The Brixton Connections project involves 15 primary schools in the Brixton City Challenge area and is funded by Brixton Challenge. Each school is receiving a multimedia computer, a V34 modem, a colour printer and a connection to the Internet allowing them to communicate with secondary schools and primary schools both locally and throughout the world. The project begins in the latter half of the Summer term 1995 and is expected to continue for three years. Schools will concentrate on Electronic Mail and the World Wide Web initially although they have the potential to widen their use of the Internet at a later stage.

Aims of the Project

Participation in this project will help enhance the employment prospects of the pupils in a number of ways, for example:

• Familiarity with computers and graphical operating systems.
• Use of computers for handling and communicating information.
• Use of state of the art software similar to that currently used in industry for telecommunication.
• The experience of working with children from other countries on collaborative projects.
• A widening of their understanding of career opportunities world-wide.

Non quantifiable benefits
These include:

• Improved links between schools, further education and higher education.
• Improved links between education and industry.
• Enhancing the quality of the work-related curriculum experienced by primary pupils.
• Enhancing the skills, knowledge and understanding of participating teachers in using IT across the curriculum.