Exploring what the acquisitions in the MIS and general EdTech marketing will mean for schools, and the independent EdTech vendors sitting outside of the Big 8 Management Information Systems (MIS) have been part of UK education for over 25 years. Some have lasted since the very beginning (namely SIMS), some originals have disappeared (Pearson E1), some came, and went just as quickly (a personal mention here for Follett Aspen!), others were the new kids on the…

Back in 2020, the team at Wellbeing at Work (Part of the Omega Pegasus Group) ran a study to understand the impact of lockdown, triggered by the global pandemic, on people in the workplace and how it has affected key areas of their mental health and wellbeing. Today, the results…

I received this information back in 2018 and now is the first decent chance I have had to sit down and get this published. …

A Timetabling Special from Chris Johnson from TimeTabler — Part 1 of 2 Part 1 from guest writer Chris Johnson from TimeTabler, talking about a research project the team undertook in 2020 (Yes, that year!) to understand trends towards timetabling for part-time teachers “It seems clear that schools in the future will have many more part-time teachers. Not just because of their experiences…

A Timetabling Special from Chris Johnson from TimeTabler — Part 2 of 2 Part 2 from guest writer Chris Johnson from TimeTabler, talking about how headteachers can adjust their timetables in school to effect positive change “One of the dilemmas of modern Headship is the lack of time (and perhaps motivation) to look at the curricular structure and the timetabling of the school…

December 2020: I sat down (virtually) with another stalwart of the EdTech sector, Nick Finnemore of Finnemore Consulting, to discuss the MIS market, EdTech payments, the rise of the Big 8 and what inspired me to start Omega Pegasus… Nick spent many a year in the upper echelons of Capita…