The winners of the 16th prestigious Bett Awards 2014 were announced on 22 January at the Bett Awards Dinner held at The Brewery, London.
The annual Bett Awards represent a partnership between BESA, Bett pioneers and the trade association representing the educational supply industry, and i2i Events Group, the organisers of Bett, the world’s largest learning technology event.
The awards encourage and recognise outstanding education sector resources, learning solutions and companies. The judges, who are all educational professionals, focus on what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost-effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.
The winners are:
- Early Years Digital Content: Rising Stars – Switched on ICT in the Early Years
- Primary Digital Content: Twig World – Tigtag
- Secondary Digital Content: Mathspace UK Ltd – Mathspace
- ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching: IGGY – University of Warwick
- Digital Collections and Resource Banks: London Grid for Learning – The History of Computing
- ICT Special Educational Needs Solutions: Inclusive Technology Ltd / HelpKidzLearn – ChooseIt! Maker 3
- Digital Devices: Fourier Education – einsteinTablet+
- ICT Leadership and Management Solutions: 2Simple Software – 2Build a Profile
- Innovation in ICT: TeacherCentric Ltd – Show My Homework
- ICT Exporter of the Year: Promethean Ltd
- International Digital Education Resource: Little Bridge World – Little Bridge
- ICT Services and Support: Groupcall Ltd
- ICT Company of the Year – less than £1m turnover: Room Booking System Ltd
- ICT Company of the Year – between £1m – £10m turnover: 3P Learning
- ICT Company of the Year – over £10m turnover: Espresso Education
- Free Digital Content/Open Educational Resources: Microsoft – Kodu
- Marketing Campaign of the Year: Oxford University Press – Oxford Owl Campaign
- Educational Apps: Daydream Education – Multiplication App
- Bett Exhibition Stand of the Year 2014: Education City
Outstanding Achievement in ICT Education: Lewis Bronze, Espresso Education
Caroline Wright, director, BESA, the sector’s trade association commented: “The quality of entries for this year’s awards has been outstanding. It is hugely exciting to see such an excellent range of products and services on offer to schools, especially with the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September this year. The winner’s products and services ensure the UK ICT industry continues to be recognised as the best in the world. The quality of these learning resources is a testament to businesses operating within the UK education sector.”
Debbie French, portfolio director at i2i Events Group added: “The Bett Awards are recognised as a mark of excellence and each year some of the UK’s finest companies are recognised for their innovation and commitment to excellence in educational resources and services. The strict judging process carried out by educators and sector stakeholders ensures the awards identify the very best products, resources and organisations within the education sector.”
For winners’ videos, visit https://www.bettawards.com/videos.html
