Market Place 24

Endsleigh - our main conference sponsors

With 57 years’ experience providing protection for students and the education community and as producers of the annual Student Happiness Index, Endsleigh has unparalleled insights into student needs and is a driving force in championing students’ mental health and wellbeing. Our mental health and wellbeing support, provided through our Student Assistance Programme, partnered with Health Assured, enables colleges to offer 24/7 BACP-accredited support for their students. These support services are available to help students with a range of issues from mental health to financial, relationship, health and lifestyle concerns. 

Cognassist - our Gala Dinner sponsors

Cognassist is a neurodiversity platform that provides support for individuals in education and the workplace. Our product offers a digital cognitive assessment to help educators identify learning needs and provides personalised support to learners who may be at a disadvantage. Cognassist offers specialised training content, bitesize support modules and a data-driven approach to supporting neurodiversity. We want to help you create a culture of learning and neuro-inclusion that empowers diverse thinkers every day.

Loud Speaker - our Student Awards sponsor

Young people spend their lives learning what to say. At Loud Speaker, we teach them how to say it.

Loud Speaker provides unique, high-energy workshops that give learners the tools that enable them to speak professionally and leave them confident enough to take up opportunities.

Across our 4 headline workshops, we cover topics such as public speaking, confidence building, personal storytelling, teamwork, leadership and so much more. Expect huge icebreakers, new friendships, disco anthems and maximum energy from our coaches throughout the day.

Digital ID

Digital ID strive to challenge and transform the future of photo Identification and access control.

Helping to create safe, sustainable and enjoyable workplaces for education organisations of all sizes. Utilising more than three decades of experience, we ensure all customer needs are met, whilst providing the highest quality of products.

Booost Education 

Booost Education creates learning tools to help students get the most out of their studies. Founded by experts in education and disability needs, their products were created with supporting students as the focus and accessibility at the forefront.

Their first product, Booost, assists students with their time management and well-being, whilst their latest release Luna is a means of creating flashcards from learning materials with AI.
 
Previously Booost Education has primarily worked in HE, but the goal is to branch out and support as many students as possible.

Diversity and Ability Ltd (Monday only)

Diversity and Ability is an award-winning social enterprise led by and for disabled people, paving the way for a future where everyone is welcomed and included. Whether you’re a student keen to know more about the Disabled Students’ Allowance or a Higher Education Provider (HEP) interested in creating a more inclusive learning environment.

We also support clients in the workplace - D&A support can help you and your employees maximise your potential. We provide one-to-one employee support as well as workshops for your employees and Diversity & Inclusion Consultancy.

Everyone deserves the support they need to thrive. Having supported over 20,000 disabled students at university, we are now extending this study support to students in school and further education (FE). It’s important to us that all students can access the support they need to fulfil their aspirations and are given equal opportunities to pursue their dreams; whether that be in higher education or the workplace.

Navigate 

Navigate is the Most Comprehensive Work Placement, Enrichment, & Employer Engagement Platform.

Navigate is trusted by over 50 colleges across the country to assess, manage and evidence all work and industry placement, enrichment and employer engagement activity. The platform provides an engaging, easy-to-use learner site and a powerful, intuitive administration platform for staff.

Jamworks

Jamworks AI is the world's most advanced note taking and revision tool. We turn lectures & seminars into personalised, interactive and accessible study materials.

Engaging for all, essential for some. We are revolutionising the educational experience for students – especially those who are disabled or neurodivergent.

Harnessing the power of generative AI, Jamworks turns every class into a perfect set of notes, a deck of interactive flashcards and a personalised AI tutor. We empower students to focus in class, boost comprehension, explore educational content in groundbreaking new ways and, ultimately, get better grades.

TACaccess

TACaccess connects mental health commissioners and children/young people with therapists with ease and efficiency.

The platform provides a rich-search directory and engagement framework to make the selection and contracting process simple and painless while also helping to reduce the cost of specialist provision.

