Acquisition adds up for Cambridge EdTech Blutick – Business Weekly
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AQA – the UK’s leading assessment organisation – has acquired Cambridge-based AI platform Blutick which supports the teaching, learning and assessment of Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Maths. No figures have been released for the acquisition.
Blutick, founded by Rob Percival in 2019 and backed by Cambridge Angels, has developed an innovative teaching and learning app and online mock tests for mathematics students in the UK.
The AI-driven app features functionality that guides students through mathematical concepts, reviewing and correcting their workings and responses to Maths questions in real-time.
Students are also supported with access to worked examples and video tutorials, as well as exam practice material. Key features include live student monitoring, auto marked tests and line-by-line analysis of typed answers.
The app is designed to reduce teacher workload and deliver meaningful reports on student progress and attainment.
AQA will provide the app and online mocks to schools and colleges, and they won’t be charged separately for these resources. It will continue to power the app with new question items and enhanced functionality.
AQA is the UK’s biggest exam board, setting and marking around half the GCSEs and A-levels taken in England each year. It is a world leader in assessment, with a cutting-edge research department focusing on advancing assessment and a joint venture with Oxford University Press – OxfordAQA – offering qualifications internationally.
Rob Percival, founder and CEO of Blutick, said: “I am excited by this next step for Blutick. AQA’s reach will accelerate adoption of Blutick technology by schools and accelerate the inevitable move towards digital learning and assessment. This will free up teachers’ time, away from assessments and marking, to focus on their students.”
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