About Kortext
Kortext is a global leader in digital learning and student engagement solutions. Our vision is to enable and enrich the higher education of tomorrow, to help all students fulfil their potential.
We support institutions across the world in their mission to boost student engagement and drive outcomes with our AI-powered, cutting-edge content discovery and study platforms, market-leading learner analytics, and streamlined workflows for higher education staff.
Creators of the world-leading learner experience and engagement platform
Led by CEO, James Gray, Kortext was founded in 2013 to empower the next generation of difference-makers through teaching and learning.
In just over five years, we became the UK’s leading learning platform and supplier of digital textbooks. And we’re still growing.Â
Today Kortext is a trusted university partner, providing services to more than 5,000 institutions and two million students worldwide.
Our headquarters are based in Bournemouth, but Kortext has a global presence with offices in multiple countries and business representatives all over the world.
Our journey so far
Kortext founded by James Gray
Partnered with John Smiths and Samsung
Partnered with Microsoft
Kortext app was first launched
Awarded tender for Jisc
KeyLinks is launched
Named as Microsoft gold partners
Partnered with Student Minds
Launched our OER collection
Joined with StREAM and Textbookweb
Celebrated ten years of innovation
Launched Kortext Premium (now Study+)
Our core values
Passionate
Taking pride in what we do, we bring passion and enthusiasm to our work. We demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to deliver great outcomes for our customers.
Pioneering
We are courageous, innovating and taking on challenges. We collaborate with colleagues, customers and partners to create innovative solutions that lead the way in improving educational experience and engagement for learners around the world.
Persistent
We are determined in our efforts, committed to overcoming obstacles and challenges to achieve positive results for our customers and our partners. We are changing teaching and learning for the better of all.
Personable
We are a people business. We work with our colleagues, partners and customers with diligence and respect, and remain accountable to them all. Always!
The ever-growing Kortext group
As leaders in the fast-paced edtech sector, Kortext is continually innovating and growing.
In 2018, we launched KeyLinks – our smart reading list management system, developed in partnership with librarians.
In 2022, we acquired StREAM, marking a new chapter in our journey to support student success through advanced learning analytics.
In the same year, Textbookweb joined the Kortext group, providing publishers with market insights on textbook adoption in higher education.Â
Trusted by globally respected universities
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