Overview
Bett UK is back for 2026 and set to be bolder than ever. Join 35,000+ trailblazers from across the globe, from visionary educators and EdTech pioneers to policy powerhouses, charities and over 3,000 bright young minds. With 400+ world-class speakers and the energy of our global education community all under one roof, join us as we continue to drive better education globally.
Schedule
AI and the future of learning: Hannah Fry and Amol Rajan in conversation
In this wide-ranging and insightful conversation, Professor Hannah Fry, renowned mathematician and broadcaster, joins journalist and presenter Amol Rajan to unpick what this technological revolution means for education and the wider world.
Creating consistent AI policies for staff and students
Addressing the challenges and inconsistencies of AI usage in Higher Education.
Operational excellence, technology and education
Uniting education’s 5 pillars: culture, people, productivity, systems & data, and improvement. In collaboration with ISBL
Introducing AI to the classroom with VEX Robotics
Dive into hands-on coding with VEX robots to bring AI concepts alive and spark real-world problem-solving in any classroom.
From chaos to control: Aberdeen’s safeguarding shift
How Aberdeen City Council made safeguarding part of its culture with Lightspeed tools for visibility, AI control, and student protection.
Getting real results: Putting AI strategy into action
Join visionary education leaders as they share insights on shaping AI strategy, policy, and digital transformation in schools.
Build student thinking with Microsoft 365 Copilot and learning accelerators
Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot and Learning Accelerators boost critical thinking and problem-solving skills in this hands-on session.
Building confidence with AI: Practical implementation in schools
Empowering educators with the skills and confidence to harness AI through the research-led, pedagogy-based AiEd Certified framework. In collaboration with Sync
Google and Khan Academy: Turning AI’s promise into progress in education
A fireside chat on Google & Khan’s collaboration to build & leverage AI to improve literacy, expand access & foster human interaction.
AI in action: Transform your quizzes with copilot and auto-marking
Transform your quizzes with copilot and auto-marking.
Safe AI learning spaces
Join BrainFreeze by Airia to explore how we can ensure safe AI learning spaces in schools. In collaboration with BrainFreeze by Airia
How AI deepens students’ thinking and writing skills
Large-scale longitudinal research study shows how AI Tool deepens student critical thinking, reasoning, engagement, and creativity. In collaboration with Writer's Toolbox
Are your IT Systems really secure and can you assure your board?
As leaders we rely on our IT Teams (or MSPs) to secure our systems, but what questions should we be asking them to assure ourselves and our Board.
The smarter school: Budgeting for impact
Discover how school leaders can build resilient financial strategies and use tech to budget for impact, not just survival. In collaboration with Iris Education
Spark and scale: AI Creativity with Microsoft Education
Craft effective prompts, generate content, using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, and Learning Accelerators for real outcomes.
Beyond the prompt: Creating bespoke AI tools in Playlab.ai with Matt Hewlett
Discover how free AI tools can engage learners, boost knowledge, and empower teachers and students to shape meaningful AI use.
Reclaiming critical thinking in the age of AI
How can we create well rounded students, avoid learned helplessness, and assess student understanding in the age of AI? In collaboration with Goodnotes
Keep your traditional boards and transform them into accessibility super tools
ShareTheBoard turns any writing surface into an inclusive, globally-accessible learning tool with no expensive hardware or changes to teaching methods. In collaboration with ShareTheBoard
Purposeful deployment: Building a seamless ecosystem for every learner
Discover how Jamf helps schools create a unified, purposeful, and seamless ecosystem that supports every learner and educator. In collaboration with Jamf
Navigating tomorrow: AI’s impact on teaching and learning
Discover how Microsoft AI Navigators are pioneering generative AI with research, piloting, and responsible practices to empower your school’s journey
AI innovation in action: Learning from real-world AI implementations
AI in education is showing real, positive results today. Hear from school leaders, policymakers, and global experts bringing innovation to classrooms.
The changing role of a teacher in the age of AI
Find out how the role of teachers is evolving towards becoming coaches and guides, and how AI opens space for fresh pedagogies.
AI for business services and operational efficiency
How artificial intelligence is transforming operational management and service delivery in education.
Systems thinking for AI integration to empower educators
Hear from a world-renowned expert on a new framework that uses systems thinking in AI integration to empower educators as architects of learning.
Keeping students safe in the age of AI: How you can protect, detect, and empower
AI is reshaping how we safeguard students online. Learn what’s changing - and the practical steps you can take now to protect, detect, and empower. In collaboration with Smoothwall
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Beyond chatbots: Sparking curiosity and agency with AI for tomorrow’s kids
Learn how Sparkli makes AI useful in class: combining multimodal AI, pedagogy, social design and gamification to craft engaging, personalised learning.
