Four edtech startups - Adhoc Academic, Blackbullion, Hoolr, and OSLR - gave live pitches at an edtech startup competition held on March 6th, 2018 in Birmingham, UK. Adhoc Academic focuses on next-generation learning environments. Blackbullion provides financial education. Hoolr's pitch was not described. OSLR offers on-demand bedside teaching.
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Sue Attewell
Head of change – further education (FE) and skills
sue.attewell@jisc.ac.uk
I have been…
Every year, Jisc looks for early-stage startups who need help getting their market-ready edtech product seen by universities and colleges.
We have shortlisted 9 startups to take part in this year’s competition
5 winners will be decided via live pitches and a panel interview
Successful startups will receive expert mentorship and funding to help develop their product
This is part of Jisc’s Edtech Launchpad project
There are 4 startups pitching in this session:Adhoc AcademicBlackbullionHoolrOslr
Each startup will give you a 3-minute pitch, telling you about their product or service, and how it can improve UK education and research
You can feedback your appreciation on each startup via our voting process (more on that in a moment)
The results of that vote will be given to our expert panel to consider when making their decision on our 5 winners
The winners will be announced at the drinks reception in Hall 3 this evening
Voting can be done via a live link in the Digifest App
Go to the session ‘edtech startup competition – live pitches’ in Hall 10
In the session synopsis, there will be a link that you can follow, with a simple voting form
You can vote on each startup, giving them a score of 1-5
Slide 1: the future of the NHS depends on education and training
Students and professionals at all levels and in all disciplines are required to take an active
Role in education and training for their undergraduate exams, postgraduate exams,
Professional competencies and continuing professional development.
The current version of Oslr, which is available across all major platforms, can…
Using Oslr currently can enable users to
- find available teachers and learners either spontaneously or in advance
- arrange suitable times and places to meet
Link to appropriate resources before, during and after the session has been delivered
Lifelong learning…
We are currently developing several other exciting features Oslr further to enable users to:
Incorporate their required workplace-based training competencies into the platform and link to their training portfolios
Access relevant content from a wealth of credible resources with whom we already have agreements in place: such as BMJ, OUP, Pastest etc
Invite patients to take a more active role in training and education by allowing them to volunteer or be identified within the app as willing to be a participant in education.
The student ideas competition is now open for submissions!
Together with Emerge Education, we're looking for fresh ideas from students, as well as products from startups and established companies, that have the potential to benefit the further and higher education sector.
For more information, please visit the link on the slide
This competition is part of Jisc’s edtech launchpad project