EdTech Innovation Hub

Kudos to the person who once said, “People and time will teach you more than books ever could. Books give you knowledge. People give you perspective. Time gives you the truth.” - Unknown. Photo credit: Unsplash And that, in a nutshell, is the plain hard truth. As an educator , there’s only so much you can teach with a textbook. That’s all theory. But once they see or read about someone else’s liv…

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities was recognized for a regional hackathon model combining policy briefs, expert mentorship, student engagement, and real-world technology challenges. APRU Tech Policy Hackathon won Best Use of EdTech in Higher Education at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 The APRU Tech Policy Hackathon 2025 has won Best Use of EdTech in Higher Education at the in…

OpenAI for Singapore will create more than 200 technical roles, establish the company’s first Applied AI Lab outside the United States, and support education, workforce, and enterprise AI adoption. OpenAI has launched OpenAI for Singapore, a partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information backed by more than S$300 million. Image credit: OpenAI OpenAI has launched OpenAI for S…

Learnetic was recognized for EdTool, an AI-powered platform that connects lesson creation, assessment, feedback, analytics, accessibility, and content access in one teaching environment. EdTool won Best AI-powered EdTech solution at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 EdTool, developed by Learnetic, has won Best AI-powered EdTech solution (RoW) at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 ,…

Reflective Intelligence was recognized for a peer-led reflection game designed to support educator purpose, professional connection, wellbeing, and retention. The Examina won Best Teacher Empowerment Tool at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 The Examina, developed by Reflective Intelligence, has won Best Teacher Empowerment Tool at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 , with judges r…

The Google I/O announcements bring voice drafting to Docs, Gmail, and Keep, alongside AI image editing, AI Inbox updates, and Gemini Spark. Google has announced new artificial intelligence features for Google Workspace , including Docs Live for voice-based document drafting, Google Pics for image generation and editing, AI Inbox updates, and Gemini Spark, a personal AI agent in the Gemini app. Th…

The MIT Center for Real Estate is building regional hubs, student projects, and alumni links across Asia-Pacific and Gulf Corridor cities. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate plans to add a Hong Kong hub to the MIT Asia Real Estate Initiative, alongside existing hubs in Tokyo and Dubai. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate has expande…

The Devonshire Square site will support AI learning, customer demonstrations, Salesforce Ventures portfolio companies, and student skills activity in the City of London. Salesforce has opened a new AI Centre at Devonshire Square, creating an expanded London Campus alongside Salesforce Tower. Salesforce has opened a new AI Centre at Devonshire Square in the City of London, creating an expanded Lon…

Five inception-stage AI startups from Midwest research universities will receive Microsoft, NVIDIA, mentorship, workspace, and investor network support. The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has announced the first AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has named the…

The integration lets users generate, edit, resize, translate, and repurpose Canva designs through prompts inside Gemini . Canva has added a Google Gemini integration that lets users generate, edit, resize, and repurpose designs through @Canva prompts. Canva has expanded its AI assistant integrations with a new Google Gemini connection, allowing users to create, search, summarize, edit, resize, an…

The UK peer has questioned whether sandbox powers linked to AI regulation will receive enough public engagement and parliamentary scrutiny. Lord Holmes has questioned whether UK AI Growth Lab legislation will receive enough public engagement and parliamentary scrutiny. Lord Holmes has raised concerns that UK legislation linked to the proposed AI Growth Lab could give ministers too much power to a…

Google Labs experiments and new Science Skills in Google Antigravity are designed to support literature review, hypothesis generation, computational discovery, and life sciences workflows. Google announced Gemini for Science at Google I/O, including experimental research tools in Google Labs and Science Skills in Google Antigravity. Google has launched Gemini for Science , a collection of experim…

Learning by Questions was recognized for evidence-informed classroom practice, real-time diagnostics, workload reduction, and measurable impact across UK schools. Learning by Questions won Best Digital Learning Platform for Schools at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 Learning by Questions has won Best Digital Learning Platform for Schools at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 , wi…

The Sound of Trust report says 77 percent of U.S. parents have heard inappropriate music in apps with their children, while 84 percent say it reduces trust in the brand behind the product. Feed.fm’s The Sound of Trust report found that 77 percent of U.S. parents said their child had heard inappropriate music inside an app. Feed.fm has published a report showing that U.S. parents are hearing inapp…

AI research, classroom tools, workforce learning, higher education, and sector recognition shape this week’s ETIH countdown. The week’s biggest EdTech stories show a market moving quickly from product claims into deployment, governance, evidence, and adoption. AI remains central, but the week was also shaped by the ETIH Innovation Awards , which put sector recognition, evidence of impact, and rea…

The new Director General for Digital and Infrastructure will lead a 1,800-person DDaT function, build a data spine across education and care, and oversee high-risk capital programs including RAAC-related safety decisions. England’s Department for Education is recruiting a new Director General for Digital and Infrastructure, with responsibility for AI, data, cyber resilience, digital services, and…

The first FLIE cohort worked with university researchers on medical technology projects, combining NSF I-Corps training with customer interviews, market analysis, and investor-style pitches. The Future Leaders in Innovation and Entrepreneurship program cohort. Photo credit: The Ohio State University The Ohio State University has completed the first cohort of a program that places MBA students ins…

The NEXT 2026 program will run in September, with selected students taking part in mentoring, workshops, and industry sessions at McLaren , Allwyn, Cisco, and Schneider Electric. McLaren Racing has opened applications for NEXT 2026, a 25-place STEM program for young women from the UK, U.S., and EU. Photo credit: McLaren Racing. McLaren Racing has opened applications for a 25-place STEM program fo…

Blackboard was recognized for combining AI innovation, accessibility, analytics, and measurable institutional impact in a cloud-based learning platform for higher education. Blackboard won Best Digital Learning Platform for Higher Education at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 2026 Blackboard has won Best Digital Learning Platform for Higher Education at the inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards 20…

The AI app-building platform now lets teams save design workflows, QA checklists, tone of voice rules, and other repeatable instructions for future builds. Lovable has launched skills, allowing users to save repeated instructions and workflows for AI-assisted app and website builds. Lovable has launched skills, a new feature that lets users save repeated instructions and workflows so the AI app-b…