• What innovative approaches to data in education and children’s social care could increase staff capacity and reduce workload?
Background
Technology, including digital technology and artificial intelligence, has great potential to transform lives, but we need to develop our expertise to deploy them well, and to help learners, families and carers to use them safely and judiciously, taking account of the need for a healthy balance of “screen time” and time away from screens. (For brevity, please read all references to children as encompassing both children and young people where appropriate).
Full details can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-areas-of-research-interest
Next steps
Get in touch with research.engagement@education.gov.uk
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
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VITA
Invision360 is a UK-based software SME, led by Phil Stock (CEO and strategic oversight), Gemma Johnson (COO and programme management), and Chris Augustine (COO). Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) require a signif...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses innovative approaches to data in education and children's social care by developing a platform using AI/ML to automate EHCP generation.
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Southampton Solent University and Five Rivers Child Care Limited
To create and embed innovative capabilities for managing data using intelligent mobile-health (m-health) tool for real time decision making supporting children in residential/foster care and to develop m-health applicati...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on managing data using m-health tools for children in residential/foster care, which partially aligns with the question on innovative approaches to data in education and children's social care.
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ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes
National and local organisations produce a wealth of valuable data, which can be used to understand how we can reduce the number of children at risk of poor social, health and educational outcomes. However, at present, t...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
Fully relevant as it aims to reduce the number of children at risk of poor outcomes through data analysis and research.