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'''British Educational Suppliers Association''' (BESA) is a lobby group and trade association for UK-based companies that supply goods and services to the education sector.

==Core activities==
BESA says it:
*'lobbies Government and decision-makers on policy issues',
*'provides information, training and advice to our members', and
*'arranges and promotes marketing opportunities and exhibitions for BESA members in the UK and internationally.'<ref>[http://www.besa.org.uk/about-us About Us], BESA website, accessed July 2016</ref>

==Members==
BESA members include manufacturers and distributors of equipment, materials, teaching aids, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware and digital content.

==People==
*[[Caroline Wright]], director general. A PR professional, Wright is a former Director of Communications at the [[Department for Education]] and [[Ofsted]], the schools regulator.
*[[ Patrick Hayes]], director. Previously Business Development Director at [[TES Global]].

==Contacts==
*Website: www.besa.org.uk
*Twitter: @besatweet
*Address: 20 Beaufort Court - Suite 19, Admirals Way, London E14 9XL

==References==
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[[Category:Education Industry]][[Category:Education reform lobby group]]

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	But, with all the barriers identified, the solution according to BESA is 'political will'. 'We the need the messaging to come from Government that actually they’re supporting EdTech.'<ref>'Digital technologies and innovative teaching practices in the classroom: latest thinking and policy options' conference, Westminster Education Forum, 26 April 2016</ref>		But, with all the barriers identified, the solution according to BESA is 'political will'. 'We the need the messaging to come from Government that actually they’re supporting EdTech.'<ref>'Digital technologies and innovative teaching practices in the classroom: latest thinking and policy options' conference, Westminster Education Forum, 26 April 2016</ref>
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		+	==Parliamentary lobbying==
		+	BESA funds the secretariat for the [[All Party Parliamentary Group for Education]].<ref>[http://www.educationappg.org.uk/about-the-appg/secretariat/ Secretariat], APPG for Education website, accessed Nov 2016</ref> The APPG is run on BESA's behalf by [[Ranelagh]] ltd, the lobbying firm of former Conservative MP [[Jonathan Sayeed]].
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		+	The APPG provides a forum for MPs to debate issues around education, and a means through which BESA can inform these debates.
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		+	The APPG for Education is charied by [[Danny Kinahan]] MP ([[Ulster Unionist Party]]). Its vice chairs are Conservative peer [[Pauline Perry]] (Baroness Perry of Southwark); Conservative MP, [[Andrea Jenkyns]]; and Labour MP [[Fabian Hamilton]].

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 It also worked with [[ETAG]], a national expert group advising government, to look strategically at technology in education.
 It also says it is 'having  discussions  and  working  with  officials' at the [[Department of Education]] on a macro edtech strategy.
-But, with all these barriers, the solution according to BESA is 'political will'. 'We the need the messaging to come from Government that actually they’re supporting EdTech.'<ref>'Digital technologies and innovative teaching practices in the classroom: latest thinking and policy options' conference, Westminster Education Forum, 26 April 2016</ref>
+Caroline Wright of BESA also says that she knows 'lots of commercial organisations that are working with governing bodies' in schools on how technology becomes embedded across the curriculum.<ref>'Digital technologies and innovative teaching practices in the classroom: latest thinking and policy options' conference, Westminster Education Forum, 26 April 2016</ref>
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 As a result, BESA says it has been 'lobbying the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]] and the [[Department for Education]] to get schools 'fast-tracked' for super-fast broadband.
-It also worked with [[ETAG]], a national expert group advising government, to look strategically at technology in education. It also says it is 'having  discussions  and  working  with  officials' at the [[Department of Education]] on a macro edtech strategy.
+It also worked with [[ETAG]], a national expert group advising government, to look strategically at technology in education.
 But, with all these barriers, the solution according to BESA is 'political will'. 'We the need the messaging to come from Government that actually they’re supporting EdTech.'<ref>'Digital technologies and innovative teaching practices in the classroom: latest thinking and policy options' conference, Westminster Education Forum, 26 April 2016</ref>

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 *Funding. Spend more money on technology.
-As a result, BESA says it has been 'lobbying the [[Department for Cultre, Media and Sport]] and the [[Department of Education]] to get schools 'fast-tracked' for super-fast broadband.
+As a result, BESA says it has been 'lobbying the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]] and the [[Department for Education]] to get schools 'fast-tracked' for super-fast broadband.
 It also worked with [[ETAG]], a national expert group advising government, to look strategically at technology in education. It also says it is 'having  discussions  and  working  with  officials' at the [[Department of Education]] on a macro edtech strategy.

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 ==People==
 *[[Caroline Wright]], director general. A PR professional, Wright is a former Director of Communications at the [[Department for Education]] and [[Ofsted]], the schools regulator.
-*[[ Patrick Hayes]], director. Previously Business Development Director at [[TES Global]].
+*Patrick Hayes, director. Previously Business Development Director at [[TES Global]].
 ==Contacts==

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 *'provides information, training and advice to our members', and
 *'arranges and promotes marketing opportunities and exhibitions for BESA members in the UK and internationally.'<ref>[http://www.besa.org.uk/about-us About Us], BESA website, accessed July 2016</ref>
 ==Members==