A Devon primary school will be at the heart of a national initiative to help schools and colleges in England to develop their use of technology in education when it hosts EdTech Week 2020 from 9 to 14 November.
Broadclyst Community Primary School, founding school of the Cornerstone Academy Trust (TCAT), has an international reputation for its use of IT and digital media in both teaching and learning. It is one of a network of schools and colleges, all selected by the Department for Education (DfE) as EdTech Demonstrator Schools with the aim of providing professional development for...
The University of Bristol is today announcing a new supporter of Compass – the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational Statistics and Data Science. South West based learning technology company Sparx, has agreed to sponsor a PhD student’s research project which will investigate new approaches to longitudinal statistical modelling within school-based mathematics education.
Sparx, which is located in Exeter, develops maths learning tools to support teaching and learning in secondary education. As an evidence-led company, Sparx has invested heavily in researching how...
Sparx, the socially focused learning technology company focused on improving numeracy around the world, has today announced the appointment of Colin Hegarty as Education and Schools Director.
As Education and Schools Director, Colin will spearhead the Sparx Family’s UK schools strategy, working closely with individual schools and groups of schools to understand their needs, as well as collaborating with educators to deliver maths learning technologies that generate measurable impact.
As an award-winning maths teacher and founder of HegartyMaths, which became a part of the...
Research is underway to understand how effective SMEs in the South West have been at using technology during the pandemic.
Exeter-based IT and support company, Timewade are running an online survey to understand successes and challenges, to feed back to the business community.
Already, some of the initial findings are providing invaluable insight, with just 16% saying their technology was fully prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic. Those taking the survey, which runs through the summer, will be the first to receive the full findings.
The world is facing a mounting waste crisis and an Exeter-based technology start-up has developed a new online system to help tackle the problem.
AnyWaste.Com ’s online waste booking platform is designed to help waste brokers and collectors manage their collections. The new platform – which is the first of its kind – will have a positive impact on the environment by simplifying licensed waste collection, whilst reducing waste and waste crime. Once fully operational AnyWaste.Com will enable customers to book waste collections directly, with full transparency about how their waste...
Sparx , the socially focused learning technology company, has today announced the appointment of Tim Oates CBE as the latest member of its Advisory Board.
Tim has had a 30-year career dedicated to educational research and is currently the Group Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge Assessment. Prior to this, he was Head of Research and Statistics at the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency. He was awarded a CBE for services to education in 2015.
Tim’s expertise and experience in educational research, and his passion for evidence-based pedagogy, will...
Personalised maths programme is powered by proven AI technology and incorporates Secondary Ready , providing maths support for children starting secondary school in September
Sparx – the socially focused learning technology company – has launched a national pilot for Numerise , an online, home-learning maths product for 10 to 16 year old's covering Key Stage 3 and GCSE Maths. To support parents with the current challenges of remote schooling, Numerise is available free-of-charge over the summer period.
Numerise draws on a bank of over 38,000 handwritten questions and 9,000...
Devon’s GP practices are helping the fight against COVID-19 by enabling patients to consult their doctor without leaving the house, either online, by the telephone or through video.
More than 90% of the county’s practices have now signed up to the eConsult online platform, which allows patients to access services from their smartphone, tablet or computer.
This represents a significant increase for Devon, which already ranked among the leading areas in the country for online consultation usage. Last month (March) more than 34,000 eConsults were processed by practices...
Sparx, the Exeter-based socially focused learning technology company has been named ‘Supplier of the Year’ at this year’s Education Resources Awards (ERA’s) for its innovative approach to maths learning and its focus on evidence-based technologies.
The ERA’s reward quality educational resources and aim to raise the standard of services and products by highlighting excellence in the industry. This year, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the winners were announced at a virtual awards ceremony on 27 March 2020.
An expert panel of judges selected Sparx as the winner in the ‘...
Tech firms in the South West are predicting a strong year of growth in 2020, according to the findings of the annual Tech South West survey.
Tech organisations from Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset took part in the survey.
It revealed that almost two thirds (64.8%) of technology firms in the region expect their company workforce to increase in 2020.
And positivity is on the up, with 69.5% of organisations expecting to fare better in 2020 than in 2019. This marks a shift from the results 12 months ago, when only 50%...
