4-8 September 2018 - British Education Mission - British Lebanese Business Group

British Education
    Mission

4-8 September
      2018

Welcome from BESA!

BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association, is the trade association for the
UK education suppliers sector. We operate on a not-for-profit basis and are
accountable to an Executive Council elected by member companies. We have an
85-year heritage serving the UK education sector, and represent over 300
educational suppliers in the UK, including manufacturers and distributors of
equipment, materials, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware
and EdTech to the education market. Combined, BESA’s members constitute
around 80% of the market in terms of the amount spent by UK schools on
products and services.

This brochure contains a full list of all companies attending our September 2018
mission.

We are looking forward to meeting you all!

Patrick Hayes
Director, BESA
+44 7782 133 399
patrick@besa.org.uk

Abi Ross-Jackson
Events Manager, BESA
+44 7595 848 338
abi@besa.org.uk

Jayne Warburton
CEO EMEA, 3P Learning Ltd.
+44 7920 198 924
jayne.warburton@3plearning.com
www.3plearning.com

3P Learning is a global provider of digital learning resources used by 5
million learners worldwide. Our award-winning resources are designed for
schools and families, cover mathematics and literacy, providing a
captivating and safe learning environment. Mathletics is proven to lift
results. The University of Oxford concluded that schools using Mathletics for
20mins/week did significantly better on a range of measures, compared to
those who didn’t use Mathletics. We’re a global team of education and
technology gurus, who are all passionate about the transformative power
of education and the impact of our learning resources which is the same
the world over.

Annie Michailidou
Head of International Development, Education Reform, Cambridge
University Press
+44 7770 733 323
amichailidou@cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. Our
mission is to unlock people’s potential with the best learning and research
solutions. Our vision is a world of learning and research inspired by
Cambridge where we enable people to achieve success by providing the
best learning and research solutions, support our customers through
continually improved content, experiences and care. Playing a leading role
in today’s market place, we have over 50 offices around the globe, and we
distribute our products to nearly every country in the world.

Priya Lakhani OBE
CEO / Founder, CENTURY Tech
+44 7850 336 777
priya@century.tech

Charles Wood
Partnerships Development, CENTURY Tech
+44 7549 862 556
charles.wood@century.tech
www.century.tech

CENTURY is an artificially intelligent learning platform for teachers and
students. CENTURY uses AI technology to provide a personalised learning
journey and offers real-time insights and analytics to educators. CENTURY
combines artificial intelligence, data science & cognitive neuroscience to
deliver revolutionary education. With differentiated English, Maths and
Science resources, instant feedback and recommended topics, we enable
students to take charge of their development. Access to real-time data
enables educators to provide timely interventions, providing help when and
where it’s needed. Automating tasks like marking and homework tracking
frees up valuable time for teachers to focus on what matters most:
teaching!

Jonathan Reed
International Sales Manager, Data Harvest Group Ltd.
+44 7864 900 801
jonathan.reed@data-harvest.co.uk
www.data-harvest.co.uk

Data Harvest is based in Bedfordshire, UK and has been producing high
quality STEM products for over 35 years. Our core solution includes world
class and award-winning data loggers and sensors that make teaching
classroom science a hands-on and engaging experience. All our products
are designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK to meet the needs
of the global education community. In partnership with EduTeq and Matrix
Technology Solutions, we have created a Science Bench that offers a
mobile solution to educators looking to implement practical science in their
lessons – ideal when there’s no access to a lab in school.

Raymond Simonds
Business Director, Morphun Education
+44 7778 238 770
raymond@morphun.com
www.morphun.com

Thinkplay Ltd (trading as Morphun) is the manufacturer and exporter of
British designed, award winning and patented side joining plastic
construction bricks. These have been developed into Educational Toys and
Games for children aged 3-10 years, for preschool, kindergarten & primary
levels. Manipulatives and construction toys are widely accepted as an
essential feature for the development of creative play, fine motion skills,
hand eye coordination and problem solving skills. Morphun construction
toys meet those needs in new and challenging ways by offering
incrementally difficult instructions for each set, providing stimulating and
fun activities for children at home or in school. These are available for both
Retail and Educational markets, using both numbers and letters that can
be printed to order in any language. All our sets have EN71 certificates.

