Bodyswaps blog.

Client success spotlight: Empowering Health and Social Care champions at Burton and South Derbyshire College - Preparing for growth in healthcare

At Burton and South Derbyshire College, we believe in nurturing digital champions who can lead the way in transforming education across sectors. This year, our...

Education

October 16th 2024

How Moulton College achieved over 400 Bodyswaps VR sessions in four months

I recently had the chance to catch up with Paige from Moulton College. Since Moulton College officially started deploying Bodyswaps in the curriculum in March...

Education

October 2nd 2024

Bodyswaps' accessibility updates

As part of our mission to make Bodyswaps accessible to more learners, our team has been hard at work to implement a range of new features in our app and across...

Education

September 30th 2024

There was more to Meta Connect than the Orion Glasses

Currently, I’m stranded at Atlanta Airport, waiting for Hurricane Helene to "chill" (I’m fully embracing my new Californian vocabulary). This unexpected...

Education

September 27th 2024

How the team at Northampton College engaged staff and students with Bodyswaps

Northampton College has successfully integrated Bodyswaps into their tutorial program, achieving 1,148 sessions over the past 10 months. This success stems...

Education

September 16th 2024

Maximise your ESSER funds before the deadline

With the deadline for spending ESSER III funds looming, it’s time for school districts to truly maximize the funding. Since ESSER I was introduced as part of...

Education

August 16th 2024

FE Sussex’s Digital Transformation for Employability with the Local Skills Improvement Fund

FE Sussex and LSIF FE Sussex is a consortium of the seven Sussex FE and Sixth Form colleges. When it came to LSIF funding, the group had clear priorities...

Education

June 11th 2024

What Student Champions Learnt from Deploying Bodyswaps at Bentley University

(From left to right: Colin Minarik, Alden Shoemaker, Vinny Paratore, Andre Noonan, Lucas Fernandez de Assis) Bentley University, in Waltham,...

Education

January 17th 2024

How to Measure Soft Skills for Student Readiness in a Post-Pandemic World

The importance of soft skills for student readiness The World Economic Forum Future of Jobs report predicts that by 2025 critical thinking, complex...

Education

December 28th 2023

Life Skills for Students: Building a Foundation for Employability and Beyond

What are life skills? The World Health Organisation defines life skills as the abilities that enable people to effectively tackle the demands and...

Education

December 22nd 2023

Empathy in Education: How to Help Students with Anxiety Thrive

What is anxiety? Everyone will have moments where they feel anxious - extreme feelings of nervousness that often have physical symptoms like sweating or...

Education

December 18th 2023

6 AI- & Technology-Driven Solutions for Enhancing the Student Experience

The importance of the student experience A student’s experience at university or college can have a large impact on various aspects of their time in...

Education

December 14th 2023

The Power of Effective Communication in Healthcare

With plenty of research highlighting the harm that inadequate communication causes in healthcare, the question becomes how do we improve and enhance...

Education

December 12th 2023

Meet the Team: Tylar & Courtney

Get to know our team across the pond! A big highlight of our 2023 has been officially opening our US office in Raleigh, North Carolina. And we’re...

Culture

December 1st 2023

5 Reasons Why FE & HE Institutions Should Adopt Scenario-Based Learning

Scenario-based learning has been steadily growing in popularity across education, but what exactly is it? Should you be using it in your institution? In...

Education

November 21st 2023

Higher Education Digital Transformation: A Short Guide for HE Innovators

Know your institution could benefit from new technologies but unsure where to start? We’ve put together a guide of the key steps to consider for implementing a...

Education

November 17th 2023

Addressing Inequality in UK Education: Bridging the Gap for Students with SEN & ESOL Students in the Age of Digital Transformation

Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), known as Additional Learning Needs (ALN) in Wales and Additional Support Needs (ASN) in Scotland, or...

Education

November 10th 2023

Advancing Education: Meta-Backed Research Projects Revolutionise Learning for Business and Healthcare Students

In partnership with Meta, we are proud to reveal the list of schools selected for not one but two groundbreaking research projects. These initiatives...

