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Glasgow-based This is Milk seeks investment for Neve Learning, its cloud-based Ed-Tech platform that has inclusivity and accessibility at its core. This is Milk seeks £1m of investment for its ‘neurodiverse first’ online learning platform, Neve which will meet the needs of people with learning challenges such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder or attention defi...
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Sarah Gilchriest, President of Circus Street, discusses why businesses should think about addressing the digital skills gap and diversity in parallel. When we look to the future, much feels uncertain, but one thing we can be sure of is that we will be living in a world where we are all more reliant on technology, be it as individuals or businesses. The problem, though, is at the moment we just ...
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The lowdown on Enliven, the Arnhem-based startup that's using game technology and VR to provide the next generation of empathy training and education. We mentioned recently that machines lack an understanding of emotion. They lack empathy. The truth, of course, is that plenty of human beings also, to one degree or another, lack some empathy. We may sympathise with someone, but we might not be a...
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The lowdown on Jiminny and its AI-driven system that transcribes and analyses sales conversations with customers and then provides tailored coaching to sales teams. With money getting tighter than ever, people are being more careful than ever about what they purchase, whether as individuals or as businesses. It has always been crucial to have good salespeople to back up a good product, but thei...
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The lowdown on GRNDHOUSE, the London-based startup that's on a mission to eradicate the stereotypes and make strength-based training accessible to all. If you’ve ever been a tad intimidated by the weights area in the gym or felt that strength training wasn’t really for you, perhaps it’s time to think again. London-based startup GRNDHOUSE is on a mission to eradicate the stere...
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Want to revamp or improve your business? Here are some tips on how helping your staff to improve their knowledge and skills can be one of the best ways to do just that. The workplace is changing rapidly, and the skills needed to succeed in today’s fast-paced business world are changing along with it. Upscaling the skills of your employees is the key to revamping your business and making i...
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The lowdown on Hack the Box, an innovative online cyber security training platform, enabling both individuals and organisations to level up their ethical hacking skills Cybersecurity. To most people, it’s a big, mysterious, almost futuristic concept. One of those things that is too big, in-depth, and unknowable for the average person to have any hope, or even need, of understanding. ...
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PlayerData is an Edinburgh-based startup that enables teams and coaches to unlock the data behind their performance, both on and off the pitch In the world of sports and athletics, sometimes the difference between winning and losing can be the smallest thing. In training, coaches are always looking for ways to get that tiny bit more out of players, out of their training methods, or out of the d...
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Beam, the training platform for homeless people is announced as the best emerging tech startup to bring positive social change through technology... Fantastic news for Beam, a training platform for homeless people as it has been announced as the national winner of the Super Connect for Good competition run by Hays, the recruiting experts, and global super connectors Empact Ventures. The compet...
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The lowdown on the Spanish startup Virtway and how it has used 3D to take the concept of virtual communities to the next level...   We have written previously about startups utilising virtual reality to improve this and that, and to make things more immersive. From virtual events to meetings, virtual reality can bridge the gap between two or more otherwise disconnected people in a way th...
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