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          Bett 2025 Awards                                         •  International Digital Educational Resource
                                                                      (Non-UK Curriculum) - NetSupport -                         DEVELOPMENTS
          We conclude this review of Bett 2025 with one of the
                                                                      classroom.cloud
          major centrepieces of the event, the Bett 2025 Awards.
          Presented by invitation only in central London, the 22                                                                 IN EDTECH
                                                                   •  IT Support Service - LGfL - The National Grid for
          Awards were as follows:
                                                                      Learning
            •  Outstanding Achievement - Professor Rose
                                                                   •  Assessment Planning and Progress Monitoring
               Luckin
                                                                      - PAGS
            •  AI for Teaching and Assessment - Olex.AI
                                                                   •  Secondary Digital Learning Product - Olex.AI
            •  AI in Education: Workload Reduction -
                                                                   •  Primary Digital Learning Product Wider
               TeachMate AI                                                                                                      Big Bang set for Expansion                             Dr. Kevin P. Stenson, Director of The Royal Air Force
                                                                      Curriculum - ClickView
                                                                                                                                                                                        Charitable Trust, says:
                                                                                                                                 Engineering UK is partnering with The Royal Air Force
            •  Ahead by Bett: Higher Education Technology
                                                                   •  Primary Digital Learning Product Language                  Charitable Trust to expand the reach of its Big Bang     “ The RAF Charitable Trust, powered by RIAT, is
               Award - Quizziz
                                                                      and Literacy - Education Shed - Spelling Shed              at School Blueprint programme whereby secondary          delighted to support Engineering UK’s Big Bang
                                                                                                                                 schools can host their own science and engineering       School at School Blueprint programme. This new
            •  SEND and Inclusion Resources and Services -
                                                                   •  Primary Digital Learning Product Numeracy                  days.                                                    partnership, part of our aim to be able to support
               Musicon
                                                                      and Maths - IXL Learning - IXL Maths                                                                                an annual National STEM programme for 500,000
                                                                                                                                 The partnership aims to support up to 47,000 young
                                                                                                                                                                                          young people aged five to 25 years, represents
            •  Wellbeing and Safeguarding Resources - The                                                                        people to enjoy their own Big Bang at School day with
                                                                   •  Free Digital Content App or Open Educational                                                                        a huge leap forward for us by enabling nearly
               Day                                                                                                               special science and engineering activities, workshops
                                                                      Resource - Kialo- Kialo Edu                                                                                         50,000 11 to 14-year-olds to be inspired to fulfil
                                                                                                                                 and projects designed to arouse passion and
            •  Leadership and Management Solutions -                                                                             curiosity for all things related to STEM. The objective   their potential in air, space and technology. The
                                                                   •  Early Years Product or Service - Tales Toolkit                                                                      secondary school programme builds upon existing
               2Simple - Know my School                                                                                          is to bring tyhe same fun, excitement and interactive
                                                                                                                                                                                          programmes we enable with primary schools”.
                                                                                                                                 learning experiences that are provided by the Big
                                                                   •  Company of the Year (less than £3 million) -
            •  Transformational Impact - East Learning CIC                                                                       Bang fair to the classroom to benefit 11 to 14-year-   Dr. Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of Engineering UK,
                                                                      Zero Gravity
                                                                                                                                 olds.                                                  adds:
            •  Bett Innovation Award - Redmenta
                                                                   •  Company of the Year (more than £3 million) -                                                                        “ It’s fantastic to be partnering with the RAF
                                                                      Avantis Education                                                                                                   Charitable Trust to help spread the reach of the
            •  AV VR/AR Robotics or Digital Device - JoyLabs/
                                                                                                                                                                                          Big Bang at School Blueprint. More young people
               Makey Makey  - Code-a-Key Backpack
                                                                   •  Collaboration with a School, College or                                                                             from all backgrounds across the UK need to know
                                                                      University - Satchel                                                                                                about the exciting and impactful jobs to be had in
                                                                                                                                                                                          science, technology and engineering. We greatly
                                                                                                                                                                                          appreciate the support of the RAF Charitable Trust
                                                                                                                                                                                          to help us make that happen through the Big Bang
                                                                                                                                                                                          at School Blueprint, and we’ll make sure children
                                                                                                                                                                                          have some fun along the way”.
            Visit our website!                                                                                                                                                          Reference: Miles, S., ‘47,000 Youths to benefit from Big Bang at School
                                                                                                                                                                                        Blueprint’, Electronic Specifier, 21st. January
            Why not head down to our website and
                                                                                                                                                                                        Navigating the Network Switch-off
            read more news in our blog section?
                                                                                                                                                                                        The so-called ‘Network Switch Off’ by BT and other
                                                                                                                                                                                        UK operators is set to happen in January 2027. This
            Updated daily with hand-picked articles                                                                                                                                     has important implications for schools as by this
            from around the web...                                                                                                                                                      time they will need to have transitioned from the
                                                                                                                                                                                        traditional Public Switched Telephone Network, or
                                                                                                                                                                                        PSTN, to a fully digital network.

                                                                                                                                                                                        It is common to find PSTN and ISDN lines installed in
            institutionofelectronics.ac.uk                                                                                                                                              schools. ISDN lines are typically used for delivering



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