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As one of a handful of companies worldwide, Hable are accredited to deliver Microsoft’s flagship Education Transformation Framework and their excellent device deployment programme the Project Management Resource Kit.

Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me  This is the first of a blog series about what it’s like to be a part of the Hable team from a personal perspective. 

Bristol University is undertaking an ambitious project on New Ways of Working, read how Hable helped them to understand how the Surface Hub could enable their make members make the most of their New Spaces, New Tools & Smarter Working”

1:1 device projects can empower students to achieve more, but how can a small school implement it with limited resources – check out how Bill & Jenny deploy and manage Windows 10 S devices in their school.

We are proud to announce a new partnership with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) that will see Hable deliver a Comms & Training programme to over 3000 staff across the UK.

In January, Hable established a partnership with HP for Education (HPfE) to bring innovation and technology to schools and colleges across the UK.

At the beginning of last year, we were approached by Microsoft to help them design courses aimed at schools who wanted help with their education technology curriculum and strategies. We didn’t want to create the usual sales pitch, so we made a video series (which is honestly way better than most Netflix original series!)

Bristol University is undertaking an ambitious project on New Ways of Working. Read how we helped them to understand how the tech could enable their staff members use New Spaces, New Tools & Smarter Working.

I am writing a blog series about my personal perspectives as a Master’s student on the role that technology plays in Education. Click here for Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII. This weeks is Microsoft’s Teams first year anniversary. I am taking this occasion to write a few blogs on how itRead more

For those two or three people who haven’t heard of Minecraft, it would be fair to describe it as sensationally successful computer game which gives ultimate creative freedom and unbridled joy to millions. Perhaps the most straightforward way to summarise it is to quote the the GamePedia wiki: ‘gameplay involves players interacting with the gameRead more

I am writing a blog series about my personal perspectives as a Master’s student on the role that technology plays in Education. Click here for Parts I, II, III, IV and V. In his book, Klaus Schwab describes the Fourth Industrial Revolution as “… a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digitalRead more

What is Surface Hub? “Surface Hub is a powerful team collaboration device designed to advance the way people work together naturally.” https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-surface-hub/en-gb/faq A powerful interactive whiteboard One of the easiest uses to grasp is using the Surface Hub as an interactive whiteboard – though it’s way more powerful than a normal interactive whiteboard as itRead more

I’m writing a blog series about my personal perspectives as a Master’s student on the role that technology plays in Education. Click here for parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. How can students (and lecturers) at University effectively collaborate in teams in a secured environment, communicating, co-ordinating and aligning their efforts in a way thatRead more

HP for Education, an industry-first scheme, helps UK schools get more value for money from their education technology by allowing those that invest in HP hardware to collect credits or cashback of up to £250 per device. These can then be leveraged by schools against Hable learning or technical services.

Review365 is a fast, efficient and flexible appraisal tool, which allows organisations to take a more strategic approach to performance management and the identification of training needs.

Blog written by Mark S Steed, MA (Cambridge), MA (Nottingham), MSc (Ashridge-Hult Business School) – Director of JESS, Dubai Appraising Ben.  Every school has a Ben. Ben doesn’t prepare lessons or mark pupils’ work on time; Ben has poor classroom control; Ben uses outdated pedagogy and Ben is uninspiring; BUT each year Ben’s classes getRead more

Introducing Review365 Hable is about to enter our 4th year. The first 3 years have been a tremendous journey, working with almost 100 customers – from the smallest school to the Houses of Parliament – and now its time for us to take the next step.

Collaboration (1 of 2) | A Students’ Life with EdTech #3 How can students and lecturers at University leverage the power of OneDrive to increase collaboration and productivity on campus? I am writing a blog series about my personal perspective as a Master’s student on the role that technology plays in education. Click here forRead more

University Applications process | A student’s life with EdTech #2 Last week I announced a blog series where I will be sharing my personal perspectives as a Master’s student on the role that technology plays in Education. Today I want to talk about my experience with online applications for University and give some tips onRead more

Introductions first My name is Oliviero Iurcovich. I like to define myself as a coffee-loving, Italo-Argentinian global citizen with a passion for technology in Education. I have lived and studied in Italy, Hong Kong and Surrey as a Management student. My drive and passion directed me to one of the world’s largest organisations, Microsoft. Here,Read more

Hable is almost 3 years old now and we’ve been growing steadily. To give us national coverage our team predominantly work from home and cover geographical regions. We have people in Oxford, Marlow, London, Sheffield, Nottingham, Norfolk, Birmingham, Bath and Mid-Wales! We’re the classic “Virtual Team”

For a keynote at a developers’ conference Apple announced a surprising amount of new hardware at WWDC last Monday. As well as “Kaby Lake” processors in the MacBook Pro, iMac, and MacBook ranges there was Apple’s take on the Amazon-Echo-crossed-with-Sonos-speaker, the HomePod. And there was the expensive, beautiful, wallet-shredding, VR capable, inaffordable iMac Pro thatRead more

As a teacher I’ve been in this situation many times. I want to teach ICT and do a good job of it, but in the back of my mind is an anxiety: will it take the whole session to log on? Will all the computers have the software or app I need? Will there beRead more

Based at Senate House near Russell Square, the University of London is one of the oldest universities in the country, with many affiliate colleges and research institutes making up a student body of over 170,000. As part of their ongoing strategy of providing innovative academic services and infrastructure they are going through a big change initiative called Programme Beveridge,Read more

As part of Hable’s contract to oversee the institution-wide adoption of Office 365 we’ve been walking the floors of the University of Arts London. We went desk to desk to meet people, answer their questions, and inspire them to get collaborating with their teams more effectively. The aim was to show people what’s possible withRead more

What happens in Dubai, stays in Dubai, right? Wrong. What happened in the bustling, modern sandpit that is Dubai last weekend was too inspiring not to share. I was in town for the first ever JESS Digital Innovation Summit, which took place at the fantastic Arabian Ranches campus of JESS Dubai – who just happenedRead more

This story was originally posted on the Microsoft UK Schools Blog HERE The following is a guest post from Gerald Haigh, and looks at the way King’s School, Macclesfield, has been planning for its future with Office 365 and the help of Hable, a Microsoft in Education partner. Office 365 is available to staff and studentsRead more

Last week Microsoft revealed more details about Microsoft Classroom, as part of a broader announcement about their tools for education (including Office365, Windows & Minecraft).

I’ve just been reminded about how tough the battle between IT and the Business can be. I was presenting to a group of customers at a University and in the room were representatives from a few different departments. The meeting had been organised by IT and they had invited some of their business stakeholders

Its Black Friday today and as usual, everyone is going bonkers. Last year I bought a 3-pack of Duck Tape and a Roy Keane autobiography from Amazon on Black Friday after a bottle of red wine (true story), and a year later I have still have not opened either!