Dev Clever Holdings PLC Educate:VICTAR release (2442U)
March 28 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2442U
Dev Clever Holdings PLC
28 March 2019
Dev Clever Holdings plc
("Dev Clever" or "the Company")
EDUCATE: VICTAR Release
Dev Clever, a leading developer of mobile and immersive
educational experiences, is pleased to announce that its new
virtual reality careers guidance experience VICTAR is now live and
ready for release to schools across the UK.
Initially targeted at secondary schools, VICTAR (Virtual
Interactive Careers Training & Apprenticeship Robot) is the
world's first interactive, virtual reality careers guidance
experience, designed specifically to engage with school children
and immerse them in impartial careers information as part of a
school's careers guidance programme.
VICTAR has been developed in parallel with Launchpad
(Launchyourcareer.com), our online careers platform that brings
refreshing innovation to the careers education sector. Developed in
conjunction with key partners and utilising credible resources,
such as government backed Labour Market Information (LMI), VICTAR
takes the young person through an immersive, guided virtual reality
journey to discover their personality and interests. The user can
then explore, through full 360-degree environments, the careers and
training opportunities that suit them the most. Once they arrive at
their chosen career, they can see statistics and information about
the career such as how much they could earn, the predicted growth
by region as well as video content of people in the role with
insights into their work environments.
The careers output from VICTAR is automatically synchronised
with Launchpad and the user is given a login to their personal
careers dashboard where their selections are stored. The young
person can then review these with their career's advisor and
parents. They can see the colleges, universities, apprenticeship
providers and employers that offer the next step in their chosen
career path. The personal dashboard allows the young person to keep
up to date with information relating to their chosen career at the
same time as allowing the school to keep a record of each
individual pupil's future choices, ensuring they remain focused on
their career goal.
VICTAR is available across the UK on an annual SaaS based
licence and is designed to support the government mandate for
schools of delivering careers information as set out in the eight
Gatsby Benchmarks.
Both VICTAR and Launchpad have been in development for the past
three and a half years, working in collaboration with students,
schools, educational institutions, training providers and
employers. This step change product is aimed at tackling the
critical national issue of bridging the skills gap, which the
government estimates will cost the UK taxpayer GBP90bn per year by
2024.
A version of VICTAR was previewed at the World Skills show last
November, which was attended by 70,000 school children as well as
representatives from colleges, universities, apprenticeship
providers and employers from across the country.
Chris Jeffries CEO said:
VICTAR is a world first and a ground-breaking advancement in the
adoption of immersive technology in the education sector, using
virtual reality to fulfill a real need to engage young people at
school in the delivery of careers information. VICTAR enables
schools to generate an immediate return on investment, supporting
the government mandate for schools to perform against the Gatsby
Benchmarks. Our vision is for VICTAR to become the conduit to
deliver further virtual reality content in schools such as
curriculum and other training modules.
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