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Unit 8200 Bot: Unit 8200 research: update

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Unit 8200 research: update

Tamasin Cave: /* People (Education) */

2016-09-28T12:23:03Z

People (Education)

Tamasin Cave: /* Google and corporate education reform */

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Google and corporate education reform

Tamasin Cave: /* Google and corporate education reform */

2016-07-13T13:37:57Z

Google and corporate education reform

Melissa Jones: /* Former lobbyists */ missing ref

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Former lobbyists: missing ref

Melissa Jones: /* US lobbying agencies */

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US lobbying agencies

Melissa Jones: /* UK Lobbying agencies */

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UK Lobbying agencies

Richard Bew: /* UK Lobbying agencies */

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UK Lobbying agencies

Tamasin Cave: /* UK think tanks */

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UK think tanks

Tamasin Cave: /* UK think tanks */

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UK think tanks

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 ''Education Week'' also quoted a digital-privacy lawyer, Bradley S. Shear, who posed a hypothetical situation in which a teacher using Google Apps for Education emails a parent with information related to a child’s disability status or mental health. The contents of such an email could be used by Google to build a digital-user profile that might follow that student indefinitely. “Who knows what the hell Google is doing with that information, and who knows what problems it could cause for that child in the future,” he said. “Years ago, it might have been put in a filing cabinet, but it wouldn’t be tagged to the child forever.”<ref>Benjamin Herold, [http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/03/13/26google.h33.html Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages], ''Education Week'', 13 March 2014</ref>
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 ===US headquarters===
 :1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
 ==References==
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 *[[Liz Sproat]], Google’s Head of Education in Europe, responsible for working with universities and schools to bring technology into the classroom; previously spent more than a decade at [[Pearson]], during which time she ‘secured relationships with UK universities to offer online and blended learning programmes globally’, including working with Ministries in the UAE, Saudi and Nigeria.
 *[[Robin Schlinkert]], Sales manager at Google; former Senior Associate at [[McKinsey & Company]]; Trustee of the [[Teacher Development Trust]].
 ==Lobbying==

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 ==Google and corporate education reform==
-::'Education is a cornerstone strategy for tech giants like Google'.<ref>[http://www.whiteboardadvisors.com/files/whiteboard_insider_DEC_final_2.pdf Education Insider: Investor Perspectives], Whiteboard Advisors, December 2015</ref>
+Education is described by lobbyists [[Whiteboard Advisors]] as a 'cornerstone strategy for tech giants like Google'.<ref>[http://www.whiteboardadvisors.com/files/whiteboard_insider_DEC_final_2.pdf Education Insider: Investor Perspectives], Whiteboard Advisors, December 2015</ref>
-Google is a major player in the digitisation of learning and the move towards online learning. Like [[Apple]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Amazon]], [[Google]] is described as 'moving aggressively into the education market'. 'Beyond the potential of selling their products to a previously untapped trillion-dollar industry, there’s a chance to create lifelong brand fans by connecting to younger generations as early as possible via schools', says website Recode<ref>[http://www.recode.net/2016/6/24/12014994/ed-tech-entrepreneurs-educational-technology-investment-big-four Here's why the Big Four’s investments in education are great for ed-tech entrepreneurs], Recode website, 24 June 2016</ref>
+Google is a major player in the digitisation of learning and the move towards online learning. Like [[Apple]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Amazon]], [[Google]] is described as 'moving aggressively into the education market'. [[Jim Knight]], former UK Schools Minister and edtech lobbyist, said of the big tech companies moving into education:
 It is pushing hard into the world’s classrooms by reaching out to teachers, schools, districts and governments around the globe. Malaysia, for example, decided to adopt Google Apps as part of its reform of its education system. It is also a major investor in education technology companies, such as [[Renaissance Learning]] and [[Clever]], through [[Google Capital]] and [[Google Ventures]].<ref>[https://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/meet-google-capital-which-invested-just-40m-in-renaissance-learning Meet Google Capital, which invested just $40M in Renaissance Learning], Gigaom, 19 February 2014</ref>

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 ::'Education is a cornerstone strategy for tech giants like Google'.<ref>[http://www.whiteboardadvisors.com/files/whiteboard_insider_DEC_final_2.pdf Education Insider: Investor Perspectives], Whiteboard Advisors, December 2015</ref>
-Google is a major player in the digitisation of learning and the move towards online learning.
+Google is a major player in the digitisation of learning and the move towards online learning. Like [[Apple]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Amazon]], [[Google]] is described as 'moving aggressively into the education market'. 'Beyond the potential of selling their products to a previously untapped trillion-dollar industry, there’s a chance to create lifelong brand fans by connecting to younger generations as early as possible via schools', says website Recode<ref>[http://www.recode.net/2016/6/24/12014994/ed-tech-entrepreneurs-educational-technology-investment-big-four Here's why the Big Four’s investments in education are great for ed-tech entrepreneurs], Recode website, 24 June 2016</ref>
 It is pushing hard into the world’s classrooms by reaching out to teachers, schools, districts and governments around the globe. Malaysia, for example, decided to adopt Google Apps as part of its reform of its education system. It is also a major investor in education technology companies, such as [[Renaissance Learning]] and [[Clever]], through [[Google Capital]] and [[Google Ventures]].<ref>[https://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/meet-google-capital-which-invested-just-40m-in-renaissance-learning Meet Google Capital, which invested just $40M in Renaissance Learning], Gigaom, 19 February 2014</ref>

