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Edtech Industry Landscape of the United Kingdom

4,904 Edtech companies in the United Kingdom, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and where the research is going. Updated September 2026.

4,904companies tracked
$4.8Bdisclosed funding
95hiring right now
119events · 24 months
50,953news articles · 12 months

Opportunity signals · united kingdom · country lane

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply

Curriculum & schools, Tech workforce shifts and Education costs & student debt show the widest gaps between demand-signal and mapped-supply percentiles across the United Kingdom. See the full board ↓

Who leads Edtech in the United Kingdom

Shows the top‑ranked Edtech firms in the UK, including hiring leaders, best‑funded companies, and the number currently hiring (95) and funded (306).

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01QS Quacquarelli Symonds9last posted Jul 2026
  2. 02Balfour & Co8last posted Apr 2026
  3. 03ELVTR6last posted Jul 2026
  4. 04Nosy Crow6last posted Jun 2026
  5. 05Kewordal5last posted Feb 2026
  6. 06LEO Global Overseas4last posted Jul 2026
  7. 07Save My Exams4last posted Feb 2026
  8. 08e-Careers4last posted Jan 2026
95 companies hiring · 13 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01Prodigy Finance$2.9BConventional Debt · Nov 2024
  2. 02Remember App$134.2MPost IPO · Jan 2026
  3. 03Texthelp$122.8MSeed · May 2023
  4. 04Perlego$92.7MSeries B · Oct 2024
  5. 05Yoto$74.4MConventional Debt · Oct 2024
  6. 06Leverage Edu$74.3MSeries C · May 2024
  7. 07FutureLearn$64.7MGrant (prize money) · Jan 2020
  8. 08Kano$62.3MSeries B · Jul 2020
306 companies with disclosed rounds · $4.8B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
  1. 01Tribal Group$106.7Msnapshot Dec 2023
  2. 02Leverage Edu$14.7MFY2020 filing
  3. 03MEL Science$11.4Msnapshot Dec 2019
  4. 04Memrise$9.5Msnapshot Dec 2023
  5. 05Perlego$8.2Msnapshot Apr 2022
  6. 06Tute$5.4MFY2023 filing
  7. 07Essentia$1MFY2024 filing
  8. 08Pebble$732ksnapshot Nov 2021
14 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01The Knowledge Academy1,300tracked employees
  2. 02Twinkl1,042tracked employees
  3. 03Tribal Group936tracked employees
  4. 04Leverage Edu729tracked employees
  5. 05QS Quacquarelli Symonds611tracked employees
  6. 06Valenture Institute458tracked employees
  7. 07Third Space Learning229tracked employees
  8. 08Equal Education Partners173tracked employees
61 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Century22.3%35 tracked events
  2. 02Chatterbox11.5%18 tracked events
  3. 03Dream VC10.8%17 tracked events
  4. 04Fluency7.0%11 tracked events
  5. 05Frog Education6.4%10 tracked events
  6. 06Leverage Edu6.4%10 tracked events
  7. 07Edumentors4.5%7 tracked events
  8. 08MediaCorp4.5%7 tracked events
157 tracked events across 32 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01Kano671articles in the window
  2. 02QS Quacquarelli Symonds81articles in the window
  3. 03Leverage Edu63articles in the window
  4. 04Moshi44articles in the window
  5. 05Prodigy Finance38articles in the window
  6. 06FutureLearn37articles in the window
  7. 07BBC Maestro16articles in the window
  8. 08Springpod15articles in the window
55 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Edtech ecosystem in the United Kingdom grew, 2016–2025

Shows how many UK Edtech firms were founded each year, with a peak of 468 new companies in 2020 and 32 in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Edtech companies in the United Kingdom
2016: 2522017: 2722018: 2922019: 3432020: 4682021: 3212022: 2532023: 2882024: 1222025: 32
20162025
peak 468 in 2020
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 71 in 2021
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 85,627,6732017: 395,299,7792018: 1,112,386,0292019: 281,506,3502020: 277,795,1612021: 1,144,037,7842022: 162,065,6002023: 496,399,2832024: 369,126,0882025: 68,887,281
20162025
peak $1.1B in 2021

Where Edtech companies in the United Kingdom are based

Lists the UK cities where Edtech firms are located, led by London with 1,754 companies, followed by Manchester, Birmingham, Cambridge, and Edinburgh.

London skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 01
London
1,754 Edtech companies
82% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
1,754companies
$4.3Bdisclosed funding
51hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · London · CC BY-SA 4.0
Manchester skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 02
Manchester
92 Edtech companies
4% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
92companies
$3.9Mdisclosed funding
1hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Manchester · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birmingham skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 03
Birmingham
71 Edtech companies
3% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
71companies
$8.2Mdisclosed funding
Photo Wikipedia · Birmingham · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cambridge skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 04
Cambridge
55 Edtech companies
3% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
55companies
$2.6Mdisclosed funding
1hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Cambridge · CC BY-SA 4.0
Edinburgh skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 05
Edinburgh
47 Edtech companies
2% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
47companies
$9.3Mdisclosed funding
1hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Edinburgh · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oxford skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 06
Oxford
45 Edtech companies
2% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
45companies
$5.4Mdisclosed funding
Photo Wikipedia · Oxford · CC BY-SA 4.0
Leeds skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 07
Leeds
44 Edtech companies
2% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
44companies
$1.6Mdisclosed funding
Photo Wikipedia · Leeds · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sheffield skyline — Edtech hub in the United Kingdom
Hub 08
Sheffield
42 Edtech companies
2% of the Edtech companies across these hubs
42companies
$11.3Mdisclosed funding
Photo Wikipedia · Sheffield · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Edtech market map of the United Kingdom: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the types of products Edtech firms build and their revenue models, highlighting consumer digital (3,535 firms) and subscription revenue (3,761 firms).

  • Consumer Digital3,535 companies · $4.5B raised · 70 hiring
  • Online Courses1,603 companies · $466.5M raised · 32 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech1,494 companies · $674.2M raised · 30 hiring
  • Continued Learning for Professionals962 companies · $305.6M raised · 19 hiring
  • Education IT901 companies · $253.2M raised · 15 hiring
  • Vocational Training842 companies · $241.3M raised · 8 hiring
  • Enterprise Software556 companies · $93M raised · 11 hiring
  • SaaS551 companies · $244.4M raised · 11 hiring
  • Language Learning Tech412 companies · $186M raised · 3 hiring
  • Edtech SaaS374 companies · $123.8M raised · 7 hiring
  • Activity Based Learning290 companies · $389.2M raised · 8 hiring
  • Passion Economy286 companies · $47.3M raised · 7 hiring

Monetization

How Edtech companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Subscription3,761
Advertising967
Fee-For-Service827
Commission on Transaction797
E-Commerce - Service642
E-Commerce - Product306
Freemium92
Physical Commerce59

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Edtech in the United Kingdom

Counts corporate events over the past two years, totaling 119 events, including earnings releases, funding rounds, M&A activity, new products, and key‑person announcements.

