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Are You Equipping Your Students to Be Successful?

Over the past 10 years, the number of students with a disability has increased from 6.4 million to nearly 7.2 million. The rising demand for education technology has made accessibility tools and equitable learning environments more crucial than ever. Google enables every leader to bring innovation to their schools at scale, empowers every educator by giving them […]

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Speedy. Simple. Secure. Discover Easy-To-Use Education Tools With Chromebook.

Chromebook with Chrome Education Upgrade With schools across the UK steadily increasing their digital maturity and implementing more EdTech, decision-makers are starting to build a detailed understanding of what their teachers and students will benefit from most. Technology is meant to make teaching easier. But if you’re using the wrong devices, unoptimised apps, or a difficult-to-manage operating […]

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Empower Safer Learning With ChromeOS

Create Safer Learning Environments With Chromebooks and ChromeOS The education sector is experiencing a higher number of cyberattacks and at a higher rate than other sectors. In 2021, it saw a 29% increase in attacks globally. To keep staff and students safe, schools need to take measures to protect themselves from increasingly complex threats, such as data […]

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Finding the True Value of Education Plus

Google commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic ImpactTM(TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) for education organisations. After investing in Education Plus, organisations will experience vastly improved security and ease of IT management, as well as improved collaboration and functionality for educators. Education Plus Benefits by the Numbers Improved Security […]

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Is Your School Community Protected From Digital Threats?

884 million leaked records across the globe in the Education sector, making it the third most affected by data breaches.1 Over 33% of schools are more likely to say staff resources had to be diverted to deal with a cyber security breach.3 Ransomware: Target No.1 Educational institutions are the most targeted segment for ransomware in […]

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Selecting the Right Chromebook for Your School, Staff and Students

Finding the Right Chromebook In 2020 the pandemic changed the way schools use Chromebooks. To meet the existing, and new needs of schools, Google developed a wayfinding guide to help you find the right Chromebook for your use case. Finding the Right Chromebook In 2020 the pandemic changed the way schools use Chromebooks. To meet the existing, […]

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Why so Many Schools are Shifting to Zero Trust Security

The term “zero trust” doesn’t necessarily invoke a positive connotation. However, rephrased as “always verify,” the same principle takes on an entirely different sentiment. Semantics aside, it’s a serious security solution that schools can’t afford to ignore. Don’t want to join the millions of institutions who had their network breached from within last year? Perimeter […]

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Three Optimistic STEM Education Trends

 By Talia Milgrom-Elcott | Forbes This week the organisation 100Kin10 released its annual Trends Report, looking back at what has changed in the past year and looking ahead to better understand what changes might be coming. Read on to see what trajectory education might be taking. In 2021, they expect to see increased focus, funding, and […]

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How schools can stop buying stuff that sits on the shelf

 By Frederick Hess | Forbes When assessing government funding for schools, the focus is usually “How much?” – with too little attention given to how effectively funds are being used. It’s time for a second look at how, when, and why schools buy what they do. The question of how, when, and why schools buy stuff usually […]

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RM Unify – SSL Connect Guide for Macs

This how-to guide explains the process of connecting to RM Unify’s VPN, SSL Connect, which allows users to access their school network from any external location.   Before you start Before proceeding, there is an important prerequisite that needs to be checked. Prior to using the SSL connect, if you are using a school Ma, […]

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RM Unify – SSL Connect Guide for Windows

This how-to guide explains the process of connecting to RM Unify’s VPN, SSL Connect, which allows users to access their school network from any external location. Before you start If you are using a school device from home, prior to using the SSL connect, the proxy settings on the laptop must be turned off. There […]

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Installing/Upgrading Target Tracker Sims Report Template

Download the template Browse to the website www.eesforschools.org/targettracker/downloads and click on “SIMS.net Data Extraction”. Click on the current “SIMS.net template for Target Tracker” link to download the template as highlighted in the picture below After downloading the file will need to be unzipped. Do this by double clicking the zipped folder and then clicking Extract […]

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Updating Target tracker pupils details

Check the current template version online Browse to the website www.eesforschools.org/targettracker/downloads and click on “SIMS.net Data Extraction”. Make a note of the version of the template as highlighted in the picture below. In the pictured example the version would be 15.   To generate the report From the Main Screen of Sims select Reports – Run […]

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