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ICT - Networking and Communications
Meetingthemoderneducationchallenges
New College Durham and Fujitsu
extent of this rapid rate of expansion was
demanding. What Fujitsu allowed us to do is to
cope with capacity with an innovative and flexible
approach”. The college relocated services,
W
ithmoreadultsthaneverenteringfurther servers and networks and supporting multiple
converted office space into classrooms and
andhighereducation,thedemandson computer systems, in order to keep up with the
expanded to offices outside the main campuses in
institutionstoprovidestudentsandlecturerswith demanding nature of the college’s evolution, as Mr
order to meet these growing numbers.
thebestresourcesandinfrastructurehasnever Race explains: “Seven years ago the college had
Today, the college has been praised by Ofsted for
beengreater. some major issues in IT terms; since Fujitsu came on
its standards of "information learning technology”,
“Having an IT infrastructure capable of meeting board they have made a fantastic contribution to
the “outstanding quality of provision” and the
student demands is absolutely central to the the college’s provision and professional approach in
college’s “wonderful resources”. Recognising the
college’s continued success”, says Alan Race, ensuring top class ICT for students, lecturers and
importance of IT to its bright future, New College
Director of ICT and Purchasing at New College on-site businesses – which has been a central
Durham has signed a contract extension with Fujitsu,
Durham; an institution which knows a thing or two component to our success.”
ensuring it continues to meet the expectations of all
about success, having been awarded “outstanding Yet success brought with it its own challenges as
connected with the college.
status” in a recent Oftsed inspection, and whose the college saw year on year growth in the number
performance and success rates place them among of full-time students - five to six hundred more
the top 10% of Further and Higher Education students meant more courses and more staff
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colleges in the UK. members - potentially a real IT headache. “The
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The value of outsourcing ICT infrastructure is
increasingly recognised by education institutions – it
is not only a question of having an excellent team
providing a professional service, but also a matter of
ensuring that risk provision is met; after all, few
colleges can operate if the system crashes.
New College Durham is one such institution; it
provides a very wide range of learning
opportunities, from vocational, AS/A2 level and
apprenticeships to learners aged 16 upwards, to
community courses, professional programmes,
Degrees, Higher National Certificates and Higher
National Diplomas to adults aged over 19.
In 2002 the college appointed Fujitsu, one of the
world’s largest IT providers, to deliver the college’s
ICT infrastructure, providing every aspect of IT
support, from desktop queries to maintaining
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