UNIT4 Business Software, the UK division of business software provider UNIT4, said that Mid Cheshire College has gone live with Student Self-Service, including online enrolment, from the Agresso Campus Platform for Further Education, to reduce costs, improve visibility and support growth.
UNIT4 said prospective students can now go online to search the college’s electronic prospectus and submit enquiries, applications and enrolments for courses and enrichment activities such as day trips.
Mid Cheshire MIS and examinations manager Simon Hannett said they need to compete for students and the income that each enrolment generates and this is a valuable tool in helping us become even more competitive.
"We looked at other solutions but UNIT4 is the market leader and we have always found their solutions robust and flexible. This was particularly important given that we collect confidential student information," Hannett said.
The new offering enables potential learners to access information like start/end date, location, day, time, duration and cost of a course, and enables the college in considerably reducing the time and cost of managing enquiries and organising events like day trips for students.
The enrolment offering can be plugged into the existing Agresso applications already used on site, as Mid Cheshire uses the Agresso Campus Platform for Further Education, the company said.
The College integrates the Student Self-Service Module with the existing Agresso QL Students application which reduces re-keying of information, duplication of existing student records and provides complete visibility of student history and their planned learning programme.
The college also plans to integrate enrolment with Agresso QL Financials so that online payment can be set up and immediately reconciled in the college’s accounts.
