Becta: Why Schools Should Avoid Vista
News Becta has explained the reasons behind the unexpected criticism of Microsoft in a report released to coincide with this week's schools' IT event, BETT. Totalling these costs, Becta said that if every school upgraded to Vista, it would cost a...
[January 12, 2007, 11:20]
Becta Takes Microsoft Complaint To EC
News Becta, the organisation that advises the UK government on educational IT, has escalated its complaint over the interoperability of Microsoft's products to the European Commission. Monday's announcement has already drawn praise from some of the same...
[May 13, 2008, 14:42]
Training Or Education?
Talkback We first need to look at the syllabuses before we try and second guess why it is that schools purchase what they do via Becta or any other route. From my experience, and that of my friends with teenage children I would confirm that we seem to be...
[November 29, 2006, 18:13]
Microsoft Ready For Open Source In Schools Fight
News The UK government's ICT agency, the British Educational Communications and Technology Association (BECTA), is poised to publish a study that found primary schools could halve computer costs if they stopped buying, operating and supporting products...
[May 9, 2005, 16:40]
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]
Becta Touts Benefits Of ICT For Schools
News We have said for some time now that, if technology is used properly in the classroom, it can help to produce a major improvement in results — not just in academic achievement, but also in involvement, attendance and in the overall efficiency of...
[June 26, 2007, 11:36]
MP Launches Further-education Tech Forum
News Stephen Crowne, Becta's chief executive, said: "We know that there has been significant investment in technology for learning and there are tremendous examples of where it has made a huge difference. The Technology Exemplar Network programme...
[October 15, 2007, 15:20]
Schools To Save Millions On IT
News Schools and colleges could save millions of pounds on their IT budgets by using a new procurement deal arranged by education IT agency Becta. Becta's executive director for educational technology, Stephen Lucey, said many schools were concerned by...
[August 10, 2006, 16:05]
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]
