According to the European Commission, spending on education across Europe is decreasing and stagnating, posing a real threat to Europe’s potential for growth. This impacts us all, and therefore we believe that bold and innovative approaches based on strong multi-stakeholder partnerships are crucial. We also believe that the benefits that technology can bring, both in and for the classroom, have never been more important to realize.
At Microsoft, we work closely with local, regional and national governments, and focus our efforts on support for three main areas: modernizing education, ICT skills training, and providing low or no cost technology that helps students learn, educators teach and administrators manage the business of education. Read more»
Around 15 years ago, two Microsoft employees – Laurent Ellerbach and Morris Sim – came up with an idea to engage students from around the world, and to inspire them to push their technology skills and innovation to the limit. This was the birth of the Microsoft Imagine Cup. To … Read more »
Today, on World Refugee Day, we join the world in focusing on the global refugee crisis, sharing stories to help raise awareness of the challenges facing millions of people around the world – people like Mohamed, a refugee from Sierra Leone, who has been living in Italy for one and … Read more »
A revolution is happening in education. The instigator? Technology. Just as workforces around the world are being transformed by devices and the cloud, so too are our classrooms – from kindergarten all the way to university research labs. In May 2017 in New York, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, spoke about … Read more »
While the rapidly growing technology sector is creating 120,000 new jobs each year, the European Commission has warned that in 2020, there will be a shortage of 900,000 jobs in the technology field, due to differences in demands and available skill. These figures are a cause for concern, but we … Read more »
Earlier this year, Microsoft published a piece of ground-breaking research which showed that in Europe, many girls lose interest in STEM subjects around the age of 15. The research – which involved a survey of 11,500 women between the ages of 11 and 30 across 12 countries in Europe – … Read more »
As part of its commitment to equip more young people with digital skills, Microsoft has announced a one-year pilot programme to help STEM subjects become more engaging in schools across Europe. The announcement follows the publishing of a Microsoft report earlier this year, which shows that on average, most girls … Read more »
Microsoft’s Education announcement event in New York revealed a whole host of new products and services inspired by teachers and students, designed to take educational experiences to a whole new level: Windows 10 S and new affordable PCs Windows 10 S is a new experience of Windows streamlined for security … Read more »
This International Girls in ICT Day it’s clear – when girls win, we all win. There’s no escaping it: the impact of STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and maths – are crucial in today’s connected world. Not too long ago, anyone who wanted to surf the web had to … Read more »
Microsoft has revealed 17 groundbreaking projects for funding as part of its 2017 Research Scholarship Programme. A total of 17 PhD projects have been selected, 13 of which have originated in the UK, from a wide range of universities including the University of Cambridge, York, Imperial College and the University … Read more »