When AI meets edutainment: Reimagining student motivation at scale
Discover how Digital School fuses AI personalization with gamified learning to transform engagement, inclusion, and classroom motivation. In collaboration with Digital School
MagicSchool for Adaptive Learning: Empowering Every Learner
This talk explores how students can use creativity and critical thinking to move beyond giving commands and learn to use AI thoughtfully and effectively. In collaboration with MagicSchool
Vision to reality: Guiding AI integration with Microsoft Education
Explore AI’s impact on education with hands-on tools, real use cases, and insights from Microsoft Education to lead your institution’s AI journey.
AI literacy in action
Equip students for an AI-driven future with hands-on activities and real-world AI literacy teaching tools.
Introducing AI Awareness Day – Get involved!
Find out how your school or youth group can join AI Awareness Day 2026 and help build future-ready learners through creative, ethical, and practical AI learning.
Networking event: Introducing AI Awareness Day – Get involved!
Join us for informal networking drinks to connect with fellow educators and youth leaders and learn how to get involved in AI Awareness Day 2026.
Build student thinking with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Learning Accelerators
Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot and Learning Accelerators boost critical thinking and problem-solving skills in this hands-on session. In collaboration with Microsoft
Transforming MAT operations with global business services & automation
Gain insights from ISBL on GBS, process mapping, and automation to streamline MAT operations and boost savings. In collaboration with ISBL
Coding and creativity with VEX GO
Hands-on workshop using VEX GO to teach coding, creativity and problem-solving through an engineering design challenge. In collaboration with VEX Robotics
Harnessing the full power of AI for real impact in the classroom
Hear from teachers, partners, and ambassadors on how AI PCs with Intel\'s Skills for Innovation can build AI capabilities and bring AI to life in the classroom. In collaboration with Intel
The student revolution: Student-led EdTech solutions for K12 and SEND learners
How university students are driving innovation and social change through coding, gaming, and AI-based projects.
Who’s in charge of AI? Governance and safe implementation in schools
Explore how schools can govern AI safely, identifying key roles, responsibilities, and frameworks for ethical, effective implementation. In collaboration with The National College
Navigating Tomorrow: AI’s impact on teaching and learning
Discover how Microsoft AI Navigators are pioneering generative AI with research, piloting, and responsible practices to empower your school’s journey. In collaboration with Microsoft
Betts Big Assembly: Media literacy with BBC Bitesize
Find out how to spot fake news and fake images in this fun interactive session, plus play along in a live version of the popular AI or Real quiz.
AI literacy and competency: The key to workforce readiness
AI skills are in demand. Learn how universities and industry are empowering students with essential AI literacy for success in tomorrow’s workforce success. In collaboration with Lenovo
Using AI and automated workflows to drive operational excellence
How AI and automated workflows can cut workload and transform work in schools - with examples from Arbor’s community of 11,000 schools and trusts. In collaboration with Arbor
Inclusion made practical: How full-cycle AI solutions transform SEND support at scale
Find out how AI can simplify even the most complex parts of SEND support while keeping families engaged and empowered. In collaboration with Unowa
From mystery to mastery: Building AI literacy through creativity and collaboration
Explore what’s possible when you teach children to understand AI and empower them to engage with the technology shaping their world. In collaboration with LEGO Education
Enhance your digital strategy: Automation for MATs and LAs
Explore how SalamanderSoft powers MAT and LA digital strategies with automation in Microsoft 365—simplifying complexity, harmonising estates, and enabling scalable transformation. In collaboration with SalamanderSoft
Supporting design thinking and playful learning in European classrooms
Learn how schools in Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands are developing digital media literacy approaches.
AI strategy and operational transformation: Building the next generation trust
How Lift Schools is using AI and data to transform operations, improve efficiency, and shape the future of trust leadership.
Essential AI readiness: Secure strategies for a safe AI future
Get AI ready with a focus on security. Learn strategies, tools, and best practices to protect data, manage risks, and ensure compliance while embracing AI innovation. In collaboration with Microsoft
Student-led gaming for inclusive SEND education
University students showcase their game-based learning tools for SEND learners.
Navigating AI beyond the Curriculum and Assessment Review: How can we ensure quality teaching?
