High speed broadband promised for all schools
Every school across the country will be able to access high speed internet by 2025, the government has confirmed. Speaking at the Bett Show in London, the Education Secretary set out the latest step in cross-government plans to roll out lightning-fast gigabit broadband across the UK. To achieve this ambition, the Government has also announced […]
UNICEF and Liquid Intelligent Technologies look to bridge Africa’s digital divide
UNICEF and Liquid Intelligent Technologies have partnered to support Giga’s work to connect every school in Africa to the Internet. Liquid will share anonymised data to support Giga’s work to map the location and connectivity status of schools in Africa. Liquid will also share information with Giga about schools’ proximity to telecoms infrastructure and will help […]
1,000 UK schools now connected to full fibre broadband
Children in more than a thousand schools are now enjoying next-generation internet speeds, the Department for Education has said. Full fibre networks are now supplying lightning-fast gigabit broadband to 1,084 schools and thousands of other public buildings previously stuck with slow speeds. It means teachers can make use of the most cutting-edge learning tech – […]
LGfL’s Pledge 2020 to ‘supercharge’ school broadband
EdTech charity LGfL is supercharging connectivity across its 3000-strong consortium of UK member schools, enabling them to use cloud computing, 4K streaming and virtual reality in the classroom. The project entitled Pledge 2020 will see all members receive on average a significant 200% increase in bandwidth at no extra cost to their subscription. The minimum […]
Rural schools receive broadband boost
The Government has revealed plans to connect over 100 rural schools with gigabit speed broadband within the next few months. Under the £3 million pilot programme, three schools have already been connected, and 52 have signed contracts with work expected to be completed in the coming weeks. There are also ongoing discussions with another 72 schools […]