All posts tagged "Education"

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  Better data needed to address gender inequality in education, global experts say  

  Education leaders from around the world have called for better data to advance gender equality in learning. During a session at UNESCO’s inaugural Conference on Education Data and Statistics –

  • Posted February 18, 2024
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  Time to transform: exploring the AI readiness of UAE and Japan

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating in the fourth session

  • Posted August 9, 2023
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  Indian government must address ethics of artificial intelligence in education ‘as utmost priority’

  The United Nations education agency has called on the Indian government to take a host of actions to boost public trust and understanding in the use of artificial intelligence in

  • Posted September 28, 2022
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  Algorithms & accountabilities: an interview with Jonathan Slater, former UK education chief

  Last year, the Department for Education’s use of an algorithm to decide exam results generated huge public anger, resulting in the departure of permanent secretary Jonathan Slater. He tells Matt

  • Posted February 26, 2021
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  Mastercard Trust Center

  The prevalence of cyberattacks as a threat for SMEs has grown significantly. With the new Mastercard Trust Center, governments can help SMEs stay secure online with free online access to

  • Posted October 20, 2020
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  UK government drops exam grading algorithm in the face of public anger

  The UK government has been forced to overturn exam results produced by an algorithm, reverting to awarding grades based on teacher assessments, after large numbers of unjust results generated huge

  • Posted August 18, 2020
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  EBRD chief: governments must ‘push much harder’ on sustainability

  Inaction is not an option on environmental sustainability, EBRD president Sir Suma Chakrabarti told the Global Government Leaders’ Forum. Mia Hunt hears top officials from four countries debate how governments

  • Posted June 8, 2020
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  The restorative power of tech: an interview with Spain’s digital agency chief, David Cierco

  For years David Cierco, head of the Spanish Red.es digital unit, made steady progress on improving the country’s public services and supporting its businesses. Then came coronavirus, and an emerging

  • Posted June 3, 2020
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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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  COVID-19: how European governments are trying to make life easier under lockdown

  On 13 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe the “epicentre” of the coronavirus pandemic. WHO’s president, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called on European countries to use aggressive measures

  • Posted March 20, 2020
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