Where are the other educational startups?
I’ve just written an article for TechCrunch UK about the lack of educational startups in the UK - you can find more details here : http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/08/20/please-sir-where-are-the-education-start-ups.
From the article:
“The market for Education in the UK is massive - there are 26,562 different schools in the UK, and 157 universities and classroom based learning is only part of the picture. There is also adult education, distance learning, workplace training and many qualifications that could be thought of as niche, but have high enrolments each year. On top of formal education there is informal education that is best represented by language learning and the “Dummies guide to” range of books……”
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Dear Alastair,
Great post about a very interesting industry and one which can benefit hugely from the so called ‘Web 2.0′ and advancing technologies.
We also felt there is still a gap/ void to be filled and we are trying to do that with http://www.twidox.com. Twidox is a free, user generated online library of ‘quality’ documents that allows individuals and organisations to easily publish, share and search for them.
Documents on twidox are accessible to everyone online and will allow people to share their knowledge and help others with their work, learning, teaching and research.
The focus of the website is on professional and industry specific documents, research material, academic papers and articles, coursework and dissertations and data and statistics
The site archives and indexes every published text and makes it searchable to other users, free of charge. We will come out of private beta in October.
Mike has previously written about us (Twidox Is Like Scribd For Academics - Get 500 Beta Invites)
Best,
Nicholas
(Co-founder of twidox)
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