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Find out how cloud technology can truly transform the learning experience – join our thought-provoking webinar on 4th May at 11:00am to hear more!


education to become more accessible and inclusive. For example, because cloud does not rely on physical presence, many other students such as single parents or those with health issues or disabilities, can access learning processes remotely more easily.


• Improved student retention through engagement, education, and support, making students feel secure particularly in their first 50 days.


• Reduced operational costs. Through cloud you can automate certain tasks to save on network downtime through human error, release headcounts to focus on more innovative work, and better observe or track failures with machine learning and AI.


• Improved collaboration by using a singular cloud-based platform, bringing departments together


• A network and campus that is better placed to meet the day to day needs of students, no matter what stage they are at in the student journey, due to the evergreen and agile nature of cloud technology


With so many challenges to discuss, our live panel discussion taking place


on 4th May at 11.00am promises to be both insightful, informative, and educational giving you the opportunity to get any questions you may have answered. Don’t miss out, register here to confirm your place. uhttps://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14305/478761?)


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hilst at the mercy of changing government guidelines, 2020 was the year where organisations and businesses across a myriad of sectors


experienced a huge paradigm shift in the delivery of their services and support – and education institutions were no exception to this..


Subsequently, the education market is facing two intrinsically linked


challenges: student churn, and subsequent revenue loss, both of which require new and innovative ways of delivering learning and how technology can support this. With the student experience rapidly becoming more akin to a commercial


customer experience, internal departments are becoming siloed, and over the past year more people than ever, both employees and students alike, have become increasingly reliant on remote network access and the supporting technology to allow us to do this, in order to stay connected. Maintel, together with Extreme, will be exploring how cloud technology


can help to transform the education experience and student journey as part of our webinar on 4th May at 11:00am; from improved student communications and retention to digital signage, and even better cross- campus-departmental collaboration.


So, what does this mean for education institutions? As we edge towards the end of lockdown, we can develop and refine


those strategies to resume our digital transformation journeys. Reviewing existing architectures and moving away from static networks toward a more agile cloud-based system, is the first step in this journey in providing you with agility, helping to overcome key challenges you face.


A cloud network will provide you with agility and allows for:


• The ability to adapt with changing student requirements, fluctuating student numbers, and even unpredictable global pandemics or political changes.


• Ongoing innovation based on day to day requirements and updates with next to no downtime. New features can be developed into the cloud with little or no impact for end-users.


• Blended learning – opening the door to a wider range of people, allowing April 2021 www.education-today.co.uk 11


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