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Talis
Connecting teaching and learning
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Education
- Tutoring
- Learning
- Menlo Park, CA
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Company mission
Their mission is to connect students and teachers using software and data to help transform education. It allows academics and librarians to find, manage, and track usage of recommended learning resources for students, supporting student experiences and workflow efficiencies.
-16% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Talis aims to connect teaching and learning in order to increase both, applying tech and data to revolutionise education. Its aggregated data consists of more than 1.5 million resources - from ebooks, journals, and documents to videos and text books - recommended by academics and used by over a million students.
Talis has evolved along with the Higher Education Industry, meeting the needs and challenges of learning and teaching in a rapidly changing online environment.
Talis is trusted by over 104 colleges, universities, and libraries across the world, including Oxford, the University of Birmingham, and UCL. It now operates globally, working together to help improve the quality of education accessible to all students.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Pension
- Flexible annual leave
- Work remotely everyday
- Flexible hours for better balance
- Health cash plan
- Private health care
- Life assurance
- Travel insurance cover
- Home office set-up payment
- Startup culture
Company values
- Make a difference
- Be autonomous and accountable
Leadership
Alison Spencer
(CEO, not founder )Having worked at Alternative Business Solutions, DNUK Ltd, and Alea Solutions Ltd, Alison joined Talis in April 2008. After 12 years at the company, she was promoted to CEO in December 2020.
People progressing
Camille joined Talis as an intern in 2015, having worked as a Business Support Assistant. She was promoted to a Developer in 2015, and has served as Senior Developer since August 2019.
After working at Whisk as CTO, David started working as Tech Lead at Talis in April 2016. In January 2020, he became Technical Artist, a position he has held since.