https://www.edugeek.net/rss/1-edugeeknet-whole-site.xml/Whole site feedenLink 1: 5.3 — Blender Link 2: Blender 5.3 Release Notes - Blender Developer DocumentationTue, 10 Nov 2026 18:06:04 +0000Hi all, Errr... I havent visited Edugeek since 2010...'ish. Sorry about that. My original name on here was 'cpjitservices'. I'm Back! A lot has gone on in the past few years that is for sure! I am looking forward to joining in! ThanksTue, 10 Nov 2026 15:47:46 +0000Recently ordered one of these to store 30 14" Chromebooks. The Chromebooks fit fine, though I'd say a full basket is a bit heavy for HS1/2 kids, however the chargers... This design is just too wide to comfortably fill the strip. Surely they should state that? Our supplier "generously" offered to supply a load guaranteed to fit for only another £500. Not a happy bunny! I reckon I could do 2x Samsung, 1x alternative, 2x Samsung, 1x alternative, 2xSamsung. Not ideal, but 6 new chargers is better than 30. But which chargers? Obviously plenty on Amazon, but the cheaper ones always seem a bit risky... Any recommendations?Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:21:56 +0000We're recruiting an IT Technician to join Lift Schools and support our growing network of primary and secondary schools across Gloucestershire. 📍 Base: Lift Marling, Stroud (GL5 4HE) 💷 Salary: £30,000–£34,000 🕒 Hours: 37 per week | Permanent 📅 Closing date: 22 November 2026 You'll provide hands-on IT support across five local schools, troubleshooting hardware, software, networks and classroom technology. With four additional schools joining our hub from January, it's an exciting opportunity to help shape IT support across a growing region. We're looking for someone with strong technical troubleshooting skills, a proactive approach and excellent customer service. Experience in education technology would be an advantage, but isn't essential. 🚗 A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential, as travel between schools is required. Mileage is reimbursed. ✅ Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and Lift Schools benefits. Interested, or know someone locally who might be a great fit? We'd love to hear from you! Contact recruitment@liftschools.org for more info! 🔗 Apply here: https://recruitment.liftschools.org/jobs/vacancy/635/EduGeek/detail Please feel free to share with your local IT and EdTech networks! IT Technician Job Description and Person Specification [MASTERCOPY] (August 2026) (2).pdf **APPROVED**Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:37 +0000Our SMT recently asked us to blanket block shopping sites for all students DT dept are now kicking off as when doing research for product design they can't look at many of the sites they used to be able to? Do other schools set custom filter rules to allow DT students access to shopping sites?Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:05:11 +0000Two of my sites have had reports of thousands of blocked attempts to access the above site because "P*rnography,Advertising,Ad Blocking,Malformed URL". I can't find much out about the site and it seems to be down now. Ran from 0730 to 1445 yesterday on a handful of Android devices at each site. Oddly nothing at the third (yet?). I suspect it's a false positive but was wondering if anyone had any insight.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:32:24 +0000Anyone having any issues with YouTube being slow to load, or not loading at all today on Schools Broadband? 🤔 We're experiencing problems here and are trying to determine whether it's a wider Schools Broadband issue or something local to our site. Any feedback would be appreciated.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:12:50 +0000https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/11/10/microsoft-teaches-schools-that-free-email-was-just-a-phase/5308371 Hi there, I edit The Register in Europe and thought this might interest Edu Geek users. I'd be interested in your thoughts, Best wishes, PaulTue, 10 Nov 2026 11:19:58 +0000Hi there, I'm new here but I work as an IT Engineer at a school. A member of staff recently purchased a licence for a site called PythonGo. Works fine for staff, doesn't work for students, but that's not why I'm creating this thread. I have tried to contact them for support, they did initially respond but it's now been radio silence from them for a few days. I've tried scouring the web but I can't seem to find anyone else talking about it so I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with them?Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:53:18 +0000ICT Technician - Corpus Christi Catholic College - Leeds £28,597 - £31,021 Details here - https://www.corpusleeds.org/our-school/key-information/vacancies/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:23:40 +0000Presented by: Simon Mcnally (Sr. IAM Consultant Thales) Date/Time : 17th November @ 10.00am (GMT) Duration: 45 mins Platform: BrightTALK About this talk Thales is looking to start a conversation with schools and colleges about how they are approaching MFA in light of DfE guidance on keeping mobile phones out of classrooms. This presents a challenge for schools/colleges that might rely on mobile phones for authentication, particularly when looking to meet Cyber Essentials Plus MFA requirements. We invite you to join the conversation with Thales and Net-Ctrl as we explore this changing MFA landscape. We'll discuss the challenges facing education organisations, share ideas and approaches, and look at how schools and colleges can maintain strong security without compromising classroom device policies. We'll also briefly explore how Thales FIDO Security Keys provide phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication without the need for a personal mobile device. Register now to join the discussion with other education organisations. This will be a technically led session, and we actively welcome questions, discussion and the sharing of experiences.Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:37:37 +0000Morning all Hopefully someone can give us an idea of where to look - im posting on behalf of my assistant headteacher. Also if I should pose this question in the MIS forum, then let me know, but we don't seem to think the issue is with Bromcom We use Bromcom and have a dummy teacher setup up with an email address, which is actually a distribution group with all SLT staff members email addresses in it. When a particular behaviour event is entered by anyone an email is sent alerting the SLT members. At some point each day for the last few days it stops working. Works lovely when tested in the morning first thing but just seems to stop at some point Manually emailing the group works fine Can anyone give us ideas on what to check? TIATue, 10 Nov 2026 09:33:50 +0000Link: Tommy Walsh: Ground Force and Homes Under the Hammer star dies aged 69 - BBC NewsMon, 09 Nov 2026 16:02:10 +0000So, this falls under "that's weird, wonder if anyone else has seen this?". This has to be a display issue, I'm just not sure what. Bob's individual M365 calendar has free/busy availability visible to everyone in the organisation. Bob shares his calendar with Sarah (full access). Sarah's using Microsoft Edge to access the calendar via https://outlook.office.com. Sarah can see Bob's calendar and add items to it. As of today, shortly (5-15 seconds) after Sarah adds an item, 1-3 duplicate items are created in Bob's calendar (same time, details, title). Those duplicates are only visible to Sarah. Bob doesn't see the duplicates when looking at his calendar, just the single item. Other participants only get the one calendar item in their calendars. People looking at Bob's free/busy information only see a single item (as opposed to multiple events side-by-side in that timeslot). If Sarah adds herself as a participant, she only gets a single calendar item in her calendar. If Sarah deletes the calendar item she created from Bob's calendar, the duplicates do not disappear from her view of Bob's calendar. For Bob and everyone else, the (single) item they can see is gone. The duplicates are persistent - closing and re-opening the browser and refreshing the calendar view does not remove them. Using an Private Browsing window (to forget any Sarah-related oddness in the browser) does not resolve the problem. Any ideas?Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:22:02 +0000I'm interested to know if anyone is using or has looked at UniFi Talk as a telephony solution for your school? We currently have an old Mitel PBX with a SIP trunk and I'm looking into changing to a more modern solution. Thanks in advance.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:16:02 +0000Looking for an older laptop that will run XP. I no longer have any older kit hanging around and ebay is full or "sometimes does not boot" or "mint retro example, give me £200". Thought I'd ask hereMon, 09 Nov 2026 14:26:55 +0000Curious how access for NHS staff is facilitated. Different NHS trusts seem to take different approaches and have different expectations.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:22:01 +0000During my talk at the recent EdSec event in Derby I asked the room two questions: How many fire drills have you done in your career? The highest answer was about 130. How many outage or cyber drills? Zero, followed by laughter, which told me everything. That was the idea behind my talk entitled: 'Project Zero Day'. It proposes a planned drill where you pretend the systems have gone (nothing actually gets switched off) and find out how the register would be taken, parents contacted and get lunch served. The government’s Be Ready campaign asks households to be able to cope for three days without services. I’d wager most schools would be struggling by period two! Now the part I really want: your outage stories, and the stranger the better. At EdSec we heard from one network manager who admitted to starting a fire, which at least meant the fire drill got tested properly. What’s the oddest thing that’s ever taken your school offline? And what would stop you running a drill: time, leadership buy-in or fear of what you’d find? Anonymous replies are welcome. I’m taking the best (and worst) to school leaders later this month at an event in Brighton. Alan O’Donohoe Exa Networks / The Exa FoundationMon, 09 Nov 2026 12:58:10 +0000This seems to be something I come round to looking at about every 6 months and never end up with something we are 100% happy with. We are looking for a USB-C dock recommendation that provides good reliability. I wondered if anyone had a device they would recommend. We have docks in every classroom but still have regular issues with devices not connecting to the monitors. Power cycling usually fixes it, but it is getting a little wearing!Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:53:34 +0000Hello everyone, I have been given a task of setting up and configuring a Bambu Lab A1 to a community run slicer software called Orca Slicer. The 3D printer is already connected to our IoT network which sits under a separate VLAN and I am able to access this via Orca Slicer (with extra configs of course). However, the issue I am currently having is that it is not sending .3mf or .gcode files across the network to the 3D printer. Now I would suspect this to be either a Windows firewall which is blocking the ports it needs or whether Smoothwall, our onsite web filter is not allowing certain things through. So I am reaching out if anyone had similar problems with Bambu Lab printers in school environments? I'd be interested to hear from you. Many thanks, Ben IT Support TechnicianMon, 09 Nov 2026 12:52:57 +0000Hello all, We have been using SPIN safe browser on our school iPads (1:1, communal and shared) to provide a safe/locked down web experience for our pupils and has apparently worked without any tickets being raised, however, as of last week their filtering service has gone offline which in turn has blocked all web browsing on the iPads (all other browsers have been removed from the devices). So far I've had no interaction with my support request from SPIN/Boomerang after a week, so have been looking at alternative options. My first port of call has been just using Safari along with Jamf Web Content Filter, but some of the teachers feel that is letting them access things SPIN didn't (I've no way of checking until SPIN starts working again). I'm just looking to see what other tried and tested method (ideally with no cost) others use.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:22:31 +0000What's everyone's interpretation of "where possible" in this standard? Does it apply to the whole standard or just the bit about diverse routing? We don't have diverse route cabling to every switch (does anyone?), so does that mean it's not possible therefore doesn't apply, or should I be looking to run a second cable to each edge switch (about 30 switches, in my case)? Does not being able to afford to do that also constitute it not being possible?! As this is in the "network switching" category it is a core standard and therefore one we need to meet by 2030, but if it were in "network cabling" (which seems the more logical place for it), we'd only need to meet it when we replace our existing cabling.