There’s no doubt, as an Education leader, ICT causes you one of the biggest headaches.  But have you ever thought about your role and how you can affect it?  Often the truth is it’s not simply the ICT people’s fault.  It’s a symptom of a wider issue, indicating a lack of clear ICT vision and direction. 

In our role as ICT advisors to the UK Education market, we have worked with hundreds of trusts, schools and academies.  One thing we can say with absolute confidence is that, properly organised and analysed, data can be an important strategic tool for Education leaders. 

Cyber threats come in many different forms.  At the moment, ‘ransomware’ attacks have been getting a lot of press coverage; some of us might even have experienced one first hand.  For an attack to be successful, cyber-criminals need to target users, such as systems administrators, who have full access to a wide amount of data. 

The GDPR. We all know it’s coming

Our conversations with Trusts and Schools reveal one disturbing thing: school leaders are not being offered the opportunity to understand how the GDPR needs to be addressed strategically.

We are rectifying that.

This seminar on 10 October, between 9.15 to 12.00, at the Double Tree Hilton, Newbury, will help you find out...

Schools and GDPR – have you taken the first crucial step?

If you haven’t done so already, now is definitely the time to carry out a data audit.  Any education leaders who ignore this advice do so at their peril.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming fast. From 25th May 2018, schools, academies and trusts will need to have changed the way...

Choosing an ICT partner for your school or trust? Then read this first.

We work with many leaders in schools and trusts who have a clear vision for their organisation. They know that ICT is key to fulfilling that vision. However, when it comes to choosing an ICT partner to help them leverage ICT to achieve their goals, they can struggle. There are a lot of...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming. We all need to know about it and make sure we’re compliant with it.  This is the first in a series of Novatia blogs, and seminars, to help the UK Education Market understand what the GDPR is and what the GDPR means for schools.

We know the August results are etched in your mind. All schools will want to share the great news of your success and take an in depth look at the results and what they mean.

You will need to be able to investigate each area of student performance to begin to understand where interventions have made a significant impact and where improvements have been made.

Follow our seven point checklist to make sure you choose the right ICT partner …

In today’s evolving digital world, how do you ensure that a new educational building has an ICT infrastructure that not only performs well and adapts swiftly now and in the future, but is up and running on time?

We’ve worked with a lot of schools over many years and can see clearly when MATs are heading to a point where their data is getting out of control.  In our experience, there are three pinch points that could easily tip a good data management process into a chaotic one if not handled carefully: