Google’s ‘AI Works for Britain’ Aims to Help Stuck Brits Unlock Progression
Google UK announced the AI Works for Britain programme, a nationwide upskilling effort backed by roughly $2.5 million in Google.org grant funding. The initiative targets the 76% of Britons who feel stuck in their careers by teaching practical AI skills through pop‑up “Squeeze the Juice” bars, a Gemini university tour, and partnerships with Jobcentre and community groups. Google aims to move users from basic AI prompts to applications that boost productivity, confidence, and job prospects. The programme will roll out in cities such as Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham, reaching both students and digitally excluded adults.
Collette Debuts ‘University 201’ Training for Advisors
Collette has launched Collette University 201, an expanded self‑paced training platform for travel advisors. The curriculum is split into two tracks—one for advisors with five or more years of experience and another for newcomers. New modules covering brand storytelling, product...
A3 Launches Introduction to Industrial Robotics Course
Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has introduced an on‑demand Introduction to Industrial Robotics course, a 2.5‑hour program aimed at professionals across manufacturing and operations. The curriculum offers a vendor‑neutral, system‑level view that blends business and technical concepts, with pricing set...
DataCamp and LangChain Partner to Launch AI Engineering Learning Track
DataCamp has teamed up with LangChain to introduce an AI Engineering learning track aimed at software developers and data practitioners. The curriculum, delivered through DataCamp’s AI‑native platform, covers building, evaluating, and deploying large‑language‑model applications using LangChain, LangSmith, and LangGraph. Real‑time...
ChatGPT Acts as a “Cognitive Crutch” That Weakens Memory, New Research Suggests
A randomized trial at Brazil's Federal University of Rio de Janeiro found that undergraduate business students who used ChatGPT to study AI concepts retained significantly less information after 45 days than peers who relied on traditional resources. The AI‑assisted group...
Chamco Digital Launches Microsoft AI and Cloud Technology Training Program with Board-Endorsed Strategic Expansion
Chamco Digital, a Microsoft AI and Cloud Technology Partner, announced a globally accessible training program that aligns with Microsoft’s role‑based certification framework. The first cohort begins on April 14, 2026 and targets high‑school students, college attendees, career transitioners, and professionals...
Precision Learning Has the Potential to Do What Personalized Learning Could Not
The article proposes "precision learning," a data‑driven approach that mirrors precision medicine, using AI and analytics to diagnose individual student gaps and prescribe evidence‑based interventions. It argues that current personalized learning often reduces education to self‑paced software, lacking rigorous standards...
The Anti-Boredom Tech Tool Kit for Meetings and Classes
The piece spotlights three digital tools—Padlet, Kahoot, and Craft—that help teachers, meeting leaders, and teams spark participation and streamline content. Padlet acts as a visual bulletin board for real‑time brainstorming, Kahoot turns quizzes into gamified experiences with a new AI...
K-12 EdTech Startup Qweebi Raises $500k To Bring Hands-On STEM & Robotics To Millions Of Students
Qweebi, a Singapore‑based EdTech startup, secured $500,000 seed funding led by Inflection Point Ventures, with participation from industry veterans. The browser‑based platform now serves over 5,200 U.S. schools—about 4% of the market—and more than 100,000 K‑12 students, delivering hands‑on STEM...
How Indian EdTech Platforms Are Filling Skill Gaps for Global Job Markets
Employers across technology, healthcare, finance and logistics are confronting widening skill gaps despite a surplus of degree‑holders. Indian EdTech platforms are positioning themselves as a scalable bridge, delivering modular, job‑aligned curricula that can be completed quickly. Their assessment‑driven models provide...
Entrepreneurs Can Now Access 1,000+ Professional Courses for Just $19.97 for Life
Entrepreneurs can now obtain lifetime access to EDU Unlimited by StackSkills, offering over 1,000 professional courses for a one‑time fee of $19.97 (regularly $600). The catalog covers IT, development, design, finance, marketing, growth hacking, blockchain and more, taught by 350+...
