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Our Education and Outreach team has won a prestigious award for the web-based Magna Carta resource.

The winners were announced at a gala dinner in central London on the first day of BETT, the world’s leading education technology event. The awards aim to recognize, reward and celebrate technology excellence within the education sector. They are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found throughout technology for education. The winners are seen to have excelled in ICT provision and support for nurseries, schools, colleges and special schools alike with a clear focus on what works in the classroom.

The Magna Carta resource beat off stiff competition to win in the category: Free Digital Content/Open Educational Resources – single issue resource.

Andrew Payne, Head of Education and Outreach collected the award and afterwards said:

‘Winning a BETT award is fabulous recognition of the high quality that The National Archives strives for in using technology to open up our collection to a wider audience. We are delighted that the judges commented not only on the creative use of technology but on the educational approach to encourage students to work independently to investigate this iconic document.’

Holly Greenland, Deputy Head of Public Information at the House of Commons, said:

‘We are very proud that the Magna Carta and the Emergence of Parliament resource has been recognised by BETT. Magna Carta is a foundational document in the centuries-long journey towards modern democracy, and to mark its 800th anniversary the Parliament in the Making programme celebrated that journey. Collaborating with the National Archives on this innovative resource was a significant element of that programme, and we hope that this award will inspire more schools to use the resource, and learn more about their democratic heritage.’