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Helping students graduate from your institution on time without any problems, or simply student success, is something every institution works hard to achieve. Many factors play a part in achieving stu...
Helping students succeed is the number one priority for any institution. However, good lecturers and high quality courses are not enough to help your students. You need proper communication, access to...
As a new academic year begins, we have been busy supporting our customers as they go-live or update their platforms. Buckinghamshire New University Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) chose m...
As the digital transformation in higher education continues, institutions are confronted with challenges on a daily basis. Pressured by the effects of the pandemic, institutions have impressed with th...
We are delighted to announce that we have been successfully selected to provide the myday app to MK:U, a new-model university led by Cranfield University in partnership with Milton Keynes Council. ...
Your main goal for last September was to prepare new students as best you can. September onboarding is a crucial moment within the student lifecycle. Going to college or university means there is a lo...
New Year, New Challenges: Get Ready (Education) Over the past 18 months educational institutions across Europe have had to adapt to a new normal. Blended learning has been widely adopted and, after...
Year after year institutions face the challenge of keeping students engaged. If this is not executed students may be at risk of underperforming. The most challenging time, a time where students are th...
Educational institutions are under more pressure than ever to perform with a surge in applications for the new academic year. There are many factors to measure how well institutions perform, however o...
System integration is crucial for any institution to succeed. It ensures seamless connectivity and reduces the likelihood of errors, improving both the internal workflow of your organisation and the ...
Phygital is a term used to describe the interaction between a physical and digital space. As the world-wide education sector navigates its way out of the COVID pandemic we find ourselves looking more ...
As the world continues to deal with the current health crisis, the well-being of students affected by the pandemic continues to be education establishments key focus. Adjustments to the ways in which ...
Technology is now at the forefront of learning and as we navigate our way through online education delivery and ensuring students have the tools available to complete their studies, we start to look a...
When it comes to student portals and apps, the decision to self-build vs outsource is often a difficult one. Our research suggests that making the right decision can save not just time and cost, but ...
Guest blog from our friends at EvaSys How myday customers can use EvaSys to measure NPS The “business” of running a university or college is becoming more and more like managing a commercia...
Bridging the divide between the physical and digital environment; Education in the times of COVID After many months of uncertainty in the HE/FE world, the bridging of physical and digital engagemen...
We are delighted to share, that despite the recent challenges as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have continued to help many new establishments within the FE sector and have welcomed a number ...
As the world responds to the current health crisis, the well-being of students impacted by the pandemic remains to be a top priority. Change has been inevitable and quick, and although some institutes...
After a summer and September like no other, many institutions have thought not only about their interim digital solution but also their long-term digital learning offering as reported by Wonkhe. Lo...
We are delighted to announce our strategic partnership with EvaSys Evaluation and Assessment Solutions, a leading supplier of software solutions for student surveys and exams. We recognise that our...
myday is one of many pandemic success stories. As lockdown periods around the world closed campuses and made staying indoors compulsory for vast sections of the population including most st...
Recent pulse surveys across the education sector has highlighted a vast range of digital maturity states across campuses globally. There are both benefits and pain points to implementing new technolog...
Watching a student graduate and progress into their career is considered the most rewarding part of working in education. Knowing that you have given them that opportunity will always last long in the...
Delivering value for money whilst balancing budgets is a continual juggling act for many. Universities in the UK have faced much uncertainty over the last few months due to Brexit, but should now see ...
A common deliberation in the education market is whether to build your own student app or to outsource - there are benefits and pitfalls to both approaches. Let’s look at some of the differences whe...
We often speak about disparate systems getting in the way of efficient and effective working at institutions. Disengaged sectors are one of the biggest blockers to achieving success and connecting ins...
It is imperative for every institution to provide students with an experience that they can enjoy from the first to last minute. An enjoyable time that makes them speak highly to their friends and fam...
Figures have shown that 1 in 5 university students do not want to return in January. Over Christmas the website My Voucher Codes surveyed 1,204 university students in the UK, asking: “Are you planni...
What are the most important skills that students need to prepare for the modern-day workforce? More importantly, how can educators help them gain these competencies for a digital future? It is impe...
We are a few weeks into the new academic year and as millions of learners around the globe have begun another period of study. It is now more imperative than ever that institutions keep a close eye st...
Phygital is a term used to describe the interaction between a physical and digital space. The student phygital experience is the blending of the traditional on-campus physical experience and the digi...
Welcome to Collabco’s face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind myday. This time, we sat down with Collabco's co-founder, Dave. He spoke about the story of the...
We are entering the next phase of higher education where a physical campus is increasingly less important thanks to the emergence of a digital one. Whether on campus or not the development of new te...
Managing disparate and disjointed IT systems has a huge effect on student learning capabilities. Organisations can create an environment where cohesion is increased between lecturer and student by foc...
Learner demographics have changed significantly over the past decade, which has brought change to how institutions connect with their students. Gone are the days of a certain type of learner, anybody ...
