MEI Conference Sponsors

MEI would like to thank all its sponsors for their generous support of the Conference. In 2013, these include:

Texas Instruments – Main Conference sponsor
Purple Office – Delegate packs
Oxford University Press – Drinks for the Conference Quiz (Thursday)
OCR – Prizes for the Conference Quiz (Thursday) and 50th Birthday Cake for the Conference Dinner (Friday)
Casio – pre-Conference Dinner drinks reception (Friday)
Hodder Education – Wine for the Conference Dinner (Friday)
School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University – Use of IT suites and other facilities

You’ll find information about these organisations below.

Texas Instruments
Education Technology, a business of Texas Instruments, is a market leader in education technology, providing a wide range of advanced classroom tools that enable students and teachers to interactively explore maths and science. TI’s learning tools and services are designed with leading educators to meet the evolving needs of the classroom. Connecting the classroom experience with real-world applications, TI’s products include a broad line of handheld technology, computer software and data logging devices. Additionally, TI has worked closely with educators and administrators for more than 15 years to develop learner-focused curricular and supplemental materials for the classroom, and supports the world’s largest professional development organisation, T³, Teachers Teaching with Technology, focusing on the appropriate use of educational technology. More information is available at www.education.ti.com/uk.

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analogue technologies to meet customers’ real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductors, the company includes the Education Technology business. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information can be found at www.ti.com.

Purple Office
As stationery and office furniture supplier to MEI, Purple Office is delighted to have sponsored the conference delegate packs.

At Purple Office it is our belief that Climate Change is a significant issue for all of us, but most especially for our children and grandchildren. Whether you believe that the damage to our environment is man-made or natural, there is no doubt that we need to do something to guarantee our lifestyles, and even our survival. It is true that just one person cannot make a difference; however if enough people make changes to their lifestyle, the difference can be multiplied a million-fold. Stationery and office supplies may make up a small part of your company’s expenditure in a year, but every business needs it. We would like to give you the opportunity to make a difference by giving you a choice between traditional and environmentally friendly office supplies. You can make your buying decision based on value for money, quality, suitability sustainability, and ensure your own impact on the environment is minimised.

Our online catalogue service is there to make life easier for busy people. To search for the environmentally beneficial products simply tick the "green products only" box. You can even build your own ‘mini-catalogue’ of favourite items. Please visit our website at www.purple-office.com to browse without obligation.

Oxford University Press
Oxford materials for secondary maths include the MathsLinks and Framework Maths series for KS3, and GCSE resources for OCR, Edexcel, and AQA specifications, plus popular OxBox software. Come and find out more at the Oxford stand!

OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations)
OCR is a leading awarding body part of the Cambridge Assessment Group, Europe’s largest assessment agency and a department of the University of Cambridge. OCR provides qualifications that engage learners of all ages at school, college, in work or through part-time learning to reach their full potential. We develop our qualifications in close consultation with teachers, industry leaders and government. Over 13,000 centres chose our GCSEs, FSMQs, A Levels and Functional Skills qualifications. OCR Mathematics offers you and your learners a wide variety of possible pathways, with choices to meet learners’ interests, aptitudes and needs supported by resources.

Casio
Casio is committed to delivering high specification, user friendly devices specifically built with the Education Sector in mind. Listening to the requests of teachers the world over, one example of this is the colour fx-CG20 Graphic Calculator. From its innovative picture plot function, allowing users to connect and interpret mathematics in the world around them, or the 65,000 colours, making the expression of data and graphical interpretations more exciting than ever before; to the evolution of Casio's renowned natural textbook display.

To find out more visit the Casio stand and speak to a member of the Casio Education team.

Hodder Education
Hodder Education is one of the UK ’s leading Educational publishers, with a wide range of maths resources covering Key Stage 3 to A Level. We work with more examiners and educational experts than any other publisher to bring you the best resources to support teachers and students. We produce fantastic resources for the MEI specification, providing a thorough mathematical education for your students.

This year at MEI we will be showcasing our brand new Making Sense of Maths series; based on Realistic Maths Education the texts will motivate, engage and develop the conceptual understanding of students. The series can be used alongside existing resources or on its own and is ideal for KS3 and KS4 students, as well as Year 10 students heading for the C/D borderline. Making Sense of Maths also supports good teaching and learning under the current Ofsted criteria.

School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University
Keele University was founded in 1949, dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, and has pioneered the dual honours degree in Britain. The University occupies a 617 acre rural campus and now houses a Science Park with numerous computing and mathematics related companies and an award-winning conference centre. Computing and Mathematics are well established disciplines at the University. The School currently offers five Undergraduate Degrees and three Postgraduate Degrees.