Nick Harris
Senior Regional Sales Manager, pi-top
+44 7500 796 343
n.harris@pi-top.com
www.pi-top.com

pi-top’s mission isn’t just to change the face of Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts & Math (STEAM) in schools, it’s to change the education
system itself. We believe in a learning-centred approach that prioritises
play, exploration, making and iterating real-life STEAM projects in a social,
collaborative way. Our award-winning pi-top laptop and pi-topCEED
desktop computers are powered by the Raspberry Pi, and come with a host
of projects and accessories which allow teachers to design fun and
engaging lessons across the STEAM subjects and beyond. Learners are
empowered to work together, at their own pace, designing and refining
their inventions by asking questions and ultimately Learning by Making.

Nadia Al Baraghithi
Key Account Manager- Middle East, SAM Labs
+971 505 190 451
nadia@samlabs.com
www.samlabs.com

SAM Labs is an edtech company that empowers teachers with the most
engaging STEAM curriculum solutions of lesson plans, apps, and
electronics. Now in over 1,300 schools worldwide and used by teachers
weekly. SAM Labs offers a solution for educators who are teaching
computer science by providing in-classroom support around the STEAM Kit
for both the early adopter and the tech-hesitant teacher by offering fully
integrated and curriculum-based lesson plans and hands-on educator
support. With partners like Intel Education and Microsoft Education, SAM
Labs aims to bring coding to every classroom.

Martyn Edwards
Director, Technology Supplies Ltd
+44 7712 117 283
medwards@technologysupplies.co.uk
www.technologysupplies.co.uk

In the last 32 years Technology Supplies has grown to be the leading Design,
Technology and Engineering specialist for education worldwide. We supply
over 6,000 STEM curricula-aligned products with excellent aftercare and
technical support across all products and equipment. Our globally trusted
services include fit outs, from design consultation to commissioning and
training for all types of practical educational spaces. Technology Supplies
supports over 17,500 educators in 53 countries from our fully stocked, 8,500
sq.m. distribution centre. We are committed to driving modern STEM
education, through our latest Innovation Space solutions, and services for
vocational 21st century learning.

Sean Gardner
Founder and Director, Tute Education Limited
+44 7795 835 242
sean.gardner@tute.com
www.tute.com

Winners of the BETT Award, 2017 the Tute platform allows pupils to access
live teaching from any location and to learn together in small groups. The
evidence-based service is used to deliver core skills in language, maths
and science and is highly scalable. The cloud-based platform helps to
ensure equality and supports social mobility. The virtual school services
Tute is pioneering in the UK support diverse cohorts including gifted
students, those in need of additional support, migrant and refugee
communities and pupils in alternative provision. Tute delivers 31 subjects to
GCSE and A level and the platform is multi-lingual.

Stephen Eatock
Worldwide Education Director, uTalk
+44 7971 587 850
steve@utalk.com
www.utalk.com

uTalk provides a language learning platform that is used all over the world
by learners of all ages and their teachers; we offer course content for
English and many other languages, and we particularly focus on helping
learners with their communicative skills. Our services are widely used by
education boards and governments, and are valued as a key component
of the language learning courses they deliver.

Danni Fanton
Business Development Manager, WCBS International
+971 (0)509 141 789
danni.fanton@wcbs.co.uk
www.wcbs.co.uk

WCBS is a leading supplier of information management systems, providing
international schools with the first true cloud platform, HUB, and a portfolio
of solutions across Admissions, Finance, Academic and Alumni. By utilising
the solutions on offer, schools can enhance their information management
with powerful reporting, exceptional progress tracking, unrivalled
communication, multilingual capability, sophisticated integration, and
much more. With WCBS MIS, data can be accessed, managed and shared
easily and securely throughout the school, promoting efficient practices in
all departments. This frees up valuable teaching and administrative time,
to concentrate on developing strategies for success and delivering
outstanding education.

Richard Marett
CEO, Whizz Education Ltd
+44 7818 588 793
richard.marett@whizzeducation.com
www.whizzeducation.com

Whizz Education is a pioneering education technology company that
enables communities around the world to reach their full potential through
individualised learning. With a strategic focus on maths & numeracy, we
design tailored innovative solutions that leverage technology and create
the best performance for teaching and learning gains. We have significant
experience working in low-resource and difficult settings and supporting
students to overcome barriers to learning, such as working with refugee
children in rural Kenya and providing resources and training for teachers.
We monitor implementations in real-time through live reporting, enabling
education stakeholders to continuously measure and analyse impact.

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