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- With a new Prime Minister in office, what are the prospects for companies that sell to schools?
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- On YouTube you might come across ASMR. If you do, you might want to start running.
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- I was challenged to devise an ad for Schools.co.uk which included six randomly chosen words, twice.
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They are not “that kind” of email
Emails addressed to schools which use generic addresses (such as office@stjohns.northants.gov.sch.uk) and which don’t have any teacher details attached can of course still be used in the post-GDPR world. The reason for this is quite simple: the data used contains … Continue reading
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How are companies that sell to schools dealing with the new regulations?
Reaching thousands of teachers and school managers through their dedicated news service, without a single email in sight. UK Education News is an online rolling news service which is refreshed every five minutes. At the top of the page appear … Continue reading
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No email, no post, then what?
By Tony Attwood You won’t be surprised to see that I start this little piece by denying the validity of the premises behind that headline. Like many others I don’t believe that GDPR has meant the end of emailing, nor … Continue reading
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GDPR and schools the latest developments.
Opinions, as they say, are divided. And it is not my job to convince you one way or the other. But if you have been reading my commentaries on GDPR you’ll know that my view, from the information we’ve gathered, … Continue reading
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