Open source authentication scheme gets full marks
News Becta, the UK government's education IT strategy organisation, is recommending that schools use the Shibboleth authentication system, based on open source software developed by the Internet2 community.
[October 3, 2005, 17:05]
Home web-access linked to better GCSE results
News Becta, the organisation that advises the government on educational IT, says six years of its research have established a strong link between educational attainment and access to technology — especially when it comes to broadband.
[September 1, 2008, 13:18]
Becta fails the open source test
News A Becta spokesman said on Tuesday that the Web site is in the process of being closed and that in future, users will be encouraged to refer to the Curriculum Online database instead. Becta admitted on Wednesday that only one provider in the...
[March 7, 2006, 15:35]
Government demands Office competition in schools
News Open Office, Corel WordPerfect Office, Star Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Sun's One SE and EasyOffice all offer the functionality that schoolchildren and teachers need, said Becta, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, in a...
[January 16, 2007, 9:42]
UK schools trial open source access control
News Eventually all schools in the UK could be using the open source system to simplify access to secure online content, said Geoffrey Mullings, project adviser at Becta. Paul Shoesmith, the assistant director of technical policy at the British...
[February 2, 2005, 15:25]
Government pledges remote working for all pupils
News Becta — the government's advisory body for IT in schools — will take the lead in the home-access taskforce, according to Knight. However, Becta has come under criticism recently by some MPs for restricting schools from deploying open-source...
[January 10, 2007, 16:54]
Government: technology can revolutionise education
News On Tuesday Becta, the agency which oversees use of IT in education, said it will review the 'value for money' provided by Microsoft's educational licensing programmes in the UK, including the range, scope and cost of academic licensing models...
[January 11, 2006, 16:45]
Government pledges £30m to get pupils online
News In addition, Knight announced a £600,000 pilot — to be run by government education technology agency Becta and a number of industry players — to lower the cost of IT hardware and connectivity for deprived groups.
[January 9, 2008, 15:42]
Schools failing to exploit technology
News However, of the parents surveyed by the government's education technology agency, Becta, 95 percent said they feel technology is key to the education of their children. The online poll was run by Populus on Becta's behalf, surveying 2,058 parents.
[January 17, 2008, 8:16]
Becta report highlights schools' IT limitations
News Stephen Crowne, chief executive of Becta, said: "It is clear from this survey that ICT is now firmly on the agenda and schools fully recognise its importance. Technology can play a crucial role in creating a world-class education system for learners.
[October 15, 2008, 15:41]
WITC opens debate through online forum
News Currently being promoted by WITC organisers as well as Austrade and Government posts, the forums will also have a significant educational aspect with information regarding the nature of the forum and its role within the congress being distributed...
[January 7, 2002, 11:59]
Thinking outside the Office box
Leader Apart from the education agency, Becta, the UK public sector has been less bullish, but there is certainly discontent in commercial and governmental organisations alike. And so chief information officers like the one we spoke to are beginning to...
[March 14, 2007, 16:32]
Microsoft cuts fees for schools
News A "memorandum of understanding" has been signed between the software giant and the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) to cut the licensing fees, which the two are predicting will save English schools around £46m over...
[December 5, 2003, 10:50]
UK's National Digital Infrastructure 'needs improving'
News The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) told ZDNet UK that the National Digital Infrastructure (NDI) needs to be more reliable, coherent, and diverse. We need to improve the reliability of the infrastructure to increase...
[January 23, 2006, 13:10]
Schools 'crucial' to broadband revolution
News In a recent British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) report 86 percent of headteachers said Information Communication Technology (ICT) in schools improved standards. In order to play its part in this Redstone has acquired...
[May 3, 2001, 14:52]