Education

November 6th 2023

Enhancing Graduate Employability: Six Ways to Create Job-Ready Graduates

Students Look to the Future 49% of students stated that they consider career prospects to be the most important factor when it comes to deciding where to...

Education

November 3rd 2023

Meet the Team: Ryan, Elyse, and Dan

Learn some surprising facts about the Bodyswaps team Introducing: Ryan, Elyse, and Dan - three more members of our team, who all have different roles to...

Culture

October 27th 2023

How to Elevate Student Engagement With the Power of Technology and AI

Introduction It’s undeniable that the merging of technology into education took a giant leap during the COVID-19 pandemic, when reliance on technology...

Education

October 23rd 2023

How Technology and AI Can Transform Negotiation and Conflict Management in Your Business School and Beyond

It’s unquestionable that negotiations and conflicts are a part of our daily lives, impacting us both personally and professionally. From navigating...

Education

October 18th 2023

Bodyswaps and Sage Unveil Negotiation and Conflict Management VR Experience for Business Education

VR experience provides immersive learning for soft skills training in higher education We’re proud to announce we have collaborated with Sage to...

Education

October 17th 2023

Harnessing AI in Education for the Benefit of Educators and Students

Education 4.0 and the AI Revolution The ongoing flood of artificial intelligence headlines in education news clearly signifies how such advancements in...

Education

October 11th 2023

Unlocking Educational Excellence: A Digital Transformation Framework for the Future

What is Digital Transformation? The world of education is undoubtedly becoming more and more digital as the days go by - with a lot of this transition...

Education

October 5th 2023

Meet the Team: Paige, Charlotte, and Shubham

More of the team from behind the scenes at Bodyswaps In the last one of our ‘Meet the Team’ blog post series we introduced you to Liz, Laura, and Janie....

Culture

September 29th 2023

Meet the Team: Liz, Laura and Janie

Get to know the team behind Bodyswaps. Here at Bodyswaps our team is evolving faster than ever to support the growing demand for our immersive soft...

Culture

August 29th 2023

Can Soft Skills be Developed Effectively Through the Use of VR?

Amidst the challenges posed by Covid-19, learners have expressed hesitancy in public speaking and diminished confidence in face-to-face...

Education

August 4th 2023

The Royal Society of Medicine - Difficult health conversations are no game

Having difficult conversations with patients is an undeniable reality in healthcare. VR could transform how they unfold. A blog post for the British Medical...

Healthcare

July 6th 2023

Doctors to Harness Virtual Reality to Master Navigating Difficult Conversations

With ever-growing pressures on the NHS, dealing with angry or frustrated patients and their relatives has become increasingly common for those working in...

Healthcare

June 20th 2023

University of Northampton - Creating new opportunities with VR and AI

The University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus was created to bring in new and emerging digital practices and technologies to supplement students’ learning,...

Education

June 14th 2023

What does the Apple Vision Pro mean for the future of XR in Education?

TL;DR: If the Vision Pro truly delivers what's promised in its grand launch, we can get ready to embrace the Third Screen - a revolutionary shift in the...

Education

June 7th 2023

Southampton City Council - DWP minister visits Southampton for AI-powered job seeking scheme

A work and pensions minister who used to be the MP for Eastleigh returned to Southampton today to see how AI and virtual reality (VR) are helping young people...

Corporate

May 25th 2023

University of Saint Thomas - STELAR Brings Virtual Reality and AI Into the Classroom

On a spring evening at the University of St. Thomas, two dozen MBA students learned what the task ahead of them was: to give feedback on a project to Jeremy, a...

Education

May 9th 2023

Sage and Bodyswaps to Create Virtual Reality Experiences to Support Business Education

We're proud to announce our expanded partnership with Sage, a global academic publisher, to develop immersive experiences for soft skills training in...

Education

May 2nd 2023

AI in Education: Atlantis or Armageddon?

How do leaders in Education feel about the rise of large language models and generative AI? How are Edtech giants planning to use it? I just came back...