Earnings 31Funding 19M&A 18Product 16Leadership 11IPO 9Announcement 6Regulatory 2Contracts 2Lawsuit 1
  • FundingStudentCrowd has secured £7m in Series A funding as it looks to expand its data platform into international markets.2026-04-30
  • FundingA Swindon-based online education platform has secured an investment of £4.4m in a round led by Maven Capital Partners.2026-04-29
  • IPOLeverage Edu is looking to raise ₹2,000-3,000 Cr via its public issue which will comprise a fresh issue of shares as well as an offer for sale (OFS).2026-04-07
  • M&AHR Path, a global leader in HR consulting and HRIS solutions, is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of Lumi, a US-based company specializing in Workday integrations.2026-02-10
  • FundingMelbourne startup Fluency has raised US$6 million (A$8.55 million) in a seed round led by US VC Accel, Atlassian’s first external investor.2026-02-09
  • M&AJordan-based Alefredo EdTech has acquired UK-based tutoring platform Tutor House, reinforcing both its footprint in the British market and Jordan’s growing role as a regional hub for education technology.2026-02-04
  • FundingIn the UK, MyEdSpace raised €12.8 million to expand its blended live-learning platform internationally2026-01-19
  • FundingEdTech firm myHappymind has secured a minority investment from LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, as it looks to scale its digital mental health and wellbeing programmes for children and young people.2026-01-06
  • M&AIn August, Fitch Learning announced its acquisition of Moody’s education businesses — the CSI and Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS), a global provider of credit training.2025-12-09
  • IPOChtrbox’s strong performance follows the successful completion of its IPO, which raised Rs 4,286.28 lakhs through the issue of 37,27,200 equity shares of face value Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 105 per share.2025-10-27

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Edtech company in the United Kingdom was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
hr pathLUMIundisclosedAnnounced2026-04-17
Centurycentury communitiesundisclosedPending2026-04-13
Alefredo EdTechTutor House$600kAnnounced2026-02-07
Fitch LearningMoody’s education businesses – the CSI and Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS)undisclosedCompleted2025-12-09
Fitch Learningcanadian securities instituteundisclosedCompleted2025-12-06
cheggBusuu$436MAnnounced2025-08-10

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Provides details on specific corporate events such as leadership changes and contract wins.

Leadership moves
6 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • FluencyEric Mayhew · Promotion → Chief Innovation OfficerApr 2026
  • FluencyEric Picard · Appointment → Senior Vice President (SVP) of ProductApr 2026
  • BusuuKarine Allouche · Appointment → General Manager of Language Learning, Worldwide, and Skills Integration, EuropeFeb 2026
  • TwinklHarris Goodman · Appointment → US general managerJan 2026
  • Fitch LearningAndreas Karaiskos · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerNov 2025
  • MediaCorpRobin Hu 胡以晨 · Appointment → Board MemberSep 2025
Contract wins
3 customer wins · last 24 months
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
4 companies reporting29 company-quarters tracked

Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +0.0%, half slower.

Who is building Edtech in the United Kingdom

Profiles 1,360 founders and CEOs across 1,103 firms, noting common alma maters like Cambridge (51) and frequent prior employers such as McKinsey (6).

Founders and chief executives12 of 1,360, from the best-funded companies on this page
Cameron Stevens
Founder & CEO
Cameron Stevens

University of Cape Town 1999, INSEAD MBA 2006

Lev Rostunov
Co-Founder
Lev Rostunov

Co-Founder Gymmate, ex-Sberbank, Lalamove. National Research Nuclear University MEPhl 2011

Martin Mckay
CEO & FOunder
Martin Mckay

Singularity University

Gauthier Malderen
Co-Founder & CEO
Gauthier Malderen

Ex-Founder-Iconic Matter · Bocconi University BS 2014, University of Cambridge MS 2015

Ben Drury
Co-Founder & CEO
Ben Drury
repeat founder

Pimoroni, ex-Intercede, Marmalade, 7digital, BT. King's College London B.Sc 1997

Akshay Chaturvedi
Co-Founder & CEO
Akshay Chaturvedi

Fly Finance, Fly Homes. Delhi University BCom 2011, Indian School of Business MBA 2015

Ian Howell
Managing Director
Ian Howell

Ex-Higher Ed Partners

Alex Klein
Co-Founder & CEO
Alex Klein

Yale University BA 2012, University of Cambridge MPhil 2013

Miguel Santo Amaro
Co-Founder
Miguel Santo Amaro

Co-Founder StudentFinance, UniPlaces. Nottingham University Business School BA, Emlyon Business School, Zhejiang University…

James Gray
CEO
James Gray

Ex- CEO Ingram Digtal Group, Mylibrary, Coutts Information Services, Webrecruit, Swingpal, John Smith & Son, Ingram Content Group

