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MyEd
EdTech business transforming the experience of learning
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Education
- Big data
- Learning
- SaaS
- Handsworth, Birmingham, UK
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Company mission
MyEd's mission is to empower and inspire learners and educators.
Our take
MyEd is an EdTech business with a mission to transform the experience of learning in a rapidly changing world by empowering every young learner to experience personalised immersive learning.
Myed's long-term goal is to facilitate all young learners to be able to quickly and easily gain access to educational opportunities that are compatible with their needs, preferences and aspirations through the use of emerging technological and scientific advancement. The company builds tools and services to help young learners to find the most compatible places to learn, work and play and to give them access to bespoke online learning technologies and resources to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential.
In 2020, the company won funding from Innovation UK's Sustainable Innovation Fund to develop a new online learning app, MyEd Open School. The Open School now offers a broader range of teaching, homework and communication tools, available across all platforms and devices. The app is specifically designed to allow young children to access key areas with minimal adult intervention.
This new platform compliments its existing product, MyEd Search, which enables parents to make informed school application choices. The company is currently working with Birmingham City Council to bring this service to everyone in greater Birmingham and eventually, the whole of the UK.
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Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Our values are more than a set of statements. They are embedded in our brand identity that evolved from the short name of the business – MyEd. From the outset, we wanted to focus on helping parents/carers to make informed decision about their children’s education. The word ‘My’ in the business name and in the brand design, represented by a hand holding a book depicts our philosophy of putting the individual at the heart of what we do. We want people to own their education - to see it as something they can take control of rather than something that happens to them.
- We offer a ‘helping hand’ to everyone searching for a place to learn and develop. Our values guide us to conduct all aspects of our business ‘by the book’. We stive to create a trusted brand and to be the ‘go-to place’ for helping parents/carers make informed decisions about their children’s education. We are inclusive and open, aiming to reach all young learners; innovative and enterprising in facilitating transformation of education for the new era; and responsive to the rapidly changing business environment and the needs of our stakeholders
- These values are summarised in the statement: Keeping the individual learner at the heart of what we do and conducting our business with integrity, creativity and enterprise
Leadership
Prof Upkar Singh Pardesi OBE
(CEO)Upkar has a blend of creative, strategic and analytical skills. He has a background in enterprise development and many years' experience of senior management of higher education and of establishing schools in the UK and aiding the development of universities in Africa. He is passionate about the strategic direction and positioning of MyEd to become a force for transforming all levels of education.
Harmil Pardesi
(Director of Service Design and Transformation)Harmil has a background in marketing and management in the higher education and digital technology sectors. Harmil leads on the transformation and design of education services by using open and user-generated data. He works closely with key strategic partners to jointly develop, test and launch new digital and personalised solutions to benefit society.
Eamon Pardesi
(Director of Creative Digital Engagement)With a background in visual communications, art direction and social media engagement, Eamon leads the creative strategy and development at MyEd. Eamon manages MyEd’s technical and creative teams to build personalised education services.