Data supplied by GSMA — an organisation that represents mobile network operators — shows that there are already over 5 billion mobile phone users worldwide. And rising. This is why the education and training sector cannot turn a blind eye to these new initiatives. The response is mobile learning, which transforms these devices into teaching aids.

Find new work opportunities, contact collaborators, launch your personal project or meet potential customers. In a world dominated by technology, the on-line version of networking can give you a competitive advantage. This aside, it's a bad idea to underestimate the value of face-to-face contact.

The outlook for teachers around the world today is highly complex. Every day they face the challenge of engaging students who are different from those of the past and do not respond to the same stimuli, partly due to the influence of new technologies. To capture their attention, it is necessary to understand how the human brain works during learning, and this is where neurodidactics comes into play.

We all, at some point, face situations that put us to the test: loss, change and uncertainty. Resilience is not just about withstanding life’s blows, but about the ability to recover, adapt and, in many cases, emerge stronger from them. But how can we practise resilience in our daily lives?