How universities can satisfy employer demand for the right skills
We have seen a real surge of interest from universities in real-time labour market information as the more progressive institutions recognise the need to incorporate the requirements of industry. Market Insight teams are working on realigning their existing programmes...
Six reasons to switch your CRM to the Cloud
We take a look at the reasons why Cloud-based, rather than on-premise CRM has fast become the preferred option for customers. 85% of our Dynamics 365 Education clients have their CRM based in the Cloud and this is growing every year. Firstly, what does...
The simple online tool that is helping colleges meet the Gatsby Benchmarks of Careers Excellence
As the 20 new Careers Hubs are established to help transform careers education, we’ve seen increased interest from councils and LEPs in our careers and labour market tool Careers Explorer. Our intuitive online tool is being used to support schools and colleges who...
Alumni Management using your CRM
Alumni are a truly valuable asset, don't lose your relationship with them! Alumni are a huge asset to any academic institution. As well as brand ambassadors, they are potential recruiters for new graduates; as well as a significant source of revenue through donations...
Careers Explorer helps colleges meet the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance
In 2014, Lord Sainsbury’s Gatsby Charitable Foundation published a report by Professor Sir John Holman, Adviser in Education at the Gatsby Foundation, titled “Good Career Guidance.” The report identified eight benchmarks that are the core dimensions of good careers...
Customer Update: City College Plymouth
We recently revisited City College Plymouth to carry out some required updates to their Dynamics 365 Education system. They have had our product for about a year now, and as part of our Customer Success Programme, we made some system improvements to help them get the...
‘Work from home’ jobs increase by 27% in two years
In 2017, there were 147K jobs advertised over the whole of the UK where the employer indicated that the role can be based remotely or where working from home is possible on a full time or part time basis. This is a 27% increase on 2015. As the number of companies...
Using labour market insight to support the Industrial Strategy: helping universities develop skills of the future
The Industrial Strategy whitepaper, published last year, set out the government's vision to put the UK at the forefront of technological and industrial change. It includes key policies that address the shortage of skills of the future – particularly STEM skills; and...
Jobs at risk of automation in the UK
When watching sci-films it’s interesting to see how writers and directors imagine our world to be in 20, 50 or 100 years from now. These films often drive technological advancement by sowing the seed in the minds of the young inventors of the future. What about our...
Successful CRM / IS implementation – Stage one: research and planning
Welcome to the first part of what I hope will become a useful checklist for organisations looking to buy, or who have recently bought a Dynamics 365 solution. We have many years’ experience developing and delivering MIS solutions for SMBs and we are acutely aware of...
Digital Skills… Meeting Employer Demand
As a partner to over 300 users of the Labour Insight real time skills data application, we are often asked about the growing demand digital skills, and the issues this causes employers. A recent survey, by the British Chamber of Commerce highlights the impact this is...
Time for Britain to face up to its post-Brexit skills shortage
A new and dramatic wrinkle seems to be added to the process of Brexit talks every week. But rumbling underneath the political positioning are some fundamental problems for business. Perhaps the most startling challenge is the prospect of a cavernous skills gap. A lot...