Kimeshan Naidoo
Board Member & Co-Founder
Kimeshan Naidoo

Ex-Schlumberger, Co-Founder StudentView, United Nations. University of Cape Town BS 2012, UCL 2016

Omar Silva
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Omar Silva

Founder Soar Studio, For Men Australia, Little Big Steps, ex-Plato Project. Swinburne University of Technology BCom MCom 2012

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 210 of 1,360 founders
University of Cambridge51
University of Oxford42
Imperial College London18
University College London14
University of Warwick12
London Business School (LBS)10
University of Edinburgh10
University of Manchester9
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 31 of 1,360 founders
McKinsey6
Microsoft5
Morgan Stanley5
Google4
Amazon3
Facebook3
Apple2
Bain2
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 1,161 founders with a profile on this page
5
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders5
  • no repeat-founder flag1,156
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 1,246 of 1,360 founders
23%
of matched founders are women
  • women288
  • men958
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 114 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Edtech in the United Kingdom

Summarizes 634 funding rounds since 2016 from 607 investors, with a typical round size of $588 k.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
Europa27Dec 2020
Mercia105Feb 2025
Midlands Engine Investment Fund105Jun 2025
LocalGlobe84Jul 2023
Gov72Nov 2021
Mobeus Equity Partners65May 2021
Development Bank of Wales64Jun 2021
Blume Venture62Jul 2023
DSG Consumer Partners61Jul 2023
HSBC6Oct 2024
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel394
Series A–B121
Series C+ / PE23
Grants, debt & other96

The typical round is $588k — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Edtech funding rounds in the United Kingdom

Highlights the largest disclosed funding round—Remember App’s $134 M Series D—and lists ten other large recent rounds.

CompanyRoundSizeWhenBackers
Remember AppSeries D$134MDec 2021Saramin HR, ARC & Partners
TexthelpSeed$108.7MDec 2020Five Arrows Principal Investments, Five Arrows Capital Partners
Prodigy FinanceSeries C$66.2MJan 2017Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, AlphaCode
FutureLearnSeries B$64.5MApr 2019SEEK
PerlegoSeries B$50MMar 2022Mediahuis, The Raine Group, Evli Growth Partners +2 more
StudentFinanceSeries A$42.3MMar 2023Iberis Capital, Tom Blomfield, Armilar Venture Partners +5 more
Prodigy FinanceSeries C$41.2MJul 2019
The Training RoomSeries A$32.1MOct 2013LDC
MacatSeries B$30MNov 2015
KanoSeries B$28MApr 2017Thames Rivers Trust, Breyer Capital, Index Ventures +17 more
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M35
$1–10M21
$10–50M7
$50–250M0
>$250M0

63 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

How this industry appears in the news

Counts 50,953 news articles in the last year, most often covering AI advances, technology adoption, product launches, and policy issues.

News volume
Edtech coverage across United Kingdom · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 8,2732021Q3: 9,6262021Q4: 8,4092022Q1: 8,9692022Q2: 8,5922022Q3: 8,5242022Q4: 8,8892023Q1: 10,3062023Q2: 11,6442023Q3: 10,5822023Q4: 12,0542024Q1: 12,1212024Q2: 12,2032024Q3: 15,4312024Q4: 13,5792025Q1: 15,8382025Q2: 11,6742025Q3: 14,7322025Q4: 12,0712026Q1: 12,672
2021Q22026Q1
peak 15,838 in 2025Q1 · 50,953 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 74% → 73%, negative 25% → 26% across 2021–2025.
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

55 Edtech companies here were named in the news over this period.

Prism

Watch Edtech coverage in United Kingdom as it happens

Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in United Kingdom Edtech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
54,840 articles touch this dimension · 54.4% critical tone
20212025
signals: ai regulation compliance, responsible ai, ai research
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
14,023 articles touch this dimension · 44.7% critical tone
20212025
signals: education reform, school funding battles, ai hardware
Growth ▲ rising
16,679 articles touch this dimension · 45.4% critical tone
20212025
signals: ai research, ai hardware, dc fast-charging deployment

What Edtech research is working on

Lists 53,436 academic papers, with 32,374 identifying opportunities, 8,262 noting common problems, and 3,823 offering cautions.