Education

April 24th 2023

University of the District of Columbia - Integrating Virtual Reality into HR Management Course

The University of the District of Columbia is integrating Bodyswaps as part of their Human Resources Management course.

Education

March 30th 2023

King's College - Occupational Therapy instructors launch virtual reality program

King’s College occupational therapy students can now better develop essential patient interaction skills through a pilot virtual reality program made possible...

Education

March 12th 2023

How to Engage Students in Developing their Soft Skills – A Case Study

About Located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, City of Wolverhampton College has 4,500 students enrolled as of 2010.

Education

February 27th 2023

The College of New Jersey - New virtual reality tool helps nursing students find their voice

There’s a lot of serious training that goes into being a nurse: running an IV drip, drawing blood, checking vital signs. But a big component of the profession...

Education

February 23rd 2023

3 ways ChatGPT will transform soft skills learning in education

“ChatGPT will change the world; the tech prophets say, but how is ChatGPT going to change the way we learn soft skills? Will Artificial Intelligence...

Education

February 2nd 2023

106 institutions to deliver soft skills training in VR through Bodyswaps and Meta Immersive Learning grant

We’re thrilled to announce, together with Meta Immersive Learning, the final list of higher and further education institutions to participate in our Immersive...

Company News

January 26th 2023

3 Trends for VR in Higher Education in 2023

Let’s get right to it: here are 3 trends I expect to play out for VR in the Higher Education market in 2023. TL;DR: #1 - Acceleration of hardware adoption

Education

January 20th 2023

Bodyswaps and Royal Society of Medicine to design healthcare training powered by AI and VR

We’re proud to announce that we have partnered with the Royal Society of Medicine to create exclusive healthcare training simulations powered by artificial...

Healthcare

January 18th 2023

Bodyswaps and Meta Immersive Learning Partner to Launch Grant

Bodyswaps announces exciting partnership with Meta Immersive Learning to empower 100 higher and further education institutions with access to virtual reality...

Company News

November 16th 2022

Bodyswaps partners with Arbor XR to turbocharge VR deployment

Bodyswaps is partnering with ArborXR to make it easier for institutions to deploy VR modules at scale, painlessly. Arbor XR is a tool to remotely manage...

Company News

September 7th 2022

The Top 5 Questions about VR & Soft Skills Training

The following blog was originally posted on PIXO VR's website following an interview with Christophe Mallet, Bodyswaps's CEO. Companies often do not...

Education

September 1st 2022

Top 500 VR apps for education (2022)

This resource was created by Rob Theriault, a pioneering VR educator currently working as Immersive Technology Manager at Georgian College. The list...

Education

August 11th 2022

Teaching Emotional Intelligence Through VR

Virtual reality (VR) software is starting to be more widely used in different aspects of life outside of entertainment and games. A previous report by PwC

Education

June 24th 2022

Student interview: “How VR helped me get my first internship”

Interview originally published on the University of Liverpool'scareers blog. Anna Martin, a second year Biological Sciences student, came into the...

Education

June 21st 2022

20 universities and colleges join forces with Bodyswaps to explore VR for learning

The Immersive Learning Research Programme aims to demonstrate the potential of VR for teaching students essential soft skills. London, May 17h, 2022 Over...

Education

May 11th 2022

Download your exclusive demo on the Pico Store

Bodyswaps just launched on the Pico store. To celebrate the launch, we're offering our 'Active Listening' module for free.

Education

April 25th 2022

The Future of Job Interviews (BBC News interview)

What's the future of the job interview? Bodyswaps' CEO Christophe Mallet, sat down with Elizabeth Hotson for the BBC News' 'Business Daily'. Christophe...

Company News

April 20th 2022

Bodyswaps’ complete Virtual Reality Anti-Racism experience available now

British EdTech start-up holds up a mirror to the blind spots around our own biases and helps learners reflect on the behaviors that have been so...

Education

April 4th 2022

Bodyswaps is now available on the Pico Store

The Pico version of Bodyswaps is now also available on the Pico App store. Alternatively, it can be sideloaded using SideQuest or another MDM of choice...

