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Julian McEwen

Having spent two decades in education and edtech, I have cultivated an understanding of how technology can enhance learning environments. My work largely involves operations and fostering a collaborative company culture, something I consider integral to the success of any organisation. While my experience includes marketing and compliance, my primary focus and passion lie in shaping cultures that inspire continuous growth and improvement. Through this blog, I aim to share insights from my journey in the edtech space.

Take Your Enrolment Management System from Stressful to Streamlined With an All-in-One Platform

“They’re heeeerrrre.” The yearly blitz of back-to-school commercials featuring more backpacks, binders, and (spoiler alert) carabiner hand sanitizers than you can shake a stick..

The Evolution of the School Management System: PART 2

...And we're back to transport you further along the evolutionary timeline - unearthing even more fascinating insights in our special school management system origin story.

LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Compliance

We are extremely proud and delighted to announce that MySchool is now fully compliant with the widely recognized LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard. This standard was..

The GDPR and school suppliers

As a controller, your school is responsible for the security and processing of all personal data you collect. This responsibility extends to the data you share with any third..

MySchool update version 1.5

We're excited to launch an overhauled timetable configuration tool with version 1.5 of MySchool.

GDPR - The Data Protection Officer

The appointment of a data protection officer is one of the more daunting requirements of the GDPR. The concept of the DPO has been around for a long time and a number of countries..

GDPR Awareness. What you should do right now.

The thing about the GDPR is that it's not going away and it's not going to pass by silently on May 25th 2018. It's designed to make everyone sit up and take notice. The truth is,..

School Management Software to help bring your school community closer

Why use MySchool school management software to run your school? Let's take a look from a few different stakeholder perspectives and show you how MySchool can be the glue that..

Unpacking Personal Data under the GDPR

The GDPR defines personal data as: "... any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be..

Consent in the GDPR

Consent is not a new concept and has been a core part of data protection & privacy laws for decades. However the GDPR raises the bar considerably on 'conditions for processing'..

EU GDPR Summary for Schools

You may be wondering why we need new privacy laws. As it stands, data privacy laws vary from country to country within the EU, with little harmonisation. This causes confusion,..

The true value of school management software

Like all tools, the real value comes from not what they can potentially do but what you actually do with them. This is particularly true of school management software which can..