#129 – Why alternative pathways to learning might not be alternative anymore
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This episode was recorded at The Edtech Podcast Festival 2018. You can register your interest for the next festival here.
What’s in this episode?
This week I’m delighted to announce the Ufi upskilling mini-series on The Edtech Podcast. This series will take a bite-size look at technologies in work-place training which are changing the ways we learn and thrive. This week, we look at how VR is assisting safe and complex training in the nuclear energy sector.
What else? The main feature in this week’s episode is a fascinating discussion recorded at our podcast festival on learning opportunities outside of University. A really rich discussion with lots of opportunities for listeners to learn and benefit.
People
- Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech
- Ufi upskilling mini-series on The Edtech Podcast:
- Liz Dobree, Chief Impact Officer, at the ufi Charitable Trust | Twitter: @UfiTrust
- Stefan Cecchini, Head of Projects at the National College for Nuclear in the UK | Twitter: @NCFNuclear
- LIVE podcast discussion from our podcast festival looking at what are CURRENTLY deemed alternative pathways to learning
- Matthew Springer, Founder, Holistec (cheeky cameo) | Twitter: @matthewspringer
- Oliver Beach, Campus Director, Flatiron School (moderating) | Twitter: olivermbeach
- Tom Fogden, COO and Co-Founder, Ada. National College for Digital Skills | Twitter: @tom_fogden
- Chloe Holmes, Learning and Progress Manager, WhiteHat | Twitter: @WhiteHatGB
- Liz Dobree, Chief Impact Officer, at the ufi Charitable Trust | Twitter: @UfiTrust
- Rosie Holcroft, Senior Manager – Regeneration, London Legacy Development Corporation | Twitter: @LondonLegacy
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Quotes from this episode
- Oliver Beach, Campus Director, Flatiron School (moderating) | Twitter: olivermbeach
“We don’t believe we are alternative; we believe we are the new normal.”
“There is an evident gap between what education knows industry wants and what industry actually wants from young people.”
- Liz Dobree, Chief Impact Officer, at the ufi Charitable Trust | Twitter: @UfiTrust
“We are all about trying to upskill the UK.”
“You don’t suddenly stop the need to learn, when you stop being a young person.”
- Chloe Holmes, Learning and Progress Manager, WhiteHat | Twitter: @WhiteHatGB
“Young people are the ones who change hearts and minds.”
“I’m so jealous. A lot of people say I wish this had been around when I was young.”
“One of the big challenges we are having at the moment is lots of the qualifications we are delivering is based on a level of knowledge, not skills.”
- Stefan Cecchini, Head of Projects at the National College for Nuclear in the UK | Twitter: @NCFNuclear
“Nuclear is basically engineering. And we operate with a fluidity of collaboration which is really necessary?”
“Let’s just be clear about radioactivity. Bananas are radioactive.”
References
Flavours of Reality from Grimsby
Global Education & Skills Forum
Ada. National College for Digital Skills
London Legacy Development Corporation
Speakpipe.com/theedtechpodcast
Bridgewater and Taunton College training
East Works Project
The Digital Guild Project – East Sussex College
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About the Ufi Charitable Trust
Our aim is to help improve vocational skills in the UK’s workforce by funding digital solutions for vocational learning. We only fund activity that is ‘scalable’ through technology, ie projects that use digital methods to widen access to vocational learning. While digital learning solutions are potentially open to all, we are especially keen to assist digital projects which involve post school age vocational learners that have failed to be engaged by the education system.
News, events and funding: https://www.ufi.co.uk/
