UKS and Learnpremium team up to provide online curriculum resources for schools
April 22 2008

UKS, the Middle East’s leading learning solutions enabler, announces its partnership with learnpremium from the Guardian, the leading teaching and learning resource website for schools, to provide online curriculum resources for primary and secondary schools.

Prepared by teachers for teachers, UKS offers learnpremium from the Guardian which provides a comprehensive range of high quality curriculum materials designed to maximize the benefits of teaching and learning using digital content in the classroom. It offers ~ 75,000 pages of motivating and engaging resources to save teachers’ time preparing lessons, helps explain difficult concepts and support revision and reinforcement.

"Incorporating ICT in the classroom has been a slow but steady process across schools in the Middle East, but with a potential to grow rapidly. The challenge is to transform teaching and learning in schools to enable learners to construct their own knowledge and develop their talents in effective and powerful ways. With a commitment to education, UKS found in learnpremium the ideal partner to tackle this challenge by providing educational products that meet teachers' needs and support them in using ICT in the classroom." said Ms. Nada El-Marji, UKS Sales & Marketing Director

Learnpremium supports a wide range of subjects for the whole curriculum, from foundation through to post-16. All learnpremium content comes with accompanying teachers' notes to help with lesson planning and ideas. There is also a test centre to help teachers build their own tests for different subjects.

"This is an exciting time for learnpremium from the Guardian. Our partnership with UKS will provide schools in the Middle East with the opportunity to access one of the broadest and deepest collections of first-rate digital teaching and learning resources. Already used by over 5,000 schools in the United Kingdom, we look forward to working with UKS to grow our community of users and to enable more teachers and learners to take advantage of the educational opportunities afforded by the deployment of interactive digital content." said Lucy haire, head of Learn at the Guardian.

ABOUT LEARNPREMIUM

We are wholly owned by the Guardian, and reflect the Guardian's commitment to education, an issue that has always been at the heart of the Guardian's values. As a business that specialises in producing high-quality content, it is a natural fit for Guardian News and Media (GNM) to invest in the e-learning business.

We are committed to supporting teachers in using ICT in the classroom, and as such have developed digital educational products that meet teachers' needs. We work daily with teachers and through our links with the Guardian, we also have a broad understanding of the education sector - from education professionals, to governors, teachers, students and their parents.