Our Consulting Services

BEAM as adviser

BEAM offers independent expert advice, delivered intelligently and according to your needs. We can advise you at any stage of your project, and on any aspect.

BEAM will bring depth and colour to your undertaking. We are at the centre of a network of dynamic individuals and organisations and work in all kinds of media, and we can open up your project to new approaches and new technologies.

Our relationship with you is central to the success of our advisory role. We communicate clearly and listen carefully. The advice we give is impartial and is specific to you and your project.

BEAM

• collaborated with Walker Books to make their ‘Maths Together’ series educationally and mathematically sound
• Was involved in the Cadbury’s website from start to finish, advising on content, structure and interactive activities
• worked with the BBC to plan an online mathematics learning programme for 5- to 7-year-olds
• worked with equipment suppliers PCET to develop number fans, charts and grids
• has advised schools and delivered training and consultancy for clients all over the world.

BEAM as inventor

How do you decide on a format in which to present your ideas and reach your audience? Sometimes, just finding ideas can be daunting. BEAM can bring your project to life. We are never short of ideas and initiate and devise projects of all kinds.

BEAM materials demonstrate our original thinking, imagination and editorial rigour. We can work alongside you to identify the options and help you find a way forward. Or you can tell us your requirements and we will come back to you with a set of proposals. Either way, we will never lose sight of your objectives – nor your budget.

BEAM

• collaborated with the Financial Services Authority to produce a dynamic range of resources for teaching about money
• devised, wrote, designed and published a series of bilingual homework leaflets for the Ocean Mathematics Project in East London
• created learning trails in all kinds of spaces, including the London Canal Museum, Stafford Castle and the Holloway Fire Station
• wrote, designed and published a book of mathematical games for Children’s Mutual, specialists in children’s investment
• developed a set of training CD-ROMs and interactive whiteboard resources in partnership with other publishers.

BEAM as producer

You have done all your creative thinking, but your project still needs to become tangible and reach its audience. BEAM can make this happen.

We have produced books, worksheets, games, equipment, activity trails, videos, websites and software – all to the highest quality. We have skills appropriate to every stage of the production process: conception, writing, design, editorial, marketing and distribution. We organise events, conferences, exhibitions and trialling programmes. Education comes in many forms, and BEAM can facilitate them all.

We believe in high standards and educational integrity. You can rely on us to deliver on time and to your specification, no matter what the size of the project or the constraints involved.

BEAM

• set up and ran a two-year training programme for teachers of mathematics in conjunction with King’s College London
• revised, published, marketed and distributed nationally a book of multiplication activities originally produced by Suffolk LA
• has produced books, training packs, OHTs, PowerPoint presentations, videos and CD-ROMs for the Centre for British Teachers
• has produced a series of class tests written by advisors at Hillingdon LA