Also, by providing a virtual back-office and payment service with clear financial reporting, the platform removes all the administration from both commissioners and therapists allowing them to focus on the wellbeing of the CYP.

Key Travel

Key Travel is an international travel management company exclusively dedicated to serving the travel needs of academic, humanitarian and faith organisations.  Our mission is to provide safe & sustainable travel, whilst reducing cost & complexity for those who travel to do good. 

We’re situated in 9 countries across the UK, Europe, North America and Africa and are proud to serve 5000+ customers.  

Purlos (Monday only)

Purlos helps post-16 education providers increase learner engagement by decreasing learner drop-out by replacing outdated methods of communication, such as email and phone, with modern channels like WhatsApp.

Currently we are focusing on the start and the end of the learner journey, whether that’s converting more learners during enrolment, or tracking learners into their destinations more effectively once they leave an institution.

PsycApps Ltd

PsycApps Ltd is a leading innovator in mental health and wellbeing solutions. Established with a mission to improve the lives of individuals worldwide, we are dedicated to creating cutting-edge digital tools and resources that empower individuals to take control of their mental health and overall wellbeing.

YGAM

YGAM is an award-winning charity with a social purpose to inform educate and safeguard young people against gaming and gambling harms. Founded on lived experience of gambling harm, we believe harm prevention education has a crucial role to play, education targeted at not just young people, but those who are there to support them, including teachers, youth workers, parents and professionals working with looked after children.

Our portfolio of education programmes are independently evaluated and offered for free to people living and working in the UK. Details of all our programmes and how to register can be found here https://www.ygam.org/

OpenEd Ltd

OpenEd Ltd can help your organisation to become more inclusive to ensure that the needs of all your service users are met.

We work with education establishments and private sector companies, providing consultancy support to embed accessibility and improve support processes.
 
We offer training packages on inclusive technology, inclusion awareness and practice, supporting neurodiversity and Lego® based support interventions.
 
We also deliver individualised support programmes for adults in the workplace, as well as communication support for post-16 students using Lego® based interventions.

QDP Services (Tuesday only)

QDP empowers colleges to enhance the lives of their students and staff. Our comprehensive range of products and expertise equips you with the necessary tools to effectively listen to the needs of your audience, strategize interventions, and measure the impact of your efforts. It is worth mentioning that nearly 50% of colleges have chosen QDP as their trusted survey provider. Rest assured, QDP will be with you every step of the way, from project inception to data interpretation. We are confident in our ability to support you in your feedback endeavors. Let's engage in a conversation about how QDP can truly make a difference and contribute to shaping a better tomorrow through the invaluable insights of those who matter the most.

The Careers & Enterprise Company (Tuesday only)

Set up by government in 2015, our mission is to help every young person to find their best next step.

We are the national body for careers education in England, supporting schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education

Think Pacific (Tuesday only)

Think Pacific works with FE institutions to guide fully-funded work-based learning experiences in the Fiji Islands and Bali, Indonesia - via the UK Government's Turing Scheme. 

TalkCampus (Monday only)

TalkCampus is a 24/7 mental health support network for your students, combining clinical excellence, world-class technology and intuitive design. We have millions of students from colleges and universities across the world accessing TalkCampus to share the ups and downs of life with each other in a safeguarded environment.

What sets TalkCampus apart as the premier online peer community?

- We're exclusively for students, and not the general public

- TalkCampus is available on web and on app

- Students can post and receive peer support in 26 languages, and 24/7

- 24/7 safeguarding to identify and support students at-risk

Gecko (Tuesday only)

Gecko's platform integrates with your institution's CRM and SIS to level-up student engagement.

Choose from our chatbot, live chat, texting, online events and call centre modules, and boost your team's capabilities without ditching your legacy tech. With the latest AI from ChatGPT and IBM leveraged throughout the Gecko platform, we'll make your team of two feel like a team of twenty.

We maintain robust integrations with major HigherEd vendors.

Try our new online demo at ai.geckoengage.com and transform your school's website into a working chatbot in less than 60 seconds.