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Oscar Colin
Co-founder
Co-founder of iO-Sphere and The AI Board; Director at Hyphen Education Group. Previously strategy at INTO University Partnerships.
APPLIED AI FOR EDUCATION
Who you'd be working with.
HCS is part of Hyphen Education Group, whose companies, INTO University Partnerships among them, have worked with UK universities for twenty years. We built HCS to do for other education organisations what we already do inside the group.
Two co-founders. Direct responsibility.
The people who understand the problem stay involved while the solution is built.
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Alireza Dehghan
Co-founder
AI product engineer. Has founded and built AI products from first prototype to enterprise use, and ran a 45-person software company. Earlier worked in international student recruitment for more than a hundred universities.
We start with the work, not the technology.
The institution has to be able to run what we leave behind.
Understand the institution.
We work alongside academic and professional staff to see where time is lost, students wait and costs build up.
Find where AI changes the answer.
We test the opportunity against student outcomes, costs and the people who will use the result.
Build and run what works.
The people who shaped the recommendation remain accountable for delivery, adoption and measurement.
Based in London. Built for education.
One team from the first question to the system in everyday use.
Teaching and student support
Give staff better information and more time for individual students.
Explore this workInstitutional operations
Reduce repetition and cost without giving up accountability.
Explore this workPart of Hyphen Education Group
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Bring us the problem.
A student journey, a cost pressure, a system that gets in the way. We’ll help you work out what to change first.
Start with one defined question. We’ll agree the scope, the evidence needed and the output before the work begins.
For large universities, college groups, training providers and education groups.
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