Company News

March 29th 2022

The Evolution of Higher Education: How VR Is Changing The Game

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, it forced the entire higher education field to reinvent the way we teach and innovate. Even prior to the pandemic,...

Education

March 18th 2022

Bodyswaps delivers its first new Anti-Racism VR experience

Learn to challenge racist microaggressions with this free new VR experience London, March 3rd, 2022Leading VR soft skills training provider Bodyswaps is...

Education

March 3rd 2022

Bodyswaps at Ahead by Bett 2022

On 23-25 March 2022, Bett is back at the ExCeL London for three days of inspiring content, networking and innovative product demonstrations. Find us in...

Company News

February 23rd 2022

Bodyswaps selected to the GSV Cup Top 20

London, February 22, 2022Bodyswaps has been selected to the Top 20, the acclaimed list of finalists in The GSV Cup — the world’s largest pitch competition for...

Company News

February 22nd 2022

The future is here and it’s looking pretty meta

Chris Mallet explains how the latest advances in virtual reality could be game-changers for teachers in FE colleges For those in education who do not...

Education

January 13th 2022

Top 10 VR Apps for Education in 2022

For obvious reasons, 2021 has seen a dragster-like acceleration of the adoption of digital technologies for education, consolidating the learnings of...

Education

December 21st 2021

Tomorrow’s classroom, today

Whether you think Facebook’s view of the ‘metaverse’ is a good thing, or prefer the more tongue-in-cheek assessment that went viral and even received a...

Education

December 13th 2021

Sandwell College students take part in global virtual reality study

Students test innovative tech to improve their interview skills LONDON, December 2nd, 2021Sandwell College has been taking part in a global project...

Education

December 1st 2021

Bodyswaps and SAGE Publishing launch Virtual Reality resource for Health and Social Care Training

VR experience demonstrates benefits of immersive learning for soft skills training in higher education LONDON, December 1st, 2021Bodyswaps is partnering...

Healthcare

November 30th 2021

No more classrooms – 5 best uses of VR in Education

VR, as a learning medium, has been shown to increase memorability (Allcoat, 2018), boost emotional engagement (PWC, 2020) and even reduce unconscious...

Education

November 8th 2021

Bodyswaps takes part in prestigious immersive technology programme

Earlier this year Bodyswaps joined the accelerator programme (ACE IT) developed by London College of Communication, University of the Arts London and ...

Education

November 8th 2021

Virtual Reality as a coaching tool

Watch the recording of the 2021 CoachTech Summit to find out how VR can be used as a coaching tool. Bodyswaps' CEO Christophe Mallet demonstrates how...

Company News

October 26th 2021

Introducing Ben Naughton-Rumbo: Bodyswaps’ new Head of Partnerships

We’re excited to welcome Ben to the team! Ben is an experienced sales professional (Growth Tribe Academy, The Marketing Society, HedgeBrunch) and...

Company News

October 25th 2021

VR insights from educational institutions

What training do you most want? Since May 2021, Bodyswaps has been working with a select group of partner organisations to pilot our Job Interview...

Education

October 10th 2021

VR Simulator sets students up for job interview success in France

Following the release of the Job Interview Simulator in May, we’ve started deploying the solution at a number of educational institutions all over the...

Corporate

September 14th 2021

Bodyswaps now also on Pico

The entire Bodyswaps platform is now also compatible with the Pico Neo 2 The Pico Neo 2 is a stand-alone VR headset with room scale VR (6DoF) and is...

Company News

August 25th 2021

Bodyswaps now on Vive

The entire Bodyswaps platform is now available for the Vive Focus 3 The Vive Focus 3 headset provides a viable standalone alternative to Facebook’s...

Company News

July 28th 2021

From Greek Gods to Superheroes

Destiny and demographics As the job market stagnates and employers create ever-dwindling numbers of entry-level jobs, young people face increasingly...