Australia: Digital Health Training for Safer, Smarter Care
The Australian Digital Health Agency and La Trobe University have launched an online learning programme for nursing and midwifery students across Australia. The curriculum equips learners with core digital health skills—including electronic health records, telehealth, digital prescribing and data analytics—to...
Q&A: Old Dominion University Redefines AI Literacy Through MonarchSphere
Old Dominion University, in partnership with Google Public Sector, launched MonarchSphere, an AI incubator that embeds AI literacy across disciplines through real‑world use cases. The initiative bridges the gap between classroom theory and applied AI by connecting students, faculty, and...
CDERLearn
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) announced that its accredited Continuing Education (CE) program is currently unable to process new applications or award CE credits, effective August 12 2025. The pause affects healthcare professionals, academics, and industry participants who...
Reading Is Hard to Teach. Can AI Help?
Experts predict AI-powered reading tools will soon be commonplace in K‑12 classrooms, offering adaptive instruction and real‑time feedback. These technologies aim to personalize literacy learning, addressing persistent gaps in reading proficiency. However, educators caution that excessive dependence on AI could...
The L&D Content Factory: Generative AI for Training at Scale
Generative AI platforms can now produce complete corporate training courses in minutes, replacing weeks‑long instructional design cycles. The software automatically creates syllabi, quizzes, presenter scripts, visual assets and even multilingual dubbing, letting L&D teams scale content without expanding staff. It...
UpGrad to Acquire Unacademy in All-Stock Deal?
upGrad has signed a term sheet to acquire Unacademy in a 100% share‑swap transaction, creating a combined edtech powerhouse valued at roughly $2.25 billion. The deal follows upGrad’s February acquisition of Internshala and includes a break‑fee to lock in both parties....
Students Turn to AI to Find the Right College, Major
High school students are increasingly turning to AI chatbots to navigate college and major selection, a trend driven by overloaded school counselors who serve an average of 372 students—well above the recommended 250. A 2025 EAB survey shows AI usage...
LinkedIn and INVNT Launch AI Skills Sprint Sydney for Recruiters
LinkedIn partnered with experiential agency INVNT to host a four‑day AI Skills Sprint in Sydney, drawing over 270 talent‑acquisition leaders. The immersive event showcased LinkedIn’s AI‑powered Hiring Assistant through live demos, prompt‑engineering challenges, and AI myth‑busting exercises. Participants reported an...
Computer Science Education Will Look Different in the Age of AI, Says Code.org's New CEO
Code.org has appointed a new chief executive who says artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape K‑12 computer science instruction. The leader emphasizes that AI will move curricula beyond basic coding toward understanding how technology works and solving real‑world problems. Code.org plans...
Duke Steering Committee Publishes Extensive Blueprint for University AI Growth
Duke University’s AI steering committee released a 45‑page blueprint outlining a comprehensive strategy for artificial intelligence across the campus. The plan calls for establishing an Office of AI Strategy, a faculty Guidance Hub, expanded AI credential programs, and hiring additional...
I Teach at Harvard and Encourage My Students to Use AI on Every Assignment. They Just Have to Follow My...
A Harvard professor has made AI a mandatory tool for every student assignment, but only as a research aid and editorial assistant. Students must first formulate their arguments independently before turning to AI for polishing and gap‑filling. The professor frames...
Accordance Partners with Colleges to Teach AI Skills
Accordance has launched the "Accordance for Academia" program, partnering with U.S. universities to embed AI tools into accounting curricula. The initiative offers faculty free platform access and a limited‑time student trial, with a nominal fee only if usage continues. To...
3 Time-Consuming Tasks AI Can Help Teachers Tackle
A recent article highlights how AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot can relieve teachers of three major time‑draining tasks: formatting documents, drafting lesson plans, and organizing digital resources. A 2025 Walton Family Foundation and Gallup study found...
EXCL: HMRC Signs £150k Deal for AI-Generated Comms and Training Videos
HM Revenue and Customs has signed a one‑year contract with London‑based Synthesia, valued at £146,160 (approximately $186,000), to pilot an AI‑generated video platform for internal communications and staff training. The deal, awarded through the G‑Cloud 14 framework, aims to test...
