Portfolio
Platforms & Products.
The complete verified portfolio led and operated through Education Host. The company designs, develops and operates these platforms and services with its developers and specialist partners; as Managing Director, I set their strategy and carry the responsibility for them.
Education platforms
The major platforms
The core of the portfolio: software Education Host builds and runs for universities, colleges and schools.
Student Web Host Manager
Live — available to institutions across the UK, North America and Europe
- What it is
- A platform that provisions, manages and governs student web hosting across courses, modules and teaching blocks, with Microsoft Entra sign-in and cPanel-based hosting.
- Designed for
- Universities and colleges running web development and digital courses.
- The problem it addresses
- Every student needs real hosting, but ungoverned student accounts create sprawl, security risk and an administrative burden every academic year.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Designed, developed and operated by Education Host. As Managing Director, Nick leads its strategy and development.
Cloud Pulse
Live — available to universities and colleges, with demos and pilots offered
- What it is
- Browser-based computing labs: lecturers build teaching environments once — Linux, Windows, cyber security, web development, data science — and deploy them to whole cohorts, no local installs required.
- Designed for
- Higher-education lecturers, IT teams and distance-learning providers.
- The problem it addresses
- Physical computing labs are slow to reset, hard to standardise across cohorts and unavailable to remote learners.
- Relationship to Education Host
- An Education Host platform, built by our team and partners under Nick's product leadership.
Cover Manager
Ready to deploy — demos booked through Education Host
- What it is
- An MIS-integrated cover management platform: absence requests, approvals and daily cover allocation in one clear morning view, with timetable context via Wonde.
- Designed for
- Schools and colleges managing daily staff cover (SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom, iSAMS and more).
- The problem it addresses
- Allocating cover for absent staff is a time-critical daily puzzle still widely solved with spreadsheets and a stressful 7:30am.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Developed and operated by Education Host; Nick leads its direction.
AI Labs (OpenClaw)
Offered via pilots and institutional consultation
- What it is
- AI and AI-agent lab environments for teaching, powered by Cloud Pulse: separate browser-based workspaces per student or group, reusable lecturer templates and central controls.
- Designed for
- Universities, colleges and training providers teaching practical AI and agent development.
- The problem it addresses
- Hands-on AI coursework stalls on personal laptops and locked-down campus machines — setup delays and inconsistent environments.
- Relationship to Education Host
- An Education Host service within the Cloud Pulse family.
Hosting & managed services
The services around the platforms
Education Web Hosting
Live — UK data-centre hosted with 24/7 monitoring
- What it is
- Managed web hosting for institutions — the hosted environment behind student websites, WordPress teaching and PHP/MySQL coursework, with WordPress and 380+ applications available through one-click installs.
- Designed for
- Universities, colleges and schools, from small cohorts to 50,000+ users.
- The problem it addresses
- Institutions need real, industry-standard hosting for teaching and publishing without students self-hosting or IT teams carrying the operational load.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Operated by Education Host on its managed UK infrastructure.
Managed Infrastructure
Live
- What it is
- Enterprise-grade hosting and managed infrastructure for education workloads, delivered from an accredited UK data centre.
- Designed for
- Institutions that need dependable infrastructure without running it themselves.
- The problem it addresses
- Education workloads need enterprise reliability and security, but most institutions shouldn't have to operate data-centre infrastructure to get it.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Run on Education Host's own estate — including its OpenStack cloud infrastructure — under Nick's overall operational responsibility.
Managed Technical Support
Live
- What it is
- Hands-on technical support for education platforms and hosting: monitoring, maintenance, security and the day-to-day operational work behind reliable services.
- Designed for
- Education IT teams and platform owners.
- The problem it addresses
- Platforms fail quietly without sustained operational attention; institutions need support aligned to academic schedules, not office hours.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Delivered by the Education Host team.
Domains, DNS & SSL
Live
- What it is
- Domain registration and transfers, DNS management and SSL certificates, managed alongside the hosting estate.
- Designed for
- Institutions consolidating their web estate with one education-focused provider.
- The problem it addresses
- Scattered domain and certificate management is a common, avoidable source of outages and last-minute renewals.
- Relationship to Education Host
- Provided by Education Host as part of its hosting services.
Education Host Studio
One initiative within the company
Education Host Studio is the company's product-development initiative — a small, focused practice building well-made apps alongside the education platforms. It is one part of the wider company, run with the same standards as everything else we operate.
These products are in active development and not yet released; availability will be announced when each one ships.
StackShift
In development
- What it is
- A focused tool for moving and reorganising technical work without losing context.
- Designed for
- People who juggle technical projects and hate losing their place.
- The problem it addresses
- Context evaporates every time work moves between tools, machines or days.
- Relationship to Education Host
- An Education Host Studio product; our team designs and builds Studio apps end to end.
SNAP Ring
In development
- What it is
- A small product built around quick, reliable capture and recall.
- Designed for
- Anyone who needs to capture something now and trust they'll find it later.
- The problem it addresses
- Capture tools are either too slow to open or too cluttered to trust.
- Relationship to Education Host
- An Education Host Studio product.
Check First — Scam Protection
In development
- What it is
- Helps people pause and verify before acting on a suspicious message, call or request.
- Designed for
- Everyday users targeted by increasingly convincing scams.
- The problem it addresses
- Scams work because they create urgency; a structured pause defeats most of them.
- Relationship to Education Host
- An Education Host Studio product, privacy-respecting by design.
Everything on this page is verified against Education Host's official pages or the company's own statements; anything that can't be verified as current is held for review rather than published.