Press releases
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12 August 2008
Research Director announcement
Futurelab’s Research Director, Keri Facer, will be leaving in the autumn. Keri has been with Futurelab since its launch and made a significant contribution to its development into one of the world’s leading R&D labs.
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30 July 2008
New work programme supported by Becta
Futurelab is undertaking a programme of work - supported by Becta - to contribute to the 'Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning 2008-14' strategy launched in July 2008.
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11 July 2008
Primary school pupils design play area: interactive fountain launched
Luckwell Primary School in Bristol is launching a new interactive and programmable water fountain co-designed by all 208 pupils and 14 staff.
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18 June 2008
UK education system needs to value Futurelab is calling for the UK education system to recognise the value of young people's learning and skills achieved though informal activities outside school.
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20 May 2008
Free online resource Exploratree to support pupil-led research projects
Exploratree is set to provide Key Stage 2-4 pupils with ready-made interactive 'thinking guides' or 'frameworks' to support their own enquiry projects and research.
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09 April 2008
Talk is cheap
Futurelab has launched Power League, a free online resource for schools which supports pupils of all ages to explore, debate and discuss any topic in a fun and easy way.
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02 April 2008
Learners are key to solving inequality in education
A new handbook from Futurelab shows how learners can play a key role in the design of educational technology, and so help tackle growing inequalities in education.
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14 March 2008
New Chief Executive appointed
Dr Stephen Breslin has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Futurelab. Stephen was previously Chief Executive of the Kelvin Institute.
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18 December 2007
Futurelab's Chief Executive
Chief Executive Annika Small will be leaving Futurelab in the spring. Annika joined Futurelab at its launch in 2001 and has been responsible for developing the organisation into one of the world's leading educational R&D labs.
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14 December 2007
Futurelab Ideas Incubator opens 21 January 2008
The Futurelab Ideas Incubator is seeking ideas for ways of using technology that open up opportunities for young people to reflect upon, develop and showcase their own
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19 November 2007
Big ideas from Enquiring Minds
Imagine children working in partnership with their teachers to decide their own curriculum and how they will be taught: a radical new vision of learning now available to all schools can make this a reality.
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25 October 2007
Interactive whiteboards must create new classroom interactions to transform learning
A new report released by Futurelab indicates that when used well, interactive whiteboards can have a positive and radical effect on teaching and learning.
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25 July 2007
Create-A-Scape wins New Statesman New Media Award
Create-a-Scape, Futurelab’s education-focused version of HP’s
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12 June 2007
Futurelab proposes new ‘charter of change’ to tackle the 21st century Futurelab has proposed a new ‘charter for change’ to tackle the
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11 June 2007
The best way to predict the future is to build it
The education sector, traditionally the poor relation when it comes to new technology, must have a hand in shaping technology appropriate for the networked generation of learners, warns a new report.
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26 February 2007
Futurelab challenges ‘factory-style’ schools
‘Factory-style’ schooling with a one-size-fits-all approach to learning must be challenged if we are to achieve a fully personalised education system.
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05 February 2007
New Schools can captivate students with the use of
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03 January 2007
New digital pet helps children get fit
Fizzees, a new ‘tamagotchi-style’ digital pet, is being developed to help tackle childhood obesity and motivate children to get fit and healthy.
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18 December 2006
School’s out – timely debate for BSF
A new report suggests that we urgently need to debate the future of education if the Government’s aim to rebuild or renew every secondary school is to be truly effective and deliver learning spaces suitable for the 21st century.
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15 December 2006
WANTED: Ideas for innovative tools for future teaching
Futurelab is seeking ideas for innovative tools to support teachers to learn, develop or teach in the future in its Call for Ideas which opens on 22 January 2007.
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23 October 2006
Children’s interactive playground – dot° scoops Innovate to Educate award
Two students from the Royal College of Art in London, Clara Gaggero and Sabine Fekete, have scooped the Innovate to Educate Award with an interactive playground concept called dot°.
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17 October 2006
New handbook: students should be heard as well as seen
A new handbook argues that for true educational reform to take place, the education community needs to alter its practices and enable students to become active partners in shaping their own learning.
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02 October 2006
Research concludes commercial computer games can support learning in schools
Commercial computer games have the potential to support learning in schools and teachers do not need to be games experts to use them effectively for teaching.
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19 September 2006
Innovative Futurelab has launched a free resource for schools that combines hands-on activity with state-of-the-art
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07 September 2006
International collaboration to transform education announced
Futurelab and the Singapore government agency, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), have announced a two-year partnership to develop digital learning resources that support new approaches to teaching and learning.
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18 July 2006
New curriculum based on personalised learning is to be introduced
An innovative curriculum, designed to explore the principles of personalised learning, will be trialled in two Bristol secondary schools from September 2006.
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13 July 2006
Computer games in schools: new survey reveals what students want
An Ipsos MORI survey investigating students' attitudes to mainstream computer games has revealed that three in five 11-16 year-olds would like to use computer games to learn in school.
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11 July 2006
New report: change needed in teacher training
A renaissance in teacher learning and development is required to meet the needs of an increasingly learner focused education system, claims a new report released today by Futurelab today.
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01 June 2006
New report: information society could lead to new approaches in education
The emergence of individuals learning and collaborating through
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02 May 2006
New report: education could look to The way that
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03 April 2006
Futurelab becomes an independent charity
On 1 April 2006 NESTA Futurelab became an independent charity known as Futurelab.
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27 January 2006
New signpost in Bristol enables public to teach themselves about space
Bringing the solar system to life in Bristol is the new Space Signpost, launched on 27 January by Futurelab and Dawn Primarolo, Labour MP.
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13 January 2006
Close to 60% of UK teachers want computer games in the classroom
A MORI Poll investigating teachers' attitudes to mainstream computer games has revealed that 59% would consider using them in the classroom for educational purposes.
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29 November 2005
New report: pupils should help drive learning
The logic of the education system should be reversed to conform to the learner, rather than the learner to the system, according to a new report and learner's charter launched today by Futurelab and Demos.
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24 October 2005
New award for Innovate to Educate is a new award for students working on degree and postgraduate projects in
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09 August 2005
EA launches computer games study with Futurelab
Teaching with Games aims to explore the practical issues surrounding the use of interactive computer games in schools and the changes needed to better support learning in schools across Europe.
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06 July 2005
Revelling in the innovations of the future for education at Futurelab's first Open House day
Policy makers and key figures from the education, technology and creative industries attend Futurelab's Open House event.
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28 June 2005
New research programme aims to change the way children learn
Futurelab and Microsoft Ltd today announced detailed plans for their three year Enquiring Minds research programme.
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09 May 2005
Experimenting with digital technologies will revive 14-19 education finds research from Futurelab
Futurelab's latest literature review suggests ways forward for using technology for 14-19 education.
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22 February 2005
Futurelab and Microsoft collaborate to develop an education system for Enquiring Minds
A major three-year partnership to develop the tools and resources required to enable children to become researchers and owners of their own learning.
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28 July 2004
Futurelab announces Design Challenge 2005
Futurelab is now calling for partners and teams across England to get involved in Design Challenge 2005.
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14 April 2004
Futurelab needs your ideas
If you have an idea that could change the way technology is used in education, then Futurelab wants to hear about it.
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20 February 2004
Futurelab announces 5th conference
Futurelab's 5th Conference, Digital Dialogues: Fostering Collaboration and Conversation in Education, takes place in Sheffield on 24-25 March.