How this field talks about itself
Edtech papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Promising51.7% · 37.3%1.4×
Problem-identifying14.8% · 9.8%1.5×
Descriptive14.5% · 17.6%0.8×
Breakthrough8.9% · 26.1%0.3×
Cautionary7.2% · 4.2%1.7×
Comparative2.3% · 4.1%0.6×

Edtech literature runs 1.4× more “promising” than science at large (51.7% vs 37.3% baseline).

How the work is done
Empirical52.6%
Methods-led22.5%
Reviews17.0%
Position pieces6.8%
Theoretical1.1%
How the research reads

97% positive · 1% neutral · 2% negative, across 53,436 papers.

The institutions behind the field
  • The Open University13k
  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology9k
  • Brigham Young University8k
  • Michigan State University8k
  • Athabasca University8k
  • Nanyang Technological University7k

ranked by how often their work is cited

Researchers who shaped it

Punya Mishra · Matthew J. Koehler · Dragan Gašević · Robert F. Murphy · Barbara Means · Yukie Toyama · Shivangi Dhawan · Gwo‐Jen Hwang

The most-cited breakthroughs
  • What Is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge · 2k cites
  • What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)? · 1k cites
  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences · 873 cites
  • Video in Research in the Learning Sciences · 871 cites
  • A time‐based blended learning model · 442 cites
Common problems researchers identify6,904 papers · 7 recurring themes
Experiential Learning / Active Learning — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 01
Experiential Learning / Active Learning
1,624 papers · 27.1% of this block
2022: 235 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 231 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 226 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 301 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 235 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 231 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 226 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 301 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +28% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Experiential learning · Active learning · Educational technology · Curriculum
“Foundations of online learning: Challenges and opportunities”
1624 of these papers raise it as a problem
Technology Integration / Educational Technology — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 02
Technology Integration / Educational Technology
1,233 papers · 20.6% of this block
2022: 368 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 354 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 332 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 396 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 368 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 354 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 332 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 396 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +8% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Technology integration · Educational technology · Information and Communications Technology · Information technology
“INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION”
1233 of these papers raise it as a problem
Digital Transformation / Digital Learning — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 03
Digital Transformation / Digital Learning
971 papers · 16.2% of this block
2022: 122 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 140 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 160 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 308 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 122 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 140 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 160 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 308 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +152% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Digital transformation · Digital learning · Digital literacy · Digital divide
“Implementing Digital Technology in Learning in the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers”
971 of these papers raise it as a problem
Generative Grammar / Applications Of Artificial Intelligence — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 04
Generative Grammar / Applications Of Artificial Intelligence
745 papers · 12.4% of this block
2022: 11 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 25 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 49 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 125 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 11 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 25 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 49 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 125 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +1079% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Generative grammar · Applications of artificial intelligence · Generative model · Literacy
“INTEGRATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES”
745 of these papers raise it as a problem
Distance Education / Online Learning — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 05
Distance Education / Online Learning
598 papers · 10.0% of this block
2022: 232 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 154 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 93 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 70 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 232 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 154 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 93 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 70 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -70% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Distance education · Online learning · Coronavirus disease 2019 · Pandemic
“Navigating the New Normal: Adapting Online and Distance Learning in the Post-Pandemic Era”
598 of these papers raise it as a problem
Learning Analytics / Analytics — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 06
Learning Analytics / Analytics
417 papers · 7.0% of this block
2022: 89 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 90 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 79 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 81 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 89 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 90 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 79 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 81 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -9% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Learning analytics · Analytics · Data analysis · Big data
“Learning analytics and educational data mining”
417 of these papers raise it as a problem
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 07
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education
412 papers · 6.9% of this block
2022: 1,393 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,370 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,097 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 604 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,393 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,370 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,097 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 604 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -57% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Blended learning · Mathematics education · Educational technology · Pedagogy
“Blended Learning Models”
412 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions3,160 papers · 7 recurring themes
Experiential Learning / Virtual Reality — Cautions
Cautions · theme 01
Experiential Learning / Virtual Reality
778 papers · 24.6% of this block
2022: 158 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 168 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 219 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 158 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 168 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 219 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +39% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Experiential learning · Virtual reality · Active learning · Learning analytics
“Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) Adaptive System Impact on Students’ Perception and Self-Regulated Learning Skills”
778 of these papers raise it as a problem
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Personalized Learning — Cautions
Cautions · theme 02
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Personalized Learning
650 papers · 20.6% of this block
2022: 1,027 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,058 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,100 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,149 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,027 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,058 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,100 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 1,149 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +12% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Applications of artificial intelligence · Personalized learning · Higher education · Transformative learning
“ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS”
650 of these papers raise it as a problem
Digital Learning / Distance Education — Cautions
Cautions · theme 03
Digital Learning / Distance Education
570 papers · 18.0% of this block
