"Whoever is pleased with our products can acquire them," owner told ToyNews Bareinz Tischlerei is looking for UK schools, amusement parks and hotels to stock its range of large wooden play areas. The carpentry firm took some of its ...
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Technology visionaries Ian Livingstone and Martha Lane Fox have been recognised in the New Year Honours List this year. Livingstone,author of the'Fighting Fantasy'series of books,and also chairman of video games company Eidos,will be made ...
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Eight UK schools have made it to the final of Cisco’s Stemnet (science, technology, engineering and mathematics network) Challenge 10, which challenges students to plan a large-scale event in their local area. Nearly 200 UK ...
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Budget educational computer the Raspberry Pi now has an Apple-style applications hub that's fully accessible from the machine's own Raspbian operating system. Announced yesterday via a blog by Pi creator Eben Upton, the Pi Store is ...
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IT services provider Civica has secured multiple contracts with 22 UK schools to provide digital learning services. Implemented by Civica's education division, the learning environments use Civica's CloudBase learning platform and Virtual ...
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Capita has been named preferred bidder in an educational support services joint venture with Staffordshire County Council, in a deal worth £1.7bn over 20 years. Capita will hold the majority stake in the partnership, to deliver a ...
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Wireless networking supplier Xirrus has launched its"Art-of-Wi-Fi"competition,aimed at UK school students. The competition is designed to develop students'digital art,animation and coding skills.Students are invited to submit digital ...
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Microsoft today announced a new scheme to sell discounted Windows 8 devices into UK schools. The project, called Shape the Future, will see the company team up with Intel and classroom IT specialists RM Education with the goal of getting ...
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Neglecting maths education in UK schools will lead to a substantial decline in skills in the IT sector,according to Scott Fletcher,founder and chairman of ANS Group. Scott Fletcher responded to a study from The Sutton Trust,which found ...
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SAS Curriculum Pathways has launched an Algebra add-on to its science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects offering. Aimed at 11-19-year-olds, the Algebra 1 course launches at a time when the national curriculum is under ...
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A Raspberry Pi has been donated to Swallow Hill Community College in Leeds by element14.The distributor also held a masterclass with pupils and teachers to highlight the device's potential as a teaching aid.Raspberry Pi is an ARM ...
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