by Sir Peter Birkett | Oct 14, 2020 | Education
As schools tentatively re-opened their doors to pupils around the world for the Autumn term last month, children found themselves returning together to familiar territories, but with very different structures in place to keep them physically apart. In many countries,...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Sep 28, 2020 | Education
In a single evolutionary leap, COVID-19 has shifted blended online education towards permanent virtual learning worldwide. Within a matter of months, technology has taken over one of the most important aspects of our daily lives, namely, the safe delivery of...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Sep 20, 2020 | Education
At 3pm every afternoon, Bo switches on her computer and waits for her English tutor to join her. At 8am every morning, Jen logs on to her computer and says ‘Good Afternoon’ to Bo before beginning their lesson. Bo is in Hong Kong and Jen is in Manchester but the...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Aug 26, 2020 | Education
Over the past three decades, an online learning revolution has been progressively taking over our educational systems. Back in the 1980’s, computers gradually appeared in our mainstream classrooms to assist with learning, employing a range of techniques to...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Jul 29, 2020 | Charity, Membership
The Worshipful Company of Educators is a livery company founded as a guild in 2001 to represent the professions of education and training for charitable purposes. The PDF attachment describes the origins of livery companies. Almost all the names of livery companies in...
