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- From: hbassant@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn Press Release: Sunday Times supplement
- Date: 18 Aug 93 10:11:12 GMT
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- Acorn joins The Sunday Times in special 'Parent Power' supplement
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- Acorn Computers is teaming up with The Sunday Times in a special promotion
- which aims to improve parents' understanding of education and current
- educational issues. The full colour supplement will appear in The Sunday
- Times for threeconsecutive weeks starting on Sunday August 15th and will
- look at aspects of IT in education each week.
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- Acorn is backing no fewer than six major promotions, offering readers
- numerous opportunities to take advantage of a whole variety of special
- offers. These range from free videos giving advice and guidance to parents
- on IT in education, through to a competition offering schools the chance to
- win an IT Bursary for Acorn computing systems worth GBP25K.
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- The package of special schemes has been designed to offer something for
- everyone: parents, children and schools alike. In detail, the promotions are
- as follows:
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- Discounts on the Acorn Pocket Book: readers can collect vouchers from each
- of the three special supplements enabling them to buy Acorn's hand-held
- portable computer at a reduced price of GBP174.95 - a discount of GBP75 against
- the RRP.
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- Free video: "Computers in Education: a guide for parents": copies of a
- specially produced video will be available free to the first 15,000 people
- who send in the coupons. The video is aimed at parents of school-age
- children and addresses some of the main issues and questions they face when
- considering IT in schools today.
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- SuperChoice family computing weekends: A chance for parents and children to
- spend a fun weekend exploring the potential of Acorn computing systems as
- well as enjoying a variety of challenging outdoor pursuits at SuperChoice's
- Active IT Centres.
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- 'Classroom of the Future' competition to win GBP25K Acorn IT Bursary: a major
- competition offering schools the opportunity to win Acorn systems worth
- GBP25K.
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- Even after the special supplements have finished, readers can still continue
- to benefit from the following offers:
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- ClassPack bundles: Vouchers can be collected for and redeemed by schools
- against Acorn's ClassPack bundles, offering up to GBP1000 off the pack which
- consists of 11 Pocket Books; 11 RAM cards; 11 copies of Schedule, the diary
- organiser for the Pocket Book; and an A-Link for connection to a desktop
- computer and a mains adaptor.
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- Discounts on educational software packages: Readers can collect vouchers
- over a number of weeks which can then be exchanged by schools for discounts
- on a number of leading educational software titles available on Acorn
- equipment.
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- The new Sunday Times section will be supported by a high profile promotional
- campaign, including television and press advertising featuring Acorn
- computers and information packs and posters which will be directly mailed
- to schools throughout the country.
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- Peter Talbot, General Manager UK Education at Acorn Computers, said the
- joint initiative with The Sunday Times was yet another demonstration of
- Acorn's firm commitment to the education sector: "As leading suppliers of
- computers to schools our policy is first to understand the issues facing
- those involved in education today and then to address those challenges with
- technology that really will meet their needs, now and in the future.
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- "The Sunday Times partnership has enabled us to offer not only schools, but
- parents and children as well, the opportunity to discover more about IT in
- education generally and to take advantage of some excellent offers so they
- can experience Acorn systems for themselves."
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- Ends
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