The past decade has seen political polarisation – accelerated by social media’s filter bubbles and echo chambers – deepen and mutate. An ominous era of a polycrisis has shattered any remaining societal consensus. Meanwhile, powerful anti-establishment voices have stepped into the void.

The concept of learning through play has been around forever. But advancements in digital culture have accelerated new innovations and enabled exciting opportunities to bring them together. How are schools and educational institutions incorporating edtech into lessons as a way of engaging students?

Pandemic-led changes in how we work and learn have exposed gaps in the UK’s education system, challenging employers and schools to consider how best to teach students and prepare them for the future. So, how can brands and businesses harness tech and partnerships to support young people?

An edtech platform has launched to help tutoring centres and home-schoolers by offering access to online content and interactive lessons. Since the pandemic has kept many children away from school, people are looking for extra support to keep their children up to date with the curriculum.

With school set to be an unspecified combination of online learning and IRL lessons through 2020 and for the foreseeable future, parents are altering their usual back-to-school shopping list. Expensive additions like desks and headphones are being added alongside the usual gear.