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Oxford University Press and Bond join forces with CENTURY Tech to create cutting-edge adaptive learning resource
Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced today it is collaborating with CENTURY Tech to create a new adaptive learning product as part of Bond’s portfolio.
Bond, OUP’s flagship 11+ preparation brand, has helped millions of children for over 50 years prepare for the 11+, Common Entrance and other selective exams. Bond, which was acquired by OUP in 2013, offers a range of books and online resources to help children practice. Together with CENTURY Tech, the award winning EdTech platform which combines the latest research in learning science, artificial intelligence and neuroscience, they will launch Bond Online Premium and Bond Online Premium Plus in 2023.
Bond Online Premium and Bond Online Premium Plus will include thousands of Bond practice questions, suitable for the Granada Learning (GL) and Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) exams, as well as school-written tests and other exam boards. Bond Online Premium Plus will be the only test preparation resource endorsed by the Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB) and will include additional ISEB-specific practice. Bond Online Premium and Premium Plus will also have personalised learning pathways for students with AI-informed recommendations to ensure that the experience is tailored to each student’s unique needs.
Helen Freeman, Director of Early Childhood and Home Education at Oxford University Press, said “We are delighted to work with CENTURY Tech to expand our heritage Bond portfolio and create an innovative new product which will support even more learners across the world. Our collaboration will enable us to harness Oxford University Press and Bond’s unique expertise in supporting learners, together with CENTURY Tech’s state of the art adaptive technology, to ensure we deliver cutting-edge learning experiences tailored to students’ individual needs.”
Priya Lakhani OBE, Founder and CEO of CENTURY Tech, said “We are delighted to work with Bond to deliver this innovative new product. Combined with Bond’s gold standard 11+ preparation and practice materials, CENTURY’s artificial intelligence engine will be able to identify with pinpoint accuracy exactly where a pupil is struggling and adapt their preparation accordingly. This will provide a personalised pathway to success in the 11+ for any student, making high quality home learning more cost-effective and affordable than ever before.”
Press Contacts
For further information or to request interviews, please contact Caroline Mccourt via Caroline.Mccourt@oup.com or on 07500425894.
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- education
- oup news
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- England
About Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence.
It currently publishes thousands of new publications a year, has offices in around fifty countries, and employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide.
It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and academic journals.
About Bond
First published in 1964, the Bond Assessment Papers, written by J M Bond, have now sold over two million copies making Bond the number one provider of 11+ practice materials. Bond has helped millions of children learn and practise at home, in school and with tutors on their path to exam success. Bond was acquired by Oxford University Press in 2013.
About CENTURY Tech
CENTURY Tech is an award-winning AI education technology company. Our team of teachers, neuroscientists and technologists develop world-leading artificial intelligence tools for schools and colleges as well as learning and development environments. Founded by entrepreneur Priya Lakhani OBE in 2013, CENTURY’s mission is to help teachers across the world to remove learning roadblocks so that every student can succeed. CENTURY’s scalable technology creates a constantly adapting personalised learning path for every student across any curriculum. It provides teachers with real-time rich data insights to make effective targeted interventions. Our powerful SaaS platform is used by leading schools around the world, and has been implemented by ministries of education on a national and regional scale.