2022: 249 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 173 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 117 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 126 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 249 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 173 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 117 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 126 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -49% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Digital learning · Distance education · Online learning · Social media
“Digital Transformation in Education: Evaluating Teachers’ Practices and Strategies to Enhance Access to Quality Learning in a Local Communit”
570 of these papers raise it as a problem
Technology Integration / Information And Communications Technology — Cautions
Cautions · theme 04
Technology Integration / Information And Communications Technology
495 papers · 15.7% of this block
2022: 368 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 354 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 332 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 396 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 368 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 354 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 332 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 396 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +8% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Technology integration · Information and Communications Technology · Educational technology · Information technology
“Technology Integration in Education: Opportunities and Challenges”
495 of these papers raise it as a problem
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language — Cautions
Cautions · theme 05
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language
257 papers · 8.1% of this block
2022: 151 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 156 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 199 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 151 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 156 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 199 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +32% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Language acquisition · Foreign language · English language · Language industry
“Use of Technology in English Language Learning: Challenges and Benefits”
257 of these papers raise it as a problem
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education — Cautions
Cautions · theme 06
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education
256 papers · 8.1% of this block
2022: 1,356 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,329 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,034 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 495 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,356 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,329 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,034 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 495 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -64% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Blended learning · Mathematics education · Flipped classroom · Educational technology
“Commentary on the Applications of Blended Learning in the Teaching and Learning Process – A Review”
256 of these papers raise it as a problem
Generative Grammar / Generative Model — Cautions
Cautions · theme 07
Generative Grammar / Generative Model
154 papers · 4.9% of this block
2022: 41 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 68 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 108 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 218 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 41 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 68 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 108 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 218 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +436% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Generative grammar · Generative model · Transformative learning · Higher education
“The Role of Generative AI Tools in Academic Learning: Opportunities and Challenges”
154 of these papers raise it as a problem
Opportunities27,400 papers · 7 recurring themes
Experiential Learning / Active Learning — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 01
Experiential Learning / Active Learning
1,370 papers · 22.8% of this block
2022: 98 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 103 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 98 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 103 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 97 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +62% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Experiential learning · Active learning · Learning analytics · Collaborative learning
“&lt;b&gt;IMPLEMENTING THE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' COOPERATION SKILLS&lt;/b&gt;”
Addie Model / Test — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 02
Addie Model / Test
1,110 papers · 18.5% of this block
2022: 50 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 52 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 34 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 37 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 50 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 52 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 34 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 37 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -26% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
ADDIE Model · Test · Augmented reality · Interactive media
“An applied model of learner engagement and strategies for increasing learner engagement in the modern educational environment”
Educational Technology / Technology Integration — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 03
Educational Technology / Technology Integration
1,068 papers · 17.8% of this block
2022: 182 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 178 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 181 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 238 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 182 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 178 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 181 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 238 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +31% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Educational technology · Technology integration · Digital learning · Digital transformation
“INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAINING THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM”
Personalized Learning / Generative Grammar — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 04
Personalized Learning / Generative Grammar
765 papers · 12.8% of this block
2022: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 36 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 65 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 144 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 36 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 65 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 144 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +723% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Personalized learning · Generative grammar · Applications of artificial intelligence · Adaptive learning
“Artificial Intelligence in Education: Transforming Learning through Personalization, Automation, and Smart Technologies”
Reinforcement Learning / Adaptive Learning — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 05
Reinforcement Learning / Adaptive Learning
716 papers · 11.9% of this block
2022: 17 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 20 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 36 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 17 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 20 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 36 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +106% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Reinforcement learning · Adaptive learning · Robustness · Federated learning
“Development of Intelligent, Adaptive, and Dynamic Systems Via the Investigation of Novel Machine Learning Algorithms”
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 06
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education
488 papers · 8.1% of this block
2022: 1,356 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,329 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,034 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 495 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 1,356 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 1,329 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 1,034 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 495 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▼ -64% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Blended learning · Mathematics education · Flipped classroom · Flipped learning
“TEACHERS' READINESS FOR BLENDED LEARNING, THEIR REASONS, CHALLENGES, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTISING BLENDED LEARNING”
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 07
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language
483 papers · 8.1% of this block
2022: 151 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 156 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 199 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2022: 151 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2023: 159 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2024: 156 of every 10,000 papers on this subject2025: 199 of every 10,000 papers on this subject▲ +32% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Language acquisition · Foreign language · English language · Vocabulary
“Teaching English language with different technological tools and interactive methods”

