Sectors

Higher Education and Education Services

We partner with universities, government departments, regulatory bodies, awarding organisations, EdTech companies and education service providers to solve complex digital, data and technology challenges, delivering change that works in practice.

How we can help you

We support education organisations with all aspects of digital transformation, including:

  • Digital and technology transformation
  • AI adoption and immersive technologies (including VR)
  • Legacy modernisation including data migration
  • Programme and delivery management
  • Change management and organisational readiness
  • Procurement strategy, evaluation and tender management
  • User research and service design
  • Business case development
  • Technology selection and vendor evaluation
  • HR, finance and payroll functional expertise
“The UK Higher Education sector has idiosyncrasies that can make us complex to work with. As anyone who has tried to deploy large system changes knows, projects often come unstuck not because of the software, but how it is deployed. Therefore, we looked for a partner that could bring both technology and change management experience to the table. We chose Swift Strategies as our delivery partner primarily because of their understanding of the challenges of implementing new technology.”
Alison Jarvis, Director of Operational Finance, Cardiff University

Why choose Swift Strategies?

We understand the complexities of the education sector and the realities of delivering change at scale. Our experience spans higher education, awarding organisations and central government, where success comes not just from the technology, but how it is implemented and adopted. 

We helping our customers make better decisions, investing in the right services and solutions for their needs, not the ones the IT suppliers want them to buy.

“I needed a tried-and-tested partner who understood education, regulated services, and high-stakes delivery…… Swift Strategies understood the brief very quickly and turned it into something clear, simple and easy to negotiate.”
Helen Walker, VP Technology, Pearson School Qualifications and Vocational Qualifications

Higher Education and Education Services Case Studies

Pearson Education

Digital Transformation

We supported Pearson by evaluating their business-critical ActiveHub platform and creating a future-state roadmap to accelerate their digital transformation:

  • Assessment of technical and business capability and as-is architecture review   
  • Future state roadmap    
  • Programme plan for ActiveHub reset and delivery   
  • Business case support   
  • Stakeholder mapping and board-level narrative 
  • Capability planning    
  • Technical and programme delivery leadership 
  • User-centred design for future services
  • Quality assurance across wider business areas

HR and Finance Replatforming

We built Cardiff University a business case to transform fragmented and disparate systems into a single, integrated HR and finance system: 

  • Detailed business requirements 
  • Business case creation
  • Procurement strategy, documentation and tender launch   
  • Chart of accounts re-design
  • Technical solution design 
  • Data audit and data migration strategy  
“Implementing a new HR and Finance solution was new territory for us and having Swift Strategies on board with knowledge of similar projects and expertise in business case development, requirements capture, procurement and change management was a way of mitigating any perceived risk.”
Alison Jarvis, Director of Operational Finance, Cardiff University

Looking for a collaborative consultancy partner with deep education expertise?

Email us at: info@swiftstrategies.co.uk or tell us about your project here