Melania Trump Escorted by Talking Humanoid Robot at White House Tech Summit
Melania Trump opened the White House’s Fostering the Future Together summit escorted by Figure 03, a $25,000 humanoid robot from Silicon Valley startup Figure AI. The robot, dubbed “Plato,” delivered opening remarks and illustrated the first lady’s vision of AI‑powered tutors that...
Australia: Virtual Reality Integration Enhances Veterinary Learning
Australia’s Murdoch University has launched an equine radiography virtual reality platform that replaces traditional hands‑on veterinary training with immersive simulation. The system recreates a three‑dimensional horse, realistic hazards and provides real‑time performance feedback, allowing students to practice repeatedly without live...
If We Can ‘Vibe Work’, Why Can’t We Vibe Learn?
The article introduces "vibe learning," an AI‑driven, build‑first approach that mirrors the emerging "vibe working" model. Instead of lengthy preparation, employees start with a concrete project and let AI fill gaps, explain concepts, and provide feedback in real time. This...
Utah to Launch Statewide Career-Planning Platform
Utah is rolling out a statewide First Credential Career Mapping Tool built on YouScience’s Brightpath platform to satisfy House Bill 260, which requires high‑school graduates to earn a stackable credential. The dashboard offers aptitude assessments, connects students to the Admit Utah...
Labor Department Launches Free ‘Make America AI Ready’ Course for US Workers
The U.S. Labor Department unveiled a free, week‑long AI literacy program called “Make America AI Ready,” delivered entirely via text messages. Workers enroll by texting “READY” to 20202, receiving daily 10‑minute lessons that cover AI fundamentals, practical use cases, prompt...
EdNova Wants to Simplify How Liberian Graduates Access Their Transcripts
EdNova Group has launched TranscriptDove, a digital platform that streamlines the request, issuance, and verification of university transcripts in Liberia. The system replaces weeks‑long manual processes with an online workflow that logs every step, provides QR‑code verification, and maintains a...
Fuel50 Recognized in New Skills Intelligence Solutions Landscape Report
Fuel50 has been named in Forrester’s Q1 2026 Skills Intelligence Solutions Landscape, a survey of 27 vendors offering AI‑driven talent insights. The report defines skills intelligence as technology that builds and analyses a graph of what employees know and can do....
Duolingo Experiments with Tool to Lock Other Apps Until Daily Lessons Are Complete
Duolingo is piloting a "focus" feature that blocks selected distracting apps until users finish a set number of daily language lessons. The tool integrates with a device's screen‑time settings, letting learners choose which apps to lock and how many lessons...
Are Ireland’s Professionals Prioritising AI Education?
Ireland’s AI education market is expanding rapidly but remains fragmented, with most professionals relying on short courses, corporate workshops, or self‑directed YouTube tutorials. Ian Dodson, founder of AICertified, warns that this piecemeal approach leaves skill levels uneven and offers little...
MTSS + AI in Action: Reimagining Student Support
North Kitsap School District in Washington is piloting an AI‑driven framework that integrates real‑time academic, behavioral and attendance data to reinforce its Multi‑Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). The initiative uses AI to generate instant feedback, easing teacher workload while sharpening...
VR Simulation Boosts Nurses' Skills in Handling Aggressive Patients
Edith Cowan University researchers have piloted a 20‑minute virtual reality de‑escalation program, I‑VADE, with 221 nursing students, finding a statistically significant boost in confidence for managing aggressive patients. The immersive training emphasizes communication, situational awareness, and decision‑making, and captures interaction...
Hong Kong: CityUHK Advances Experiential Learning with AI and VR
City University of Hong Kong is embedding artificial intelligence, virtual reality and digital modelling tools across a wide range of programmes, from veterinary science to engineering and entrepreneurship. The university uses generative AI to augment research, guidance and assessment, while...
University of Houston, Google Join on AI Tools Initiative
The University of Houston has partnered with Google to integrate its artificial‑intelligence tools into campus. The collaboration will deploy Google for Education, Gemini for Education, and NotebookLM to support teaching, research, and productivity. University leaders stress that students must develop...