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Tracks how the share of research themes has shifted worldwide between 2022 and 2025.

Problems
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Generative Grammar / Applications Of Artificial Intelligence▲+1079%
Digital Transformation / Digital Learning▲+152%
Experiential Learning / Active Learning▲+28%
Technology Integration / Educational Technology▲+8%
Learning Analytics / Analytics▼-9%
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education▼-57%
Distance Education / Online Learning▼-70%
Cautions
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Generative Grammar / Generative Model▲+436%
Experiential Learning / Virtual Reality▲+39%
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language▲+32%
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Personalized Learning▲+12%
Technology Integration / Information And Communications Technology▲+8%
Digital Learning / Distance Education▼-49%
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education▼-64%
Opportunities
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Personalized Learning / Generative Grammar▲+723%
Reinforcement Learning / Adaptive Learning▲+106%
Experiential Learning / Active Learning▲+62%
Language Acquisition / Foreign Language▲+32%
Educational Technology / Technology Integration▲+31%
Addie Model / Test▼-26%
Blended Learning / Mathematics Education▼-64%
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About this data: built from Fliar's company, founder, funding, hiring, jobs, news and research trackers, covering the United Kingdom. Counts are of companies we track, not of every company that exists. Updated September 2026.

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United Kingdom

Every demand signal in the United Kingdom’s newsflow, measured as a share of the country’s own coverage (2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01, against the year before), then scored beside family-matched supply — the companies in each signal’s mapped edtech categories — as within-page percentiles. The gap is signal percentile minus supply percentile — a prioritisation clue in percentile points, not a market size.

The opportunity, in one view

signal family
signal pctile
supply pctile
gap · bar scaled to ±30 pts
gap pts
vs prior yr
Curriculum & schoolsdemand driver
signal pctile20
supply pctile0th percentile
gap pts+20
vs prior yr+7.5%
Tech workforce shiftsspending pressure
signal pctile60
supply pctile40
gap pts+20
vs prior yr▲ +34.6%
Education costs & student debtspending pressure
signal pctile70
supply pctile60
gap pts+10
vs prior yr▲ +38.6%
Data & privacy regulationcompliance pressure
signal pctile20
supply pctile20
gap pts0
vs prior yr▲ +19.3%
Layoffs & income shocksspending pressure
signal pctile80
supply pctile100
gap pts-20
vs prior yr▲ +37%
Online learningchannel shift
signal pctile50
supply pctile80
gap pts-30
vs prior yr▲ +52.5%

