Tag: teachers

Tech, teaching, and teens: UK expands facial recognition, boosts flexible work, and tackles youth unemployment

Facial recognition technology is rapidly expanding in UK policing Live facial recognition (LFR) is swiftly becoming widespread across England and Wales, with nearly 4.7 million faces scanned in the past year—double that of 2023. Police are investing heavily, with fixed cameras...

UK teachers offered incentives to make the job easier and more flexible

Due to an escalating crisis in teacher recruitment and retention, new incentives are being offered to make the job more appealing. This includes two free periods a week to give them a later start and lie-in, a nine-day fortnight, and...