How a School Uses AI to Address Student Behavior Problems
Holmen School District in Wisconsin has built a custom AI assistant using Google Gemini to support its behavior intervention team. The tool draws on the district’s social‑emotional learning (SEL) playbook, helping staff quickly brainstorm conversation starters and skill‑building steps for...
Training the Future of AI-Powered Surgery
The integration of artificial intelligence, extended reality (XR) and immersive simulation is redefining how surgeons learn to operate advanced robotic systems. FundamentalXR’s CEO Richard Vincent explains that data‑driven, scalable simulations combined with precise haptic feedback can replicate real‑world procedures in...
Rootly | Introducing Rootly Academy: Hands-On Incident Response Training
Rootly announced the launch of Rootly Academy, an AI‑powered incident response training platform that delivers realistic, 15‑30 minute simulations for engineers. The program includes two certification tracks—Incident Handler and Incident Commander—and provides post‑drill debriefs and skill‑analytics dashboards. Rootly partnered with...
From Flagged Essay to 25 Million Users: Artur Zhdan on Building GPTinf
Artur Zhdan founded GPTinf after his AI‑assisted college essays were flagged by detection tools, turning a personal setback into a business. Launched in late 2022, the platform now serves 25 million users in education, marketing and professional writing. GPTinf combines AI...
The Leapfrog Thesis: Why Embodied Edutech Is SEA’s Path to a Superior Education Future
Southeast Asia can leapfrog traditional screen‑centric edutech by adopting embodied cognition, which ties movement, gesture and sensory experience to learning. The region’s high mobile‑phone penetration and persistent rural internet gaps create a fertile ground for low‑cost, offline‑first solutions that blend...
Training Room Partners UBU to Launch AI-Powered Training Platform
Training Room Online (TTRO) has teamed with AI‑driven metaverse firm UBU to launch Red Horizon, an immersive 3‑D simulation platform for corporate leaders, university students and early‑career programs. The system combines TTRO’s simulation pedigree with UBU’s virtual environment, featuring an...
What Is Pathwright and How Can I Use It To Teach?
Pathwright is a design‑focused learning management system that lets educators build modular "learning paths" for both K‑12 and professional audiences. Since its 2010 inception, the platform has served over 2 million learners, tracking more than 80 million completed steps. It supports self‑paced...
CNCF Introduces a New Recertification Program as Kubestronaut Community Surpasses 3,500
CNCF unveiled the Certification Advancement & Recertification Experience (CARE) program at KubeCon Europe, allowing advanced Kubernetes certifications to automatically renew foundational credentials. The initiative, effective Jan. 1 2026, streamlines credential maintenance for practitioners. Simultaneously, the Kubestronaut community topped 3,500 members, with over...
Understanding How Digital Training Enhances Healthcare Worker Perceptions of HIV Index Case Testing: A Qualitative Explanatory Analysis
A cluster‑randomized trial in Malawi compared standard in‑person training with an enhanced digital training program for health care workers (HCWs) delivering HIV index case testing. The enhanced arm received 20 synchronous and asynchronous digital sessions featuring checklists, video vignettes, practice...
AI-Powered Simulations Offer Practice for Teachers in Training
Schools and districts are adopting simulation‑based training tools to close the gap between theory and classroom practice. BranchED’s AuthenTECH Practice (ATP) platform leverages large language models to create realistic student interactions without requiring VR hardware. Early pilots, including a 2019...
The Army National Guard’s New Tool Gives Students a Firsthand Look at Disaster Response
The Army National Guard is launching "Disasterville," a traveling virtual‑reality program that brings three ten‑minute disaster simulations—earthquake, flash flood and wildfire—to high school gymnasiums across the United States this spring. Participants work in teams of five, using VR headsets and...
How Chicago Robot Tutors Are Teaching SEL Effectively, without Pretending to Be Human
University of Chicago researchers partnered with Chicago Public Schools to test robot tutors in fourth‑grade SEL lessons. The experiment compared robots that used fictional, emotion‑laden dialogue with robots that spoke factually and admitted they had no feelings. Both robot groups...