We believe that a world-class education about our changing world is a right for every child

Digital Explorer is on a mission to provide a world-class global citizenship education for young people, because the way we behave today will affect their future. We do this by creating unique collaborations between explorers, scientists, teachers and pupils. Our world is changing faster than ever and we believe that the next generation deserves a well-rounded understanding of these changes.

Linking frontiers of knowledge with schools, Digital Explorer brings real science and exploration live to the classroom through:

  • inspiring and spirited youth expeditions, which are curriculum-linked and facilitate peer-to-peer learning
  • in-field education support for research, scientific and exploratory expeditions
  • robust and engaging curriculum-based resources, for use inside and outside the classroom
  • linking expeditions in the field live with classrooms
  • face-to-face visits with explorers and scientists, talks and engagement days
  • practical training sessions for teachers and educators led by leaders in appropriate fields

The result is innovative real-world learning like never before – where a journey of a few can become a gateway for learning and understanding for many. Current global topics are explored through experiential and face-to-face learning, providing pupils and teachers the opportunity to share the great wide world in a ‘real’ and inherently cross-curricular manner.

With a background in teaching and an in-depth knowledge of UK curricula, we translate experiences into multi-faceted education programmes which pupils can relate to, learn from, enjoy, and be inspired by – we believe this is education as it should be!

Our partners include household names such as Google, the Met Office, HSBC, the British Council, Catlin Group Ltd, the Royal Geographical Society and Olympus as well as governments in the UK and overseas, and individual expeditions.

Our achievements include:

  • First remote satellite broadcasts from a UK youth expedition back to the classroom
  • Live video conferences between Antarctica and the UK classroom
  • Award-winning educational expedition websites with Offscreen Expeditions (receiving over 75,000 unique users and a combined press audience of 5 million)
  • Winner of Royal Geographical Society Innovative Geography Teaching Award
  • Training over 600 educators and expedition leaders in generating educational resources using Google Earth
  • Over 230,000 hits on Digital Explorer-designed expedition websites for 2041 – an organization dedicated to the preservation of Antarctica
  • Chaired sessions and spoken at international conferences on education, exploration and technologies including at Royal Geographical Society and BETT
  • Produced and distributed over 1,350 Frozen Oceans resource packs to schools internationally to encourage oceans learning inside and outside the classroom
  • Finalist for the Education Resource Awards 2012 in the Best Secondary Resource with ICT category for the Frozen Oceans resource packs
  • LIVE Educational expeditions from 5 continents with a combined international audience of 250,000 students
  • Over 500 schools worldwide registered on our website to use Digital Explorer resources