Education

The 21st Century learning environment has changed. Students are no longer restricted to purely traditional ‘classroom’ environments.

More flexible approaches are now being considered and implemented to accommodate the changing attitudes, circumstances and demographics of today’s students. It is apparent that students need to be able to access a variety of learning resources, irrespective of their particular learning needs, whether in the classroom, at home or on the move.

The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Information Learning Technology (ILT) has the potential to transform the education experience and learning environment in the classroom and beyond, combined with the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) programme to construct ‘world class buildings’ to replace those environments that are considered both outdated and inappropriate.

In the increasingly competitive education service sector, there is a fundamental need to consider new and innovative methods of achieving academic excellence.

“Through our contract with Capita IT Services a service will be developed that will not only support us through a period of significant change and development but, more crucially, will deliver a more flexible, modern learning environment for staff and students alike. This project will make a significant contribution to the development of education, skills and future prosperity in Birmingham and the local area.”

Clive Hill
Executive Director of IT and Estates
Birmingham Metropolitan College

This situation has arisen as a virtue of schools, colleges and universities having to adopt a flexible approach regarding the delivery of student services, which include the need to:

Meet and exceed the increasing demands of current and potential student bodies
Support students of varying ages and differing learning styles
Comply with additional regulatory requirements imposed by central government and associated funding bodies
Attract, retain and ensure the performance of the student population to ensure ongoing commercial viability

“We believe that Capita’s innovation and creativity will provide our new college campus with a totally flexible learning environment with a fully integrated infrastructure at its core to support our diverse and dynamic curriculum needs - both now and into the future. We expect our partnership with Capita to reduce our long term operational costs through energy saving, whilst providing students with the very latest technology in a stimulating and dynamic environment.”

David Muller
Principal
Suffolk New College

To succeed in the future educational establishments will have to deliver greater levels of service with annually reducing budgets – a fact that is causing many Principals across the country to re-examine their organisational strategy to establish how they will transform themselves to meet the challenges of the UK’s future student population.

Experience counts and Capita has an unrivalled knowledge and expertise in delivering a complete range of ICT services for schools, colleges and universities across the UK.

We can operate either as an extension of your existing IT team or provide a complete IT solution to enhance your student learning experience; reduce capital expenditure costs; design, implement and manage a single end-to-end ICT solution; and develop and create 21st century world class buildings.