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This list showcases the top Brighton based CEO’ operating in the Education space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Patrick Aylmer
CEO of The Learning People
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About The Learning People: They deliver high quality and effective IT and project management courses; we are here to help you succeed.
Rose Luckin
Founder and CEO of EDUCATE Ventures Research
Rose is Professor of Learner Centred Design at UCL Knowledge Lab. Rose’s research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and techniques from artificial intelligence. She works closely with the education technology industry, in particular Start-ups and SMEs, to enable them to integrate research evidence and methods into their products. Rose has advised research councils in various countries and has written widely about educational technologies. She has taught in schools, FE and HE, and she is a Governor and Trustee at St Paul’s school in London and the Self Managed Learning College in Brighton.
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About EDUCATE Ventures Research, UCL Institute of Education: Educate serves as a catalyst for the development of EdTech products and services that are supported by facts.
Mark Nagurski
CEO and Co-Founder of Makematic
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About Makematic, Really Practical: Connecting brands with education through exceptional content and distribution
Alex Cheney
Founder & CEO of Smarter Learn Limited
Alex Cheney is a Founder & CEO at Smarter Learn Limited.
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About Smarter Learn Limited: Smarter Learn is a publisher of educational games and digital content for smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
Brandon Relph
CEO and Founder of goCreative
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About goCreative: The team at goCreative creates builds, graphics and resources in the video game Minecraft to be used in gaming and education to teach.
Simon Riley
Founder, CEO of MakerClub
Part inventor, part wizard. With a degree in computer science and a penchant for a love ballad, do not get stuck in a lift with him.
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About MakerClub: 3D Printed Robotics for the Maker Generation