Education

July 26th 2021

Virtual Reality helps students build skills for the modern workplace

Results are in after 5 FE colleges trial immersive ‘Career Mindset Development’ programme LONDON, July 6, 2021 Following the completion of a...

Corporate

July 5th 2021

VR helps colleges tackle soft skills crisis

While schools have been working hard to maximise academic achievement, new research shows that soft skills are equally, if not more important than hard...

Education

July 5th 2021

Bodyswaps partners with TDP to accelerate behavioural transformation

LONDON, June 15th, 2021 We’re delighted to announce our partnership with TDP, a leading transformation, development and technology consultancy. By...

Education

June 15th 2021

VR increases students’ access to careers guidance

UK job opportunities for young people are in crisis Even before COVID-19 struck, young people were already bearing the brunt of the job shortage. Of 3.5m...

Education

June 3rd 2021

Learning with VR: challenges and impact

Watch Alex Bishop, Investment Manager at Ufi VocTech Trust catch up with Christophe Mallet, Co-founder & CEO of Bodyswaps on: the company’s journey to...

Education

June 3rd 2021

Virtual reality simulator set to transform job interview training

Bodyswaps launches immersive interview simulator to help young job seekers land their first job LONDON, May 27th, 2021 Bodyswaps’...

Education

May 26th 2021

Bodyswaps partners with Immerse to help bridge the soft skills gap

Bodyswaps helps bridge the soft skills gap through immersive training experiences LONDON, May 13th, 2021 Bodyswaps is excited to announce its...

Education

May 13th 2021

Project (VR)² = Vocational Rehabilitation Meets Virtual Reality

How virtual reality transforms vocational rehabilitation services LONDON, March 31th, 2021 Bodyswaps has partnered with Viability, Link To VR, ...

Company News

March 29th 2021

Five ways VR scenarios can enhance your soft skills training blend

If there’s one thing Covid-19 has shown us, it’s the value of incorporating digital components in remote education and training. And while many students...

Education

March 11th 2021

Bodyswaps launches its Career Mindset Development programme

Several FE colleges to deploy Bodyswaps' latest career development simulations LONDON, February 22, 2021 Bodyswaps is proud to announce its...

Company News

February 16th 2021

Bodyswaps nominated as finalist for Accenture’s Blue Tulip Awards

LONDON, January 26, 2021 We're delighted to have been nominated amongst the Education & Employment Top 5 by The Blue Tulip Awards Team (formerly known as...

Company News

January 27th 2021

Bodyswaps wins Bronze at the Learning Technologies Awards 2020

BODYSWAPS wins Bronze at the Learning Technologies Awards LONDON, November 18, 2020 Safeguarding VR, the project BODYSWAPS developed with the...

Company News

November 18th 2020

Ruth Hill joins Bodyswaps as Head of Learning Design

Introducing Ruth Hill: Bodyswaps' Head of Learning Design We're very happy to announce that Ruth Hill has just joined us as Head of Learning design. Ruth...

Company News

November 6th 2020

Bodyswaps partners with Viability to launch (VR)²

(VR)² = Vocational Rehabilitation x Virtual Reality How can immersive learning help students transition from school into adult life? We're...

Company News

October 27th 2020

Bodyswaps finalist at the LPI Awards

LONDON, October 21, 2020 It's been a pivotal year for the L&D sector. The spotlight has been put on technologies to help rebuild learning, not only to...

Company News

October 21st 2020

Bodyswaps has raised £470k

BODYSWAPS has raised £470k in Seed funding led by Ufi Ventures BODYSWAPS, the leading VR platform for soft skills training, has raised £470k from Ufi...

Company News

October 13th 2020

Bodyswaps now available on mobile & PC

BODYSWAPS Gender Inclusion now available for iOS and Android BODYSWAPS' is now accessible on mobile and PC and we've made our Gender Inclusion training...

Company News

October 8th 2020

David Ripert joins Bodyswaps as non-exec director

Introducing BODYSWAPS' first non-executive director: David Ripert We're pleased to announce that our long-term friend and advisor David Ripert has...

