Scots EdTech firm chaired by Nick Kuenssberg targets overseas growth

A Scottish education technology company is in talks over a potential deal in India as it targets global sales growth on the back of a surge in demand for its products during lockdown.

The Glasgow-based education technology company is in talks over a potential deal in India as it targets global sales growth on the back of a surge in demand for its products during lockdown. Picture: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Glasgow-based Klik2Learn, founded by former schoolteacher Ann Attridge and chaired by tech sector veteran Nick Kuenssberg, has developed apps including one which uses gaming technology to teach English to non-native speakers.

Based on recent growth it is now targeting a £3 million turnover from UK sales alone and expansion into a number of new overseas markets.

The business recently signed a collaboration agreement with City of Glasgow College to help students and tutors while coronavirus restrictions are in place.

As part of the deal it is creating a digital learning hub that will enable students to take courses and gain certification remotely. The technology will be made available to other colleges and institutions across the UK to purchase under license.

Kuenssberg, chairman of Kilk2learn, said lockdown had seen “institutions really waking-up to the potential benefits of online and blended learning”.

“Our collaboration with City of Glasgow College is a significant development for us as it has the potential to alert the further and higher education sectors across the UK to what we have to offer,” he said.

“Colleges provide the professional input and we convert that into accredited online courses with the necessary rigour and quality assurance, a potentially huge market for the UK alone.”

Klik2learn is also in talks with an Indian partner, Purview Services, and the state government of Andhra Pradesh in the south east of the country over the use of its software by pupils in schools there.

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