101 Best United Kingdom Education Startups – The Future of Education

January 18, 2022

This article showcases our top picks for the best United Kingdom based Education companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Education industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact
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Top United Kingdom Education Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Kodland

Kodland

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Online digital skills school for kids 6-17 years old.

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busuu is a mobile app for language learning with the goal of breaking down language barriers.

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Atom Learning

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Atom Learning is a fully adaptive, online teaching platform for Key Stage 2, early Key Stage 3 and senior school entry preparation.

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Perlego

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Perlego is an online library, providing students with unlimited access to over 650,000 academic titles with built-in learning tools.

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MyTutor

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MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK’s best unis with pupils at home and in schools

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Unibuddy

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Unibuddy helping universities and students to attract, engage and convert prospects through peer interactions.

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Prodigy Finance

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Prodigy Finance provides postgraduate student loans to international students to attend a top school.

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Quell Therapeutics

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Quell Therapeutics is a cell therapy company

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Peak

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Peak’s mission is to help the world spend their time better using tools and technique borrowed from education, neuroscience and gaming.

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CENTURY Tech

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CENTURY is the award-winning artificial intelligence teaching and learning platform for schools, colleges and universities.

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Memrise

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Memrise is a language learning platform available in iOS, android, and web.

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MEL Science

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MEL Science develops up to date chemistry kit subscription and VR software for learning chemistry

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Uptime App

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Uptime App: Thousands of 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries, for free.

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MedAll

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We make great healthcare training accessible to every healthcare professional, everywhere.

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FutureLearn

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Enjoy learning for life with free, online courses from top UK and international universities.

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BibliU

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BibliU is an educational content platform that provide eTextbooks that work for academic libraries.

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Mana

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Share what you love with 1:1 sessions and live classes. Inspire dedicated followers who fund your work.

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Tutorful

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Tutorful is an online education company.

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Founders Factory

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Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.

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Fuse Universal

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The Fuse learning platform connects people with the knowledge and expertise they need to improve their skills and perform.

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Aula

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Aula is a social learning platform that brings university content and learning experiences online.

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OutThink

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Cybersecurity human risk management platform (SaaS)

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Bindr

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Study together and make new friends

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Academy

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Academy is a startup that trains talent and leadership roles for the tech industry.

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boclips

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boclips is an online platform that enables its users to find, watch, and learn through educational video clips.

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Lingumi

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Lingumi is an edtech startup that teaches English to kids aged 2 to 6 using an app and a range of physical products.

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Mindstone

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Mindstone is a compound learning platform that allows people to learn faster, remember more, and get more done.

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Virtual Internships

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Virtual Internship Partners provides transformative, 21st-century remote-work experiences for students and graduates

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Times Higher Education

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The most respected and up-to-date higher education ranking organisation in the UK

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SAM Labs

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SAM Labs is an edtech company that empowers teachers with the most engaging STEAM solution.

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Zen Educate

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Zen Educate is an online platform to connect supply teachers with openings in schools.

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Kids Planet

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Kids Planet is a children’s nurseries group

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Azoomee

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Azoomee / Da Vinci is a kids’ global media company and app development studio with offices in London, Berlin, Istanbul and Luxembourg.

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Guider

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On a mission to create the best personal-development platform for employees worldwide, with mentoring and coaching at its core.

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Springpod

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Springpod is an early careers attraction, engagement and recruitment technology that helps young people discover their futures.

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HowNow

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HowNow is a London-based EdTech startup that connects experts and learners by offering interactive video lessons.

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Quipper

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Quipper provides quiz-based e-learning apps for iPhone and Android platforms.

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IntellectoKids

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IntellectoKids is a media, entertainment & education platform for parents and their kids ages up to 7 years old.

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Setcoin Group

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Setcoin Group is a private equity company makes ESG investments in commercial real estate, green buildings, renewable energy, infrastructure

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BridgeU

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BridgeU helps young people around the world realise their potential, through empowering schools to provide smart, modern university.

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Zzish

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Zzish is a valuable classroom digital teaching tool for teachers that provides real-time feedback on the progress of their students.

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Kortext

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Kortext is the UK’s leading digital textbook platform – any time, anywhere, any device.

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Debut

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Debut is an app for students to showcase their profile and skills.

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Arbor Education

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Arbor helps schools transform the way they work

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Tiney

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Tiney are on a mission to reimagine at-home childcare & unlock the potential of every child.

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CAPSLOCK

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CAPSLOCK re-skill adults into cyber security professionals at no up-front costs. Voted as UK’s most innovative cyber security start-up 2021.

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Tech Nation

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Tech Nation is focused on accelerating the growth of digital businesses across the UK.

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Up Learn

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Up Learn is an online education platform.

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Firefly Learning

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Firefly Learning is an edtech company that develops a SaaS learning and teaching support platform for schools.

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Pi-Top

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Pi-Top is a creative learning company and their mission is to inspire a generation of makers, fixers & problem solvers.

