this starts a trend The second is the content. For the last two years I have been arguing that AI and new technologies require a rethink of the direction in which vocational […]
The Future of Public Education: Understanding the Historic Teachers’ Strike in the Valencian Community
I work from a home office of the fifth floor of an apartment near the centre of Alicante. And the street I live on is the assembly point for the many demonstrations which take place here. Alicante is the capital of the southern province of the Valencia Region of Spain. It is a large Province and the location of my home office has given me a birds eye view of the growing crisis in public education in Valencia (see picture above). And, for once AI is not the biggest issue in education. Since May 2026, the Valencian Community has been […]
What the OECD Skills Outlook 2025 means for VET and AI
Skills and competencies have always been central to vocational […]
Vocational teachers in the UK speak about their AI worries
The UK Jisc organisation which researches and supports Universities […]
AI Open Educational Resources
We need more of this. Blair Attard-Frost has shared […]
Enabling learners to apply knowledge in the real world
There’s plenty of praise for the wonders of Generative […]
Presentations at the ECER conference about AI and other topics
This year’s European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) took […]
University of Bremen informs: Smart learning in logistics
In the “Uni Bremen informs” series, we report on […]
AI Pioneers Workshops at the AI conference of the NABIBB and the Bavarian Adult Education Association e.V.
The Institute Technology and Education (ITB) from the University […]