Company News

October 5th 2020

Bodyswaps shortlisted for 2 Learning Tech Awards

LONDON, September 10, 2020 Safeguarding VR, the project we developed with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy has been shortlisted today for 2 Learning...

Company News

September 10th 2020

Bodyswaps: a success story for VR soft skills training

This post was originally published on Digital Catapult's website in June 2020 Bodyswaps® pivots and obtains investment for VR soft skills...

Company News

July 9th 2020

Safeguarding VR wins European Future of Work Awards!

We're proud to announce that Safeguarding VR, the project we developed with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy has won an IDC European Future of Work...

Company News

June 23rd 2020

Interact interview with Christophe Mallet, BODYSWAPS’ CEO

This post was originally published on Interact's website in June 2020. BODYSWAPS had partnered with Interact, a London-based learning provider to...

Company News

June 9th 2020

VR and the future of learning in the post-Covid world (Keynote)

This keynote was originally given as part of EdtechX 2020: a global online education conference focused on the future of learning in a world disrupted by...

Education

May 14th 2020

VR & mental healthcare training

This article was originally published in Laval Virtual's magazine special edition on Health which can be downloaded in full here. In the world of mental...

Healthcare

April 24th 2020

VR Soft Skills Training: How to Deploy It

VR for Soft Skills: moving from "Why" to "How" Academic research results and case studies have firmly established VR as a powerful tool to...

Education

April 7th 2020

5 Best Uses of VR for Soft Skills Training

As the World of Work rapidly evolves towards greater automation, organisations and individuals are looking to upskill what can’t be automated: mindset,...

Education

March 26th 2020

EdTechX Interview

EdtechX interview with Christophe Mallet, CEO of BODYSWAPS. 1. Tell us a little about BODYSWAPS BODYSWAPS’ mission is to democratise transformative soft...

Education

March 13th 2020

BODYSWAPS® wins £200k grant from Innovate UK

We are thrilled to have won a £200k grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, as part of its Immersive Technology Investment Accelerator...

Education

January 23rd 2020

BODYSWAPS®win 2 awards at Virtuality Paris

Last Friday, France's leading immersive tech show Virtuality organised their first XR awards ceremony, for which 60 judges evaluated over 150 projects in...

Company News

November 25th 2019

3 Key Studies About VR & Behavioral Change

Learning is experience, the rest in information. Immersive Learning is much more than a cost-saving strategy for organisations looking to scale soft...

Education

September 16th 2019

BODYSWAPS® shortlisted by the VR Awards!

We're proud to announce that BODYSWAPS®, our soft skills simulator, has been shortlisted for a VR Awards in the "VR Education and Training of the Year"...

Company News

June 20th 2019

5 Questions about VR & Soft Skills Training

Interview with Christophe Mallet, co-founder of Somewhere Else. 1. How do you think VR can develop key soft skills in leaders? In VR, you can step in...

Education

June 17th 2019

First Pitch, First Win for BODYSWAPS®!

On September 24th, we were invited by ISG to compete in their Start-Up Challenge organised as part of the Future Workforce...

Company News

April 26th 2019

Training for the Future & The Future of Training

The Context: Industry 4.0 We are living in a very special time. We live in the age of self driving cars, where computers read X-Rays better than humans,...

Company News

April 16th 2019

The Future of How We Think

Immersive technologies are at the forefront of fundamental learning and development transformations. People and organizations need to continuously learn....

Education

December 11th 2018

Extended Mind Vol 2: Experience Tomorrow’s Learning, Today

Today, virtual reality is in the perfect position to address the challenges of the training industry. VR presents us with a unique opportunity to reduce...

Education

August 29th 2018

The Extended Mind 1: Our Brains Are Spilling Out

The Future of How We Think: Part 1 You don’t only think with your mind. Your notebook is part of your thinking. So is your pen, your smartphone - your...

Education

May 16th 2018

3 Ways VR is Transforming Learning & Development

Immersive tech and training go back 50 years, but how has that relationship changed? VR Training VR Training by Immersive tech: Are we in for disruption...

Education

April 25th 2018