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”Joining the Dots” focuses on the many challenges facing education in the UK and how different approaches and innovations are required to meet these challenges, which, due to their interconnectedness, are also challenges facing all sorts of educational establishments,…
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Seasion 2 Episode 17 - AI, education and the future of learning, with Daniel Hulme (opens the original)
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Matt and Al are joined by Daniel Hulme, one of the UK's leading voices on AI. Daniel grew up in Morecambe, was actively discouraged from applying to university, and did his A levels under a desk in the hotel restaurant he was running at 16. He got into UCL anyway, fell in love with education, and went on to found the AI company Satalia (acquired by WPP, where he is now Chief AI Officer) and Conscium, a company working on machine consciousness. He also ran a master's programme at UCL for five yea
Season 2 Episode 16 - A Call to Action on Climate Change with Mike Berners-Lee (opens the original)
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Matt and Al are joined by Mike Berners-Lee, professor at Lancaster University, founder of Small World Consulting and author of four books including How Bad Are Bananas? and There Is No Planet B. Mike chairs the National Emergency Briefing, which last November brought 1,200 of the UK's most influential people, including around 85 MPs, peers, business leaders and faith leaders, into Central Hall Westminster to hear nine top experts set out the bare facts on the climate and nature emergency. The go
Season 2 Episode 15 - Can AI Help Schools Prepare for Ofsted? With Victoria Hedlund (opens the original)
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Could AI help school leaders understand Ofsted, identify hidden risks and approach inspection with greater confidence? Victoria Hedlund—founder of GenEd Labs and widely known as “The AI Bias Girl”—returns to Joining the Dots to discuss Inspection Insights, her data-led approach to analysing inspection reports and supporting school leaders. Victoria joins Al Kingsley and Matt Jessop to examine the human biases that can influence inspection. Every inspector brings personal values, experiences and
Season 2 Episode 14 - From Underdog to PhD: Rethinking Assessment and EdTech with Dr Caroline Keep (opens the original)
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Educational success rarely follows a perfectly straight line—and Dr Caroline Keep’s journey is powerful proof of that. In this episode of Joining the Dots, Al Kingsley and Matt Jessop speak with Caroline about progressing from an underestimated, neurodivergent learner to an award-winning teacher, data scientist and EdTech researcher with a PhD. Caroline reflects on being autistic, dyslexic and having ADHD, the low expectations placed upon her during childhood, and the transformative support she
Season 2, Episode 13 - Digital Competence by Design: What Wales Can Learn from Estonia with Dr Becki Bawler (opens the original)
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Digital transformation in education is not about placing a device in every learner’s hands. It is about leadership, trust, professional learning—and choosing the right tool for the right educational purpose. In this episode of Joining the Dots, Al Kingsley speaks with Dr Rebecca “Becki” Bawler about digital competence in Wales and the lessons education systems can learn from Estonia’s carefully planned, pedagogy-first approach. Becki explains why digital competence cannot be limited to learners.
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