Explore how to ensure AI enhances, rather than undermines, the quality of classroom resources and teaching in the wake of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. In collaboration with Oak National Academy
HTC VIVERSE: Transforming education with immersive collaboration
Learn, play and interact together – anywhere. VIVERSE Immersive Collaboration connects students, remote or onsite, to discover and build in 3D spaces. In collaboration with HTC
How much is too much AI?
Move beyond questions of AI-assisted writing to build ethical, holistic learning experiences that prepare students for success in an AI-driven world. In collaboration with Turnitin
Live debate: Are students relying on generative AI?
Your chance to join a panel with leading experts about how students are using generative AI.
From idea to agent: Build AI tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Learn to build custom AI tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat—no coding needed. Turn ideas into agents that boost productivity. In collaboration with Microsoft
Reimagining after-school enrichment with AB Studios
Discover how AB Studios empowers educators with AI-driven tools and story-driven video lessons to deliver engaging, consistent learning beyond the school day. In collaboration with AB Studios
Windows 11 & Copilot+ PC: Powering engaging, AI-first learning
Explore Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs for secure, accessible, AI first classrooms—identity, device management, data protection, and inclusive features. In collaboration with Microsoft
Spark and Scale: AI Creativity with Microsoft Education
Craft effective prompts, generate content, using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, and Learning Accelerators for real outcomes. In collaboration with Microsoft
AI for all: From classrooms to careers
This panel discussion will explore case studies of global organisations using AI to accelerate education access and opportunity. In collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Co-creating opportunities beyond the classroom for an inclusive tech-ready workforce
Explore how education, industry, and government can co-create inclusive, tech-ready opportunities beyond the classroom.
Exploring AI-driven personalisation in English language teaching with ELSA
How AI-driven hyper-personalization is transforming English language teaching and enabling scalable, high-impact learning for every student. In collaboration with ELSA Corp
Making EdTech work for your school: Partnerships, policy, and implementation
Choosing and launching new technology is challenging. Learn how you can improve the process from experts across the EdTech implementation lifecycle. In collaboration with Cooley LLP
Offline AI classrooms: robotics, interactivity and assessment anywhere
Learn to deliver interactive lessons offline using AI, robotics and digital tools in low-connectivity classrooms. In collaboration with TOMi.digital
Reimagining lesson planning: Oak’s free AI tools in action
Discover how Oak National Academy’s brand new, teacher-made resources are being supercharged by free, safe AI to make curriculum design and lesson planning faster, smarter, and higher quality for every school. In collaboration with Oak National Academy
AI Foundations certification with Minecraft Education & Microsoft
Hands‑on AI Foundations with Minecraft Education + Microsoft Copilot: Earn your AI Ready Certificate—no prior AI or Minecraft experience required. In collaboration with Microsoft
Empowering schools with digital fitness and AI-ready educators
Discover why Digital Fitness is the new must-have skill for educators in an AI-driven world - and how school leaders can build resilient, future-ready teams.
Smart support: Leveraging AI chatbots for student and staff queries
Discover how AI chatbots streamline IT and enrolment support for staff and students. In collaboration with UCISA
The cybernetic classmate and me: Practical tools for AI inside and outside the classroom
Explore practical ways to use generative AI tools like Google NotebookLM, Claude and Copilot safely and effectively for planning, teaching, and learning, and discover strategies to make AI a true ‘cybernetic classmate’ in education.
Personalise learning with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Learning Accelerators
Learn to use Microsoft 365 Copilot and Learning Accelerators to design lessons and create tailored feedback in this hands-on session. In collaboration with Microsoft
Passwords must go: The future of authentication in school
Weak passwords drain IT, fuel risk, and steal learning time. Learn how to reclaim time, boost efficiency, and protect digital identities. In collaboration with Clever Inc.
Running on the spot: Small tweaks for metacognitive thinking with AI
Learn to redevelop your teaching wheel, not reinvent it, with actionable strategies for embedding metacognition alongside AI use.
The workload myth: Is AI saving time or just reallocating it
AI promises liberation from teacher workload, but global research and our own experiences at RGS Worcester reveal a subtler truth.
Help Luigi to be Brave: An introduction to predictive AI for students
Learn how to demystify predictive AI and create a Scratch project using Machine Learning for Kids and Luigi’s Mansion.
From idea to agent: Build AI tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Learn to build custom AI tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat—no coding needed. Turn ideas into agents that boost productivity. In collaboration with Microsoft
AI and the future of learning: Hannah Fry and Amol Rajan in conversation
In this wide-ranging and insightful conversation, Professor Hannah Fry, renowned mathematician and broadcaster, joins journalist and presenter Amol Rajan to unpick what this technological revolution means for education and the wider world.