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BESA welcomes DfE’s announcement of an “overarching vision” for schools’ use of educational technology

7 August 2018

Following today’s announcement from the Department for Education (DfE) that new technology will “spearhead a classroom revolution”, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has…

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BML1390 Mixed Laser Cutter Ideal for Cutting VEX Robotics bespoke components

30 July 2018

Our versatile BML1390 Laser Cutter is not only ideal for cutting thin sheet components, like custom parts for your VEX Robotics projects, but it also has…

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NetSupport works with eCadets to enhance its online safeguarding toolkit for schools

20 July 2018

NetSupport is pleased to announce that eCadets, the UK-based school online safety peer empowerment programme, founded by Henry Platten, will be working with NetSupport…

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Q&A with Instant Impact

12 July 2018

The recruitment agency Instant Impact is offering BESA members a 10% discount on their services. Felix Mitchell, the co-founder of the company, talked to…

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Highlighting the word gap: a BESA partnership

9 July 2018

The term “word gap” is typically used to refer to children in Early Years settings or pupils entering primary school with a vocabulary far…

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Welcoming Holy Cross Catholic Primary School to our workshop

3 July 2018

Crafting unique playground equipment takes a special skillset, and our team of designers take great pride in what they create. So, when the staff…

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Little Creative Days celebrates National Writing Day

26 June 2018

To support National Writing Day on 27 June, we are launching our own writing competition. Our stories feature a little dog, called Pojo, who…

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Meet the avatar helping schools and academies safeguard children

19 June 2018

Meet Sam; the education sector’s first ever ‘virtual’ safeguarding consultant, lending a cyber hand to busy school and academy leaders in meeting all the…

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Homework? How can that be exciting, Pobble? Well let us tell you…

11 June 2018

We’re not huge fans of homework either, especially during the summer break. A few years ago, in jest, we created an alternative task for…

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Exporting: Exciting opportunity or daunting prospect?

11 June 2018

It wasn’t that long ago that Twoey tentatively dipped a toe in the water and decided to explore the business of exporting. We felt…

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BESA launches new exhibition in Vietnam to showcase the best British education suppliers

1 June 2018

The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) launched today BESS Vietnam, the British Educational Suppliers Show Vietnam, to give British suppliers the chance to enter…

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77% of secondary school children believe there are ‘maths people’ and 67% don’t think they are one

14 May 2018

In response to National Numeracy Day (16 May) the teaching and learning platform Learning by Questions ran a survey with pupils across the UK…

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Source technology for your school with little or no investment – Digital event by Promethean

9 May 2018

Promethean are proud to announce their first digital event of the year for teachers in the UK and Ireland. The session will cover sourcing…

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Ednex – A company aiming to save the education recruitment crisis

9 May 2018

It sounds like a bold claim but with some secondary schools spending up to £435,000 on supply teachers in one academic year and reports of…

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What Schools Need to Know about Fortnite: Battle Royale

25 April 2018

National Online Safety provides a useful guide for the whole school community for the game that is sweeping the nation.

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Suppliers: are we data processors or data controllers?

19 April 2018

It is very important that schools understand whether their suppliers of products and services are data controllers or data processors. We are aware that…