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 ====Former lobbyists====
-*[[Rachel Whetstone]], former head of communications and public policy at Google, based in Google’s US headquarters; Whetstone left Google in May 2015 and moved to [[Uber]]. Whetstone has Conservative politics in her blood. Her grandfather helped found the free market think tank the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], where her mother is still a director. Both she and her partner, [[David Cameron]]’s former chief strategist, [[Steve Hilton]], were for a long time part of Cameron and [[George Osborne]]’s inner circle. They went horse- trekking together.
+*[[Rachel Whetstone]], former head of communications and public policy at Google, based in Google’s US headquarters; Whetstone left Google in May 2015 and moved to [[Uber]]. Whetstone has Conservative politics in her blood. Her grandfather helped found the free market think tank the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], where her mother is still a director. Both she and her partner, [[David Cameron]]’s former chief strategist, [[Steve Hilton]], were for a long time part of Cameron and [[George Osborne]]’s inner circle. They went horse- trekking together. <ref> ref needed! </ref>
 *[[Amy Fisher]] formerly Google's PR chief for European affairs;<ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=36 People: Amy Fisher], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref> Fisher became a special adviser to Justice Secretary, [[Chris Grayling]]. She is currently head of press at [[Conservative Party Campaign Headquarters]] (CCHQ).

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 ===US lobbying agencies===
-Google's lobbying spending in Washington is now on par with the largest U.S. corporations. For instance, Google spent $5.1 million on lobbying during the first quarter of 2015. It also employs a large number of lobbying firms in the US to lobby on its behalf, including [[Dutko Grayling]], [[Crossroads Strategies]], and [[Franklin Square Group]].
+Google's lobbying spending in Washington is now on par with the largest US corporations. For instance, Google spent US$5.1 million on lobbying during the first quarter of 2015. It also employs many lobbying firms in the US to lobby on its behalf, including [[Dutko Grayling]], [[Crossroads Strategies]], and [[Franklin Square Group]].
 ==Affiliations==

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	*[[Blue Rubicon]]<ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000006ZygGAAS Blue Rubicon profile, 2016], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 29 April 2016</ref>		*[[Blue Rubicon]]<ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000006ZygGAAS Blue Rubicon profile, 2016], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 29 April 2016</ref>
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		+	*[[Whitehouse Consultancy]] <ref> add UK registrar ref here </ref>

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	*[[Portland Communications]] (c2005-6 -).<ref>[http://www.prca.org.uk/assets/files/March%202014%20-%20May%202014%20Consultancy%20Register%20PDF.pdf In-House and Individuals Register March to May 2014 - See more at: http://www.prca.org.uk/paregister#sthash.RKrndBwh.dpuf] ''PRCA'', accessed 28 January 2015 </ref> A senior figure at Portland said that Google remained a client of Portland, even though the bulk of the work had gone to [[Open Road]]. "We’ve still got a retained relationship," they said.		*[[Portland Communications]] (c2005-6 -).<ref>[http://www.prca.org.uk/assets/files/March%202014%20-%20May%202014%20Consultancy%20Register%20PDF.pdf In-House and Individuals Register March to May 2014 - See more at: http://www.prca.org.uk/paregister#sthash.RKrndBwh.dpuf] ''PRCA'', accessed 28 January 2015 </ref> A senior figure at Portland said that Google remained a client of Portland, even though the bulk of the work had gone to [[Open Road]]. "We’ve still got a retained relationship," they said.
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		+	*[[Blue Rubicon]]<ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000006ZygGAAS Blue Rubicon profile, 2016], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 29 April 2016</ref>

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 ===UK think tanks===
 *Google has funded the UK think tank the [[Policy Exchange]]. In June 2014, Google sponsored its ''Technology Manifesto'', which called on politicians of all parties to make technology central to their thinking for the 2015 general election.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/category/item/technology-manifesto Technology Manifesto], Policy Exchange, June 2014</ref>
-*[[RSA]]: Google is a corporate sponsor of the [[RSA]] (the [[Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]).<ref>[https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/governance/rsa-impact-report-2015.pdf RSA Impact Report 2015], RSA
+*[[RSA]]: Google is a corporate sponsor of the [[RSA]] (the [[Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]).<ref>[https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/governance/rsa-impact-report-2015.pdf RSA Impact Report 2015], RSA website, accessed Feb 2016</ref>
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