Frog Education wins BETT award

Frog Education has won an ICT Company of the Year award at BETT 2015.   The company, which won the award for firms with turnover of between £1-10m, makes education technology and recently launched FrogProgress, a tool that allows teachers to assess pupils’ progress digitally.   “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award as recognition of Frog’s continued commitment to providing world-class technology to improve both teaching and learning in the classroom,” said Gareth Davies, m.d. of Frog Education.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Dictator dentistry wins odd title prize

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Fri, 25/03/2011 - 00:05 A book advising dentists to manage their practices according to the leadership techniques of a legendary Mongolian warlord has been voted the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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"Bold" Bloomsbury book wins Hessell-Tiltman history prize

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 08:34 Bloomsbury's The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: the History of a Civilisation from 3,000 BC to Cleopatra has won this year's £3,000 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History. Written by Toby Wilkinson, the book was commended by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Forbes wins £50k Warwick Prize for Writing

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Julian Barnes awarded David Cohen Prize

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Bi Feiyu wins Man Asian Literary Prize

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Jojo Moyes wins RNA Romantic Novel of the Year

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