SBRI: higher education open data, digital tools for prospective students
Department For EducationEstimated Value
Up to £296,000
Deadline
9 November 2018
Published
1 February 2019
Type
services
Overview
Across the UK, prospective higher education students often make uninformed decisions about where and what to study. The competition's aim is to ensure prospective students have access to data about the outcomes of subjects and Higher Education providers.
This is to help them make informed decisions about where and what to study. The Department for Education (DfE) is looking for ideas for creating free, accessible, commercially sustainable and innovative digital tools to help prospective students make better decisions about their future.
These must: • be based on graduate salary and employment outcomes • use the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) earnings data and other relevant open data The first phase was an open competition hosted through Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). The department awarded five contracts of around £25,000 each to tech companies to develop a prototype.
Additional details
These contracts are for the second phase of the competition. The second phase was a closed competition between the five winners of phase 1 for two contracts of around £150,000 each. This is to develop a fully functioning digital tool, to launch in March 2019.
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
Engine Partners UK LLP (Transform)
1 contract wonlatest 18 Sept 2026£9m
total awarded
- 2
Mobilise Cloud Services Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 9 Apr 2026£4m
total awarded
- 3
Faculty Science Limited
1 contract wonlatest 9 Jan 2026£6m
total awarded
- 4
Methods Business and Digital Technology
1 contract wonlatest 30 May 2025£9m
total awarded
- 5
Methods Business and Digital ltd
1 contract wonlatest 30 May 2025£9m
total awarded
Engine Partners UK LLP (Transform) is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Department for EducationKey Dates
Published
1 February 2019
Submission deadline
9 November 2018
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