📣 Announcing the 2026 Australia and New Zealand EdTech 50. And 50 days until Back to School, NYC🗽
K-12 reclaims the top sector spot in ANZ's 2026 EdTech 50, New Zealand's footprint doubles. Plus 50 days to Back to School Summit NYC.
AI & Digital Innovation
📉 At $1B, Edtech funding fell 26% YoY 1H 2026. Could outcomes be the the next filter for education capital?
Plus: Anthropic's Claude for Teachers, WGU's AI-credentialing, and Back to School turns 25- 20% discount code inside.
📊 68% of students see AI as a positive force. 🗽 Join us in NYC — Back to School turns 25.
New data on student and academic AI sentiment, plus BTS NYC's 25th; discount code inside.
⌯✈︎ From Bihar to London: Degree Apprenticeships, AI credentials, and a $350M bet on skills.
Work-integrated degrees gain traction; AI contributes to Oracle's 21,000 layoffs and AI literacy grows globally. Join us in NYC for the 25th Annual Back to School Summit.
🌍 What's the biggest bet in AI? People.
Governments are making the biggest bet in AI on people. This week: national skilling at population scale, AI tutors for disadvantaged pupils, and more classroom screen bans. Join QS innovation summits in New York 🗽 and London 🇬🇧!
📣 Announcing the 2026 Europe EdTech 200. Plus: London EdTech Week, AI skills and policy moves.
The 2026 Europe EdTech 200 lands as London EdTech Week begins, puts AI, workforce, and EdTech in focus.
📘 Education's new funding test: do graduates get hired?
US, UK, and state systems now define value by labor market results. How innovative systems are responding. Join the QS Innovation Webinar and Summits!
🗂️ University AI contracts are renewing, but what does effective AI adoption actually look like?
AI-university contracts renew, Google and UNICEF go global, and OpenAI plants its first international lab in Singapore. Explore the AI Capability Framework.
Universities show up at every stage of EdTech innovation. Read the report on Edtech Ecosystem Hubs.
EdTech Ecosystem Hubs are changing how innovation moves from idea to adoption, and universities play a critical role. New events to attend. $200M partnership for health, education and econ mobilty.
Workforce skills: consolidation on one track, free access on the other
Workforce and AI skills demand is on the rise again, but markets and governments are solving it very differently. Download and read the EdTech Ecosystem Hubs Report. Innovation events to attend in 2026.
🔬 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.
🎓 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.