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:34:38 +0000Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:37:47 +0000I'm looking at getting new firewalls. Sonicwall has been suggested by one company. My internal bias says cheap and cheerful. just from things I've read having never used them. Anyone have strong feelings about them either way? Currently the options are Fortinet, Meraki, Sonicwall, so any opinions on any of those would be gratefully recieved.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:13:01 +0000A large multi-academy trust is seeking a Director of Digital to lead their IT service across all academies. Your new company This is a large, well-established and ambitious multi-academy trust in the South West, bringing together a diverse family of primary and secondary schools (31, supporting over 14,500 pupils) united by a clear commitment to improving outcomes and opportunities for young people. The organisation places collaboration at the heart of its approach, encouraging schools and central teams to share expertise, develop best practice and benefit from the strength of working collectively, resulting in excellence and high achievement across all schools. The Trust has a strong culture built around collaboration, aspiration, integrity, compassion and respect, with a clear focus on supporting both its pupils and its people. It is committed to continuous improvement and professional development, while retaining the individual identity of the schools within its wider family. This is an exciting environment in which to take on a newly created senior leadership position and play a key role in shaping how digital, technology and data can support the Trust's continued development and future ambitions. Your new role This is a newly created, trust-wide leadership role, offering the opportunity to define and deliver a modern digital strategy across a complex, multi-site education environment. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you will lead the organisation’s digital function and shape its future operating model, organisational design, skills and capabilities. As Director of Digital, you will also work closely with the Executive Leadership Team, senior leaders and schools to ensure technology supports the Trust’s wider strategic ambitions. As the Trust’s senior digital leader, you will take ownership of its digital strategy, technology roadmap, architecture and technical standards. You will oversee major transformation programmes across areas including Microsoft 365, cloud technology, cyber security, data and responsible AI adoption, ensuring investment delivers measurable improvements for schools, staff and pupils. Working closely with the fractional CTO, you will also lead the development of secure, resilient and consistent digital services across the organisation. You will provide strategic leadership to digital colleagues based centrally and within schools, creating a collaborative, service-led culture with clear standards and opportunities for professional development. Working closely with headteachers and Trust leaders, you will ensure that schools are involved in decisions and receive responsive, high-quality digital support that enables teaching, learning and effective school operations. This is a highly influential role combining strategic leadership, transformation and commercial responsibility where you will oversee digital budgets, procurement, supplier relationships, information security and digital risk, while providing clear advice and assurance to executive leaders and governance committees. Ultimately, you will ensure that technology gives staff more time to focus on young people and provides every school with a safe, secure and forward-looking digital environment. Please note the trust is able to offer hybrid working, however you will need to be based at the trust head office, or in trust schools 3 days a week, therefore you must be able to commute regularly to the South West. What you'll need to succeed To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced and credible digital or technology leader with a strong track record of leading teams and delivering transformation across a complex, multi-site organisation. You will bring exceptional leadership capabilities, with the ability to inspire, develop and bring people with you, creating a high-performing, collaborative and service-focused culture. Alongside strong strategic and technical understanding, you’ll be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, comfortable operating at executive level, influencing senior stakeholders and translating digital strategy into meaningful organisational change. Experience within education or the public sector would be advantageous, but most importantly, you will be a forward-thinking, people-focused leader with the vision and drive to take an established team forward and shape the Trust’s digital future. What you'll get in return This is an incredibly exciting newly created role offering you the opportunity to shape and evolve the Digital team at the trust and in return, you’ll receive a competitive salary of between £87,000 and £98,756 dependent on experience, as well as an excellent public-sector benefits package. This includes 31 days’ annual leave, three additional Christmas closure days and bank holidays, alongside membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. You’ll also have access to a range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including an Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health support, Cycle to Work and Tech Schemes, staff discounts, eye care and flu vouchers, as well as discounted EV charging where available. There is a strong commitment to your continued professional development and long-term career progression. You’ll receive a personal budget for CPD, conferences and professional networks, alongside support towards full or chartered membership of a relevant professional body such as BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. The organisation also supports senior leadership development and active participation in sector networks. Flexible and compressed working arrangements are available, with a minimum of three days per week based at the Trust’s HQ or across its schools. Please get in touch with me directly at isobel.godber@hays.com to discuss in more detail. The role closes on Friday 4th December. **APPROVED**Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:38:45 +0000