Prodigy Learning an Irish EdTech company, which provides digital skills certifications, learning solutions and professional development for Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft and other technologies, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious UK EducationInvestor Awards 2018.

The Awards are presented to organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to education in the UK during 2017-2018, with a view to promoting excellence and recognising innovation in the private education sector.

Prodigy Learning is on an esteemed short-list of eight organisations in the category ICT – Platforms and Applications. This category highlights international organisations who are at the forefront of innovating and developing within the UK education sector as part of the next evolution of digital learning. Leading Irish EdTech company, Prodigy is shortlisted in this category along with an impressive array of 7 other companies: Frog Education, Joskos Solutions, Learning Possibilities, National Education Group, NetSupport, New Era Education and Satchel.

Prodigy has over 2,000 customers in the education, training, corporate and public sectors across Europe, Ireland, UK and most recently has successfully expanded into Australia. Prodigy’s extensive customer base includes top tier academic, commercial and public-sector employers, globally.
Customers range from secondary schools to prestigious universities such as London School of Economics and the University of St. Andrews, government bodies including the NHS in the UK and SOLAS in Ireland and corporate organisations including large professional bodies such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
The fast growing, successful Prodigy Learning team work closely with these customers, supporting them on Prodigy pathways to meet their unique digital skills requirements.

Now in its ninth year running, the EducationInvestor Awards ceremony will see 20 awards presented recognising key leading contributions and excellence from international organisations across 5 categories in the UK Education sector: Advisory and Finance, Education Property, Content and Education provision, Suppliers and Grand Prix. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on 3rd October 2018 at the Hilton Park Lane, London.

Andrew Flood (CEO, Prodigy Learning) said: “We are proud to have made an illustrious short-list for the Education Investor Awards 2018 recognising our contributions overseas in the UK Education sector and our achievements during 2017-2018. It is also great to see many of our top UK customers and partners shortlisted among the other categories. We are looking forward to the Awards in October.”

For a full list of 2018 Finalists among the other categories, including ACCA, NatWest, Open University, Pearson and QA, click here.