Overview

The £20m+ “Research and Innovation Hub on Technology for Education” (EdTech Hub) grant has been awarded to a consortium of 6 partners including the University of Cambridge. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) over 7 years, the EdTech Hub studies over how effective, culturally appropriate uses of EdTech do – and do not – help to accelerate, spread and scale system-level interventions that lead to better learning outcomes for children in low-income countries. Importantly, the Hub sets out to determine where EdTech offers the greatest value for money and social return on investment.

Research team

Principal Investigator and Research Co-Director

• Dr Sara Hennessy

Senior Research Associate

• Dr Louis Major

Research Associate

• Dr Katy Jordan

Research Programme Administrator

• Janice Sequeira

Research Advisors

• Professor Nidhi Singal
• Dr Ricardo Sabates
• Dr Rob Gruijters
• Dr Riikka Hofmann
• Professor Rupert Wegerif

External team members

The research team also includes members from Jigsaw Consult

• David Hollow (Research Director, EdTech Hub)
• Kalifa Damani (Researcher)
• Saalim Koomar (Researcher)
• Meaghan Brugha (Researcher)
• Joel Mitchell (Consultant)

and Overseas Development Institute

• Susan Nicolai (Research Director, EdTech Hub)
• Adam Kreimeia (Researcher)

and Open Development & Education

• Björn Haßler (Technical Director, EdTech Hub)
• Sophia D'Angelo (Researcher)

Funder

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Partners

Overseas Development Institute Results for DevelopmentBrinkJigsaw Open Development & Education

Duration

June 2019 – March 2027

Contact and social media

For any enquiries concerning the Hub’s work, please contact us edtechhub@educ.cam.ac.uk

website: https://edtechhub.org

twitter: #EdTechHub