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9ine: Oct 2, 2026, 1:30:00 PM
Most schools have the core documents of a privacy programme somewhere: a Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), a retention schedule, a breach procedure and a privacy notice. The harder part is keeping them working. Data protection touches almost...
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9ine: Oct 2, 2026, 12:50:23 PM
AI is already part of everyday school life. Teachers use it to plan lessons and draft reports, pupils come across it in the apps they use for...
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Mark Orchison: Sep 11, 2026, 2:47:27 PM
Microsoft has signed a legally enforceable agreement that places privacy, safety, transparency and human oversight into the contractual relationship...
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Mark Orchison: Sep 4, 2026, 9:44:57 AM
There is a lot of discussion about agentic AI at the moment. The promise is easy to understand. Rather than using AI simply to respond to a prompt,...
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Dan Fitzpatrick: Sep 3, 2026, 12:15:00 PM
This guest post, '5 AI Issues Schools Need to Be Aware Of This Year,' is authored by Dan Fitzpatrick, The AI Educator. There was a point, not that...
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Mark Orchison: Sep 3, 2026, 8:38:01 AM
The recently published report, Artificial intelligence and children’s rights: A narrative review of the evidence, by Smera Jayadeva and Sonia...
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9ine: Aug 11, 2026, 10:29:29 AM
AI coding tools can turn an idea into a feature-rich application with extraordinary speed. But speed does not replace architecture, secure...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 17, 2026, 10:29:53 AM
For several years, academy trusts have been responding to a growing collection of requirements covering safeguarding, online safety, data protection,...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 16, 2026, 11:23:26 AM
The Department for Education has on July 9th 2026 published specific guidance on procuring educational technology within its wider Data protection in...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 8, 2026, 10:57:21 AM
The finalised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 guidance is published and comes into force on 1 September 2026. For schools, the most...
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9ine: Jul 3, 2026, 10:13:20 AM
The proposed Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act) is working its way through the US legislative process, and it's an important development...
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9ine: Jul 3, 2026, 9:57:50 AM
The Information Commissioner's Office has audited 28 edtech vendors and published the results in "EdTech Examined: key findings from our audits." The...
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Mark Orchison: Jun 5, 2026, 12:00:00 PM
AI is now being added to almost every part of the EdTech market.
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Mark Orchison: Jun 5, 2026, 10:58:52 AM
There is a new form of technology adoption starting to appear in schools.
