HP signs Dukes Education deal to bring AI fellowship to teachers
HP has signed an agreement to bring its NOVA AI fellowship program to Dukes Education schools across the UK and Europe. Photo credit: Mayank Dhingra
HP has signed an agreement with Dukes Education to bring its NOVA AI fellowship program to teachers across Dukes schools in the UK and Europe.
Mayank Dhingra, Director and Global Head of Education Business and Strategy at HP, shared the news on LinkedIn, saying the agreement will bring HP NOVA, the company’s Nurturing Outstanding Visionaries in AI fellowship, to Dukes teachers.
Dukes Education is a group of nurseries, schools, colleges and education organizations based in the UK and Europe. Launched in 2015, Dukes says that in 2026 it has 63 education brands, more than 80 settings across 11 countries, more than 24,000 pupils and nearly 5,000 staff.
The agreement will focus on building AI capability among teachers. Dhingra wrote that the aim is “not AI as a gadget bolted onto the classroom, but AI in the hands of educators who know exactly when to use it — and when the human moment matters more.”
He described the partnership as “A new chapter for AI in education.”
Teacher development and AI fluency
Dhingra said HP NOVA is intended to support teacher judgment as schools respond to AI, rather than frame the technology as a replacement for classroom practice.
“Building AI capacity. Preserving the human art of teaching. That's the goal and the promise,” he wrote.
He also linked the agreement to Dukes Education’s “cradle-to-career” model, which spans nurseries, schools, colleges, summer courses, university and medical school consultancies, career experience providers and one-to-one student support.
For HP, the agreement extends NOVA into a school group with more than 24,000 pupils and nearly 5,000 staff across 11 countries.
Dukes scale gives HP a school group rollout
Dukes Education’s network spans nurseries, schools, colleges, day camps, summer schools and university application consultancies across the UK and Europe.
Dhingra said Dukes Education is “the largest private school operator in the UK” and “sits in the top 2% nationally at A-level for value-added — a measure not of who they admit, but of how far they take every child.”
He said HP NOVA is designed to “amplify, never replace” teaching craft, and linked the agreement to Dukes Education’s cradle-to-career model.
The agreement adds Dukes Education to HP’s education program portfolio, which Dhingra’s profile says includes more than 15 AI and digital skilling programs for learners, educators and policymakers.