Where the signals are loudest

Each region’s reading is a share of its own coverage, so a loud smaller region can outrank a large one; rows follow each story’s primary region tag.

region
signal /10k articles · bar scaled to top row
top families
North Carolina
signal /10k articles133.4
top familiesEducation costs & student debt, Curriculum & schools, Tech workforce shifts
Colorado
signal /10k articles116.3
top familiesLayoffs & income shocks, Education costs & student debt, Tech workforce shifts
Kent
signal /10k articles108
top familiesEducation costs & student debt, Layoffs & income shocks, Tech workforce shifts
Edinburgh
signal /10k articles104
top familiesTech workforce shifts, Layoffs & income shocks, Education costs & student debt
Surrey
signal /10k articles96.8
top familiesCurriculum & schools, Education costs & student debt, Tech workforce shifts
Bristol
signal /10k articles93.2
top familiesTech workforce shifts, Layoffs & income shocks, Curriculum & schools
Leeds
signal /10k articles84.7
top familiesTech workforce shifts, Layoffs & income shocks, Online learning
Lancashire
signal /10k articles81.1
top familiesTech workforce shifts, Layoffs & income shocks, Online learning
Birmingham
signal /10k articles80.8
top familiesTech workforce shifts, Layoffs & income shocks, Education costs & student debt
London
signal /10k articles69.4
top familiesLayoffs & income shocks, Tech workforce shifts, Education costs & student debt

showing the ten highest-signal regions of 12 readings.

Inside the three leading signals

+20 percentile-point gap

Curriculum & schools

the operating hypothesis
Curriculum change can pull classroom content and tooling demand behind it.

5.21 /10k articles, 12-month share +7.5% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
5.47
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
Northern Ireland
19.2
+20 percentile-point gap

Tech workforce shifts

the operating hypothesis
Hiring, visa and layoff cycles can resize teams — per-seat budgets tend to follow.

21.34 /10k articles, 12-month share ▲ +34.6% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
22.99
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
+10 percentile-point gap

Education costs & student debt

the operating hypothesis
Cost pressure can pull demand toward affordable and financed learning paths.

11.95 /10k articles, 12-month share ▲ +38.6% vs prior yr
quarterly share /10k
13.73
2024Q32026Q2
where it concentrates · /10k of that region’s coverage
Kent
63
North Carolina
49.4

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Related research & where the coverage is heading

The research below carries both a edtech term and this page’s geography in its title — context for the boards above, not proof of any single number. The keywords are the fastest-growing terms in the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families, measured as a share of that coverage year-over-year so volume drift cancels.

Related research · edtech in the United Kingdom

“Revisiting five decades of educational technology research: A content and authorship analysis of the British Journal of Educational Technology”
British Journal of Educational Technology · 2018 · 207 citations
“Digital literacy and the national curriculum for England: Learning from how the experts engage with and evaluate online content”
Computers & Education · 2020 · 195 citations
“Fifty years of <i>British Journal of Educational Technology</i> : A topic modeling based bibliometric perspective”
British Journal of Educational Technology · 2020 · 161 citations
“The impact of artificial intelligence on clinical education: perceptions of postgraduate trainee doctors in London (UK) and recommendations for trainers”
BMC Medical Education · 2021 · 155 citations

What’s growing in this coverage

teacher loan forgiveness
▲ +344.1%
98 articles, last 12mo
income-driven repayment
▲ +275.9%
80 articles, last 12mo
foreign study
▲ +101.3%
46 articles, last 12mo
registered apprenticeships
▲ +100.1%
41 articles, last 12mo
apprenticeship trades
▲ +92.5%
44 articles, last 12mo
international programs
▲ +69.2%
48 articles, last 12mo

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