NTT DATA Business Solutions and SAP Higher Education Software

Higher Education software to Weather any Storm. The higher education system in the UK has had more than its fair share of challenges over these Covid years. As the world slowly emerges from the crisis (we hope), it is a good time for universities and other academic institutions to take stock of the systems and processes they have in place to see where the ‘weak points are’ before we have any more unexpected storms to weather.

The only certainty is change. The world moves at a fast pace and advances in technology, along with the related rise in expectations from digital-savvy students and employees, were already creating a positive pressure for higher education to bite the proverbial bullet and tackle the transformation of their key systems. After all, many universities and colleges have been running on a disparate mix of higher education software – manual processes, spreadsheets and ageing ERP and student system software, much of it over 10 or 15 years old and practically creaking at the seams.

In previous years, budget shortfalls combined with a lengthy, complex internal approvals process has prompted some learning establishments to make do with what they have and wait until they cannot wait any longer. But the recent upheavals in this sector have pushed many universities and colleges to a positive point of no return. It’s ‘do or die’ time. Higher education in the UK is committed to transforming its legacy higher education software, as long as they can do so at a pace and for a price that is achievable.

Higher Education Software you can Trust

Every day, I talk with decision-makers at UK higher education institutions: heads of student systems, IT, finance, procurement, HR…and the consensus seems to be ‘we know our systems are holding us back, we need better insight into our student and finance data and to start moving towards joining up the departmental siloes but we just feel overwhelmed and funds are tighter than ever before’.

In the confines of this blog, I can’t offer a panacea. But I can assure you that NTT DATA Business Solutions, along with our technology partner SAP, offers a strong, solid partnership that can go the distance with you and support you in navigating any future challenges these unprecedented times may care to throw at us.

I am extremely proud to be working for one of the absolute best higher education technology advisors and providers. And I am confident that whatever your main focus of concern, or whatever the vision you have that want to realise for your university or college, that NTT DATA Business Solutions and SAP higher education software can guide you into the future you want to create.

How can I be so sure?

Take a look at some of the reasons I invite you to consider our higher education and SAP expertise:

NTT DATA Business Solutions for Higher Education

As the UK arm of NTT DATA Business Solutions, we are a global SAP Platinum Partner with a deep understanding of the goals and challenges facing universities. Over the years, we have supported more than thirty major higher education institutions, including five Russell Group Universities.

We can help your university or college improve the way you support students and staff – and ultimately help you advance academic achievement. To do this, we use world-class higher education software from SAP to improve planning, student engagement, recruitment and retention with real-time analytics available on any device.

Thanks to our Education Competence Centre, we can draw on a specialist team of experts, dedicated to supporting digital transformation in higher education. They help you leverage higher education software from SAP and find the best solutions for your needs – so you can deliver exceptional experiences for your students and your employees.

We can confidently guide you through a major ‘all systems overhaul’ or start somewhere more focused, such as modernising your Finance ERP and automating key processes for greater efficiencies (in terms of both time AND money). We have several software-and-services packages designed to suit the needs and budgets of most sizes of higher education organisations, take a look at NTT DATA Business Solutions UK’s higher education software.

Why SAP technologies for Higher Education

We use SAP intelligent technologies to help customers from many industries automate routine tasks, create tighter connections with their customers, and accomplish more with less. SAP is the world’s number one cloud business software company, trusted by successful businesses all over the world: 91% of the Forbes Global 2000 are SAP Customers and 80% of SAP customers are small and mid-size organisations.

More importantly for you, 97 out of the top 100 universities in the world run SAP solutions. They cover the whole set of functions: student systems (CX), ERP, Human Experience Management and more. All SAP solutions integrate seamlessly with each other to give you a 360 view of your university, across all its locations and departments, in real-time and all are designed to be easy-to-use and give you the power of advanced analytics and modern innovations such as chatbots, AI, machine learning (and more!) to run more efficiently and deliver world-class learning experiences.

Concerns about data privacy in the Cloud? With SAP solutions you get rock-solid data security: SAP was one of the first companies in the world to receive global certification from the British Standards Institute.

You can be sure you are in safe hands with NTT DATA Business Solutions and SAP. To find out what’s possible for your higher education organisation, contact [email protected]