ioLight partners with School Finance Direct

ioLight Magnificent Mobile Microscopes is excited to announce a new partnership with School Finance Direct to help UK schools to acquire the latest robust high-resolution portable microscopes.

ioLight microscopes are wonderful teaching tools. They are simple to use for scientists as young as 8 and display beautiful images of protozoa, algae and cells on any mobile phone, ready for sharing and pasting into projects. Young people find mobile phone technology easier to use than traditional optics and ioLight’s products open a window to the building blocks of life using technology familiar to all young people.

1-micron resolution images can be displayed on classroom whiteboards for discussion with the wider group and the robust device can be thrown into a bag for field trips.
Dr Richard Wilson, Head of Science at Testbourne Community School says “The ioLight microscopes are brilliant communication tools for practical science. Students can easily use them to see clear living images on a big screen anywhere, without squinting through eyepieces.” Dr Wilson continues “Students have particularly enjoyed being able to project live feeds from the ioLight microscope onto the classroom board to share their work with their peers and I’ve valued the flexibility as Head of Department of being able to use the ioLight microscope with any of our department laptops, teacher desktops, and our iPads and Android tablets.”

Schools Finance Direct was established in response to the Government’s Department for Education (DfE) guidance for schools publications and overwhelming demand from those organising finance for schools for practical real-world solutions. Adrian Langford, CEO of School Finance Direct says “Throughout our extensive and ongoing research, we recognised:

• The education sector deserves a better deal
• Those in schools responsible for organising resources deserve a better deal
• People trying to make a difference need the right resources to get the job done”.

Langford adds “As a direct funder to the education sector, our objective is to exceed the nationwide requirement for those organising finance for schools to have direct access to finance facilities that provide value, transparency, compliance and support with levels of service specifically designed to smooth the whole process.”

Andrew Monk CEO of ioLight says “school science departments tell us how useful the ioLight microscope is for inspiring young scientists. Our partnership with School Finance Direct now makes this valuable teaching tool available to all schools.”

School Finance Direct

Kelly Ward | Account Manager | kellyw@schoolsfinancedirect.co.uk | 07572 230137
schoolsfinancedirect.co.uk

ioLight Magnificent Mobile Microscopes

Andrew Monk | CEO | andrew.monk@iolight.co.uk | 07773 427816
ioLight.co.uk