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Deep Zen

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AI company focusing on audiobook production and voiceovers with an audiobook marketplace (audiowhale.com)

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Scoodle

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Scoodle is connects students with teachers.

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Twin Science & Robotics

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Twin Science & Robotics is a new generation educational experience that upskills children with physical and digital products.

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Elucidat

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Elucidat is better way to author online and mobile learning. Reduce your production costs and delight your learners

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Mrs Wordsmith

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Mrs Wordsmith is on a mission to illustrate the English language, so kids fall in love with words and with learning.

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ProFinda

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ProFinda is a digital platform that intelligently organizes people around work by matching skills to relevant projects and bids.

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Arecor

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Arecor is a leader in developing superior biopharmaceuticals through the application of its innovative formulation technology platform.

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Dorm

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Dorm is an audio learning app that aggregates and curates the world’s podcasting content.

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Youth Business International

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Youth Business International helps young people to start and grow their own business and create employment.

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FourthRev

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EdTech bridging the digital skills gap by connecting leading companies and universities to deliver industry relevant programs.

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Graduway

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Graduway provides alumni networking platforms for colleges and universities to stay connected with their former students and alumni.

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toucanBox

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ToucanBox delivers packages of educational and inspirational activities that are suitable for children.

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GeckoLabs

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Gecko Labs provides software to the Higher Education sector to improve the way insitutions engage with their students.

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Night Zookeeper

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Make Writing Magical

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Eedi

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Eedi develops digital and physical products that ensure that every learner has access to great teaching and learning.

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CoGrammar

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CoGrammar scales human mentorship and code review 10 times more affordably.

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Filtered

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Filtered is the world’s leading learning recommendation platform

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Immotion Group plc

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Immotion combine award-winning content & multi-directional motion platforms to deliver immersive VR solutions for high-traffic destinations.

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Flat

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Flat is an online and collaborative music score editor.

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Fika

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Fika is a platform that seeks to promote ‘mental fitness’.

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Technology Will Save Us

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Technology Will Save Us is a technology startup that offers DIY gadget kits, activities, and online resources for children.

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Guide Education

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Guide creates true online learning products. Their flagship provides asynchronous teacher training and online mentoring for schools globally

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Bodyswaps

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Bodyswaps is a B2B immersive learning platform (VR SaaS) designed to deliver effective and scalable soft skills training.

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Third Space Learning

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Third Space aims to help every student access great quality online tuition to help them succeed in, and love, their learning

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Chatterbox

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Smart online language learning for professionals, powered by refugees.

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Valenture Institute

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Valenture Institute is a global private online high school offering a curriculum recognised by the world’s leading universities.

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Kuato Studios

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Kuato Studios is an educational games developer that inspires and engages learners by capturing the excitement of learning through games.

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Framework

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Framework is the world’s first on-demand business school especially made for startupland

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Changing Health

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Changing Health provides personalised, digital behaviour change programmes for Type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and weight management.

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Cogbooks

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CogBooks is an adaptive web-based learning platform.

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Obby

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Marketplace for offline learning

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Finance Unlocked

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The world’s first comprehensive, on-demand video-delivered learning platform built specifically for finance professionals.

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Adept Technology Group Plc

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Adept Technology Group is one of COMMS Integrators offering best-in-class breed solutions from any UK network, customized to your needs.

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Enroly

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Modernising and standardising offer to arrival for universities, agents and international students

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Le Col

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Le Col is driven by Yanto’s desire to bring the attitude and approach from his sport into the business

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Learning Pool

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Full service elearning provider who help organizations maximise the potential of their people.

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Macat

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Deep analyses of the most influential books and papers of all time for students, teachers and inquisitive minds everywhere.

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Blue Duck Education

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Blue Duck Education is the holding company behind Mangahigh.com which develops and publishes maths games for 11 to16 year-old students.

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Codio

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The evidence-based learning platform for Computer Science & tech skills education.

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UniTaskr

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UniTaskr is a mobile and desktop app that connects households and businesses with a workforce of university students.

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Team Satchel

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Team Satchel develops a range of school software focusing on homework, behavior, classroom management, and teaching resources.

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Erase All Kittens

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Erase All Kittens is the first game designed to teach children transferable digital skills, and inspire more girls to code and create.

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Gojimo

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Gojimo is an education software company.

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Fluentify

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Fluentify connects language learners with carefully selected native speakers around the world trough 30-minutes individual live sessions.

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Hopster TV

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Hopster is a beautifully designed app for the under-sixes, aiming to strike the perfect balance between learning and fun.

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RefME

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RefME is a free citation tool that helps to create your bibliography.

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MWS Technology

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MWS offer Aptem, our award winning, end-to-end, cost saving delivery platform for vocational training and employability

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The Data Lab

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Data Lab is an innovation center focusing on helping the Scottish industry to capitalize on a growing market opportunity in data science.

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Your Juno

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Your Juno is a financial education platform for women and non-binary people.

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MentalUp

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Scientific Educational Games for Children

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Cambridge Spark

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Cambridge Spark is a leader in personalised Data Science training.

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