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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 9d

@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com - these don’t make sense to me?! I’m not using all the credit, using over 50% and try to pay it down?!

Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 14d

I am getting to speak at the Google UK HQ in November about some of my favourite topics! If you work in education - you can come for free! @concero.education

Details: rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/conce...

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · 18d

Excited to announce @edtechpeople.co.uk discussions! Find out more: www.edtechpeople.co.uk/discussions-...

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · Sep 12

Worth noting for schools or LAs who are looking at changing MIS. Bromcom have happily bullied schools in the past, but seem to struggle with providing a basic service
schoolsweek.co.uk/mis-outage-l...

MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 11

The team @secureschools.bsky.social are the best in the biz. This is a must read report.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Sep 11

🔒 'Too many leaders still see cybersecurity as an ‘IT issue’. It isn’t. It’s a leadership issue'

@secureschools.bsky.social CEO, Paul Alberry

Our report shows too many leaders still ignore cybersecurity

Published today, the report makes for sobering reading in the light of recent widely-reported breaches

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 11

So many schools duplicating software for no real reason other than piss poor planning or being scared to change fully.

One of the key areas seems to be safeguarding/classroom management/filtering. Unfortunately because the word safeguarding is involved it’s easy to be scared into buying things

Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 10

Just shy of 13,000 students and teachers migrated into tenancies this summer, and 2,400 devices enrolled into Intune across 20 schools.

Total includes those moving into a central tenant and those fully adopting Intune and 365 for data storage.

Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 10

Wow, what a week or so for @bromcom.bsky.social with their issues.

Feel for the team supporting, but it shouldn’t even be possible for an outage to go on that long without backup infrastructure or roll backs

Schools should be actively encouraged to have continuity plans for these kind of things.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 10

Question - will it have subtitles or extremely large speakers playing it 24/7?

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 8

After migrating some 8,500 thousand users this summer across over 20 schools - the best part is still the training and seeing everyone understand why we helped them move.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 7

Do you wanna take that chance?

Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 7

Nope, just “critical or important” security updates - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecy...

Product Lifecycle FAQ - Extended Security Updates

Lifecycle FAQs around the Extended Security Update program.

learn.microsoft.com

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 7

It’s not though. ESUs don’t cover all updates. Only those classified as urgent or critical. It’s a false sense of security, and if schools haven’t planned for this over the last 4 years then there are serious problems.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 7

This. And also, done correctly - you should only need to do it when you are doing something you wouldn’t normally do.

Paul Sharpe @pauldsharpe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cyber security - the solutions that should be put in place are simple. The action of convincing people it’s a necessity is the difficult part.
“MFA is an inconvenience” - if it’s not in place and we become a victim of a cyber attack, that’s the inconvenience.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Sep 7

If you’ve gone back to a school this September and it’s still running Windows 10 - I’d have serious concerns, either they can’t afford to keep systems safe, or, they have someone telling them they are safe, when they clearly are not.

Or they just don’t care 🤷‍♂️

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Tracey Pitts @traceypittsedu.bsky.social · Aug 29

Big news for students and teachers! 🥳 Microsoft Word now defaults to saving to the cloud, meaning an end to lost work! What's your take on this update? More info here: buff.ly/vaI0zHl Microsoft Tech Community #Microsoft #EdTech

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Aug 6

I am afraid, when I go diving - if there was no water, it wouldn’t be as fun.

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Jul 24

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jul 24

🤝 a 3.2% pay rise for school support staff has been agreed between national employers and two out of three unions

3.2% pay rise for school support staff agreed

But unions say workers 'will be disappointed' and 'far more' will be required in the future

schoolsweek.co.uk

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EduGeek.net @edugeek.net · Jul 17

The EduGeek EDIT conference returns on Fri 26th Sept! Join us at the National Space Centre, Leicester from 10am. Huge thanks to SalamanderSoft for sponsoring. Free tickets coming soon!

Info: edugeek.me/to/edit25

#EDIT25 #SalamanderSoft #edtech #UKSchools #UKEducation #Education #EduTech

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jul 17

'Schools are not using poor technology because they want to.' Unions say more funding is needed if schools are to meet proposed government technology standards by 2030

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-say-...

Schools say they need more funding to hit 2030 tech target

Schools have said more funding is needed if they are to hit the government's six planned tech targets by 2030

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Jul 9

The news of Horner’s sacking was unexpected but I am afraid I just can’t have any respect for him after his lies. Sure, he has achieved some fantastic things - but at what cost to the team long term?

Also, notice how he didn’t thank drivers in his post?

Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Jul 9

On Tuesday I drove to @thorpepark.bsky.social - and was very pleased to just pull into a ev charging bay, and pay significantly less then I would at the services to charge - sure it took longer, but I didn’t care as I was on a roller coaster.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Jul 7

Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS. Nearly 4 years after its release, Windows 11 has hit a milestone ahead of Windows 10's end of support. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/699161/...

Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS

Windows 10 will no longer be supported in October

www.theverge.com

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Matthew Setchell @matthew.setchell.me.uk · Jul 7

Using 365 admin very slow this evening as well.