Our partners

Learn more about the companies and organisations we work with

• B-Plan

  

  Premier Partner

  

  B-Plan has rapidly evolved into a market-leading supplier of highly sophisticated integrated financial and operational management software systems and consultancy.

   

  The Company has successfully provided corporate solutions for major universities and colleges, Healthcare organisations, police and local government, finance and property companies as well as other commercial service providers

  
  B-Plan has been marketing Aptos since 1997 and successfully implemented the solution in some of the World's leading universities, colleges and teaching hospitals. Aptos now forms the core of the Company's strategy to serve public and private sector service organisations that require high quality financial and information management systems. Aptos provides a strong platform for growth in the UK and pan-European financial systems and services market.

   

  http://www.b-plan.com

• SkillWise

  

  Premier Partner

  

  SkillWise has been developing technology-based solutions for the training and educational markets since 1997. During that time they have become a trusted partner of numerous private and public sector organisations.

   

  SkillWise has delivered projects of significant importance - such as designing training for the Police in its disaster recovery process, and projects of substantial size. Over 230 English and Welsh local authorities have accessed one particular SkillWise output.

   

  SkillWise is a niche organisation. Its products and services fall under two key areas namely software products to support the assessment and management of NVQs and apprenticeships, and e-learning content development. Being so specialised, SkillWise can remain very focused and thus continue to deliver best of breed products.

  
   

  http://www.skillwise.net

• AFD Software

  

  Associate Partner

  

  AFD Software products deliver high quality address and banking data to everyday applications including word processing, database, accounts and contact management.

   

  http://www.afd.co.uk

• Experian QAS

  

  Associate Partner

  

  Their software helps organisations capture accurate address data and then store it consistently in any underlying application.

   

  http://www.qas.co.uk

• MRG Systems

  

  Associate Partner

  

  MRG Systems supply a full spectrum of information signs, suitable for hotels, meeting rooms and conference centres, educational establishments and business organisations.

   

  http://www.mrgsystems.co.uk

• Text Anywhere

  

  Associate Partner

  

  Whether you wish to send messages to individuals or groups from an online service, create bulk SMS marketing campaigns, or send SMS messages from any email system, TextAnywhere has the business solution for you.

   

  http://ws.textanywhere.net

• DRS

  

  Technical Partner

  

  DRS design and manufacture a range of optical and imaging scanners which are designed to capture electronically a wide variety of paper based data.

• infonic

  

  Technical Partner

  

  infonic provide content management, document management, bulk scanning and optical mark attendance systems.

• Microsoft

  

  Technology Partner and User

  

  The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognises partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.

  
  Capita Further and Higher Education has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies in the development of version four of their market leading UNIT-e Student Record Tracking Solution (SRTS) built using Microsoft.NET technology and has proven the ability to meet customers’ needs as acknowledged through a number of customer references. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, helping give them a competitive advantage.

   

  http://www.microsoft.com
  

• SAP BusinessObjects - Crystal Reports

  

  Technology Partner and User

  

  Crystal Reports software enables you to easily design interactive reports and connect them to virtually any data source. Your users can benefit from on-report sorting and filtering – giving them the power to execute decisions instantly.

   

  http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/reporting/crystalreports/index.epx

• Compuware

  

  Technology Partner and User

  

  Compuware Corporation is a recognised industry leader in enterprise software and IT services that help maximise the value of technology investments. They offer a powerful set of integrated solutions for enterprise IT including IT portfolio management, application development, quality assurance and IT service management.

   

  http://www.compuware.com

• UCISA

  

  Memberships and Sponsors

  

  UCISA represents almost all the major UK universities and higher education colleges. It has a growing membership among further education colleges, other educational institutions and commercial organisations interested in information systems and technology in UK education, providing a network of contacts and a powerful lobbying voice.

   

  http://www.ucisa.ac.uk

• Association of Colleges

  

  Memberships and Sponsors

  

  The Association of Colleges (AoC) exists to represent and promote the interests of colleges and provide members with professional support services. As such, we aim to be the authoritative voice of colleges – based on credible analysis, research, advocacy and consultation with colleges – and the first choice destination for guidance and advice for members.

   

  http://www.aoc.co.uk

• Association of Scotland's Colleges

  

  Memberships and Sponsors

  

  The MIS Community of Practice (CoP) was set up in 1999 as the ISM Network with membership open to all colleges.  This CoP seeks to capitalise on the expertise present within Scotland's colleges for the benefit of the sector.  The key purpose of the CoP is to assist members to make an impact on college life.  Members of the network are staff with responsibility for managing and maintaining the college MIS systems.

   

  http://www.sfeu.ac.uk/communities_of_practice/mis

• Association of Learning Providers

  

  Memberships and Sponsors

  

  ALP provides a unified national voice for vocational and work based learning providers from the private, public and voluntary sectors and is recognised by, and influential with, all the key national policy makers. They continually lobby for vocational learning, ensuring it has a higher profile not just in the media, but also within Westminster – all MPs receive a regular newsletter on current issues, and the ALP position. ALP representatives meet regularly with ministers, opposition spokespersons and officials at the highest levels, both formally and informally.

   

  http://www.learningproviders.org.uk/

• Nintex

  

  Technology Partner

  

  Nintex is a leading global innovator of software that extends Microsoft SharePoint, bridging the gap between existing SharePoint features and customer needs.

   

  All Nintex products are designed with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex aligns with Microsoft’s strategic and architectural direction to ensure that Nintex and Microsoft products work in harmony, both today and into the future.

   

  Please visit www.nintex.com for more information.

• IE Design Consultancy

  

  Premier Partner

  

  IE is the leading Digital Marketing agency for the Education sector: A dedicated team of branding and web design / build specialists delivering multi award winning education brands, websites, web apps, intranets / extranets and Interactive Whiteboard resources.

   

  With nearly 20 years of sector-leading experience, a client list that includes world leading universities / colleges and recent experience of integrating UNIT-e Web Based Applications into college websites, IE is delighted to have earned the title of Capita FHE ‘Premium Partner for Digital Marketing’.

   

  “Here at the University of Birmingham we are absolutely delighted with the site that IE has created for us. We selected IE because all the services we needed would be under one roof; initial information architecture and site requirements, consulting, design, coding and online marketing consultancy. We knew it would be beneficial to have all of the specialists in one organisation, and we were proved right when our very tight deadline was met and the site went live exactly as per schedule. These are the people that you want working on your site!”

   

  JAMES ROBERTSON, Web Marketing Manager, UNIVERSITY of BIRMINGHAM

   

  Web: http://www.iedesign.co.uk/services/further-and-higher-education
  Telephone: 0121 237 3856
  Email: hello@iedesign.co.uk
  Offices: Birmingham and Brighton