🔬 Evidence, education, and EdTech: a new era of outcomes accountability.
Inside the studies, labs, and partnerships shifting how leading institutions compete. Read the EdTech Ecosystem Hubs Report. Innovation events to note in 2026.
AI & Digital Innovation
🎓 The micro credential economy is evolving…at the speed of trust.
Institutions are increasingly designing micro credentials for workforce outcomes, but only 32% report any fiscal benefit. As AWS makes its credentials free and incumbent platforms consolidate, the landscape of solutions is evolving fast. Accountability for outcomes is imminent.
📍Career Navigation in 2026: expanding entry points, evolving pathways.
Career navigation is expanding. More entry points, more pathways, and more pressure on institutions to help learners move through the system, not just into it. AI upskilling from Saudi Arabia to Ireland, a $750M gift to UT Austin, and what's ahead for Innovation at QS.
📈 At $512M, EdTech funding shows restraint vs retreat, fewer deals and sharper focus.🏆 Announcing the 2025 North America EdTech 200.
EdTech funding in Q1 reaches $512M as capital concentrates in employability. Announcing The 2026 North America Edtech 200. Today: The rise of digital and flex learning!
🔁 Beyond efficiency: AI as the workflow layer for teaching & learning? The EdTech AI 400 & the Innovation Webinar Series.
AI embeds more deeply in the workflow of learning, teaching, and work - plus the latest market moves & events. Join us in London 🇬🇧 June and December, and 🖥️ online next week for conversations that get to the heart of innovation and technology in education.
⭐ East Asia’s AI buildout sets a standard for digital fluency. Innovation events not to miss.
A new baseline for digital citizenship is emerging, with AI fluency becoming a core societal skill. Global frameworks with cross border influence. AI & Innovation events not to miss!
⚖️ Teaching judgment may be Higher Ed’s most important role.
Judgment rises as a core skill, while AI partnerships and programs expand globally. AI in Higher Education Webinar 31 March.
🧠 Durable skills drive future readiness. AI in Higher Ed Webinar next week.
Durable skills top employer demand, and AI education partnerships accelerate worldwide. Join our webinar next week: Experiments to Ecosystems: AI in Higher Education.
💻 More than half of college searches are AI enabled. 🌍 Global Skills Week 🇺🇸 25-26 March.
College search is going agentic. Here's what that means for institutions. Global Skills Week starts next Wednesday. Washington D.C., 25–26 March.
🌍 Global Skills Week: Career Navigation, AI, Critical Industry Skills. Join us in D.C. 🇺🇸 25-26 March.
Global Skills Week. Four themes. Two days. Washington D.C., 25–26 March Join the conversations shaping the skills economy.
💎 International Education Becomes a Strategic Asset. 🌐 Student mobility in focus at Global Skills Week.
Governments scale partnerships, campuses, and policies to compete for global students. Hear from international education leaders at Global Skills Week (25-26 March).
🔦 AI Apprenticeships Step into the Spotlight. 🏛 Join us in DC, March 25-26 for Global Skills Week.
AI apprenticeships scale, public–private partnerships deepen, and Global Skills Week (25-26 March) brings workforce leaders to DC.