The recent cybersecurity alert issued by the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA), warns critical infrastructure organisations to ramp-up their defences. Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Council (NCSC), is in no doubt ‘it is vital that all organisations accelerate plans to raise their overall cyber… View Article
We spoke with Sam Robinson, Associate Director of Live Services at NHS Digital, about her current priorities and the challenges of managing national digital infrastructure when considering digital transformation and the importance of getting the basics right. ITGL is a technology consultancy and award-winning specialist public sector provider. They work in partnership with many NHS… View Article
Coming into my 40th year on the planet I was in a stable job in a growing company, applying technology solutions to support my amazing healthcare and public sector customers in the tough conditions of dealing with COVID-19. During the past year I’ve seen some bold decisions from friends and colleagues to chase their dreams,… View Article
Tags: Cisco, Digital Transformation, Healthcare, Public Sector
By now, new and returning students in the UK have a good idea of what to expect from the next semester at their chosen university. Staff are adapting lectures to be run online and preparing necessary face-to-face activities to be delivered in socially distanced ways, while institutions work with what they have to ensure a… View Article
Tags: Safe Campus
We’re getting into the stride of this now. The digital space has proved to be brilliant for drawing together experience, views and understanding from across the globe – quickly, openly and with reduced disruption to our working calendars. Certainly, I miss the visits – the little trips to pockets of the country I don’t normally see, maybe a stay in a hotel and a few hours on the train to “work remotely” (read: read!). But what we’ve seen… View Article
Tags: Advance HE, Conference and events, Digital Learning, New Normal, Online Curriculum, Online Events
Back in January, before Covid-19 and before my career change, a colleague and I wrote a project brief for some European Studies students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. It’s a piece of work we do for them each year – setting a research project, supporting five student groups as they engage with it,… View Article
What will higher and further education look like in the new normal? Answering that question is a bit like placing a finger in the air. We can make some clear predictions for the year ahead based on how educational institutes are setting out their stalls. But as we are finding in our discussions with clients,… View Article
Tags: Hybrid Learning
Easy ways to make your Internet better You’ve probably had enough advice telling you how to eat, sleep, and live better since the coronavirus outbreak. That’s all great but it’s mostly common sense and you probably won’t do most of it anyway. I’ve been at home for three weeks now and my garden is… View Article
Tags: WIFI
The importance of security for online meetings As a security expert, I don’t often get to write about unified communications but security is important everywhere, with communication and collaboration technologies being no exception. Increased Usage The recent massive uptake in remote working as a result of Covid-19 has driven many new users to platforms like Zoom,… View Article
Tags: Cisco Webex, COVID-19
For those familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the impact of coronavirus can feel like we’ve stepped down a few categories to ‘safety needs’, where health and resources are a primary focus. We see this in the ongoing panic buying of supplies and the natural anxiety about maintaining our health. Online Safety One thing that… View Article
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