Buildings can tell us when they need repair, Wi-Fi on every street corner, sensors that tell the dustbin men where, when and how often to collect and even technology that tells us which streets are mo...
We are thrilled to announce that Collabco have expanded across higher and further education in Scotland by adding another leading Scottish tertiary education institution to its customer list by provi...
Welcome to Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind myday. This time, we sat down with our Technical Support Lead, Romas. He spoke about his day-to...
It comes as no surprise that our students are further ahead of the technology curve than most of our HE and FE institutions. As you’d expect, the use of consumer technology in terms of our smartphon...
It's a conundrum that many historic academic establishments face year on year - Should an institution that has gained great successes from its traditional background change to a modern-day style to at...
We are delighted to be partnering with the University of Ulster to deliver the myday mobile digital campus environment for students and staff. The university which previously had an online portal acce...
Today’s educational institutions need to evolve to meet the growing needs of students around the world. To truly empower and engage students, there must be a transformation of legacy networks int...
Welcome to Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind myday. This time, we sat down with our Senior Software Developer- Chris. He gives us an insight...
New Zealand based Ara Institute of Canterbury implement myday as their digital campus. The technology institute on New Zealand’s South Island is a tertiary education provider and was formed in 2016 ...
Digital transformation is a term used frequently and often suggests quick, almost instantaneous changes. This can happen, but of course it isn't what occurs in the majority of cases. Changes mater...
Welcome to the next instalment of Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind myday. This time it's our Finance Administrator Catherine, who gives us...
There are things we’ve come to expect from our place of work. One of the most pertinent being technological support with access to the to the latest digital tools necessary to carry out our jobs f...
Collabco’s myday digital campus has been chosen by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) a specialist institution offering consultancy as well as education courses at all levels from college to universi...
Dropping out of university or college is more of a process than a single event. Students don’t just wake up one morning and want to give up on their academic journey. There are a number of factors t...
We are delighted to have begun a partnership with Russell Group, University of Birmingham to implement its myday digital campus. The Midlands Institution values the platform's potential to improve the...
The ability to measure the impact of innovation is essential to every improvement strategy. For educational organisations, knowing whether a change of practice in the classroom is making a difference ...
This month in the news HE students in England are being promised the option of an accelerated two-year degree course in order to save 20% on tuition fees compared with a more usual three-year degree c...
Welcome to the fifth instalment of Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind the myday brand. This time it's our Business Development Manager Luke, ...
The falling costs of owning our own devices and the increasing ubiquity of broadband for most means that thankfully, technology is increasingly a leveler for students. Many universities provide the de...
We are delighted to announce that the University of Bedfordshire have chosen myday to provide their Digital Campus, after making the switch from their previous supplier. The solution will deliver t...
We love finding out what our customers are up to and how they are using myday to best benefit their forward thinking strategies. One of our most iconic and beautifully designed institutions The Royal ...
It comes as no surprise that our students are further ahead of the technology curve than most of our HE and FE institutions. As you’d expect, use of consumer technology in terms of our smartphones, ...
We had the opportunity to speak to founder of Stop The World, Lauren Gillett. A blog site designed to give young adults and academics a place to visit when they are feeling a little bit overwhelmed. A...
Welcome to another instalment of Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind the myday Digital Campus. This time we’re talking to Tracy Dabbs, Colla...
We have been working with Teesside University to provide their students with a myday Digital Campus for just under a year now and recently got the chance to talk with IT Director, Paul Lambert. He exp...
A sandbox is an isolated environment in which a program or file can be executed without affecting the application in which it runs. Sandboxes are a great advancement in incident response, forensics an...
Young adults accessing the internet isn't anything new. And by the time they get to the stage of using technology in education, they probably have a better grasp of it than most adults. However, that ...
A student's college life starts long before they enrol on their course at the start of the academic year, mostly before the end of their GCSE’s. College open days are one of the biggest initiativ...
Student focus is at the core of myday, making sure that we are adapting to the needs and wants of the new generation of academics drives everything we do. However, one of the most important elements o...
Welcome to the second instalment of Collabco's face behind the logo series, where we give you an insight into the people behind the myday brand. This week we have our Business Development Manager Ad...
Broadcasting a consistent message across a school group has a huge amount of benefit to not just CEO's and Headteachers but all stakeholders and those involved with bettering education for the future....
Welcome to the first instalment of Collabco's face behind the logo series. We'd like to tell you more about our amazing team, the people behind the product. Being as proud of our team as we are the my...
Reputation is everything and delivering value for money in education has never been more cutthroat. But technology - specifically the digital campus - continues to provide your independent school grou...
Communication is very important to us here at Collabco and working alongside our customers to help them achieve their own goals but drive the road-map of the product too is critical to our success. ...
Within educational institutions, technology can often pose as many challenges as it can opportunities and dealing with potential hazards where young people are concerned can be difficult. A duty to pr...
According to the Association of Colleges (AOC), there have already been six newly created colleges in 2018 thanks to mergers, a further eight are in the pipeline in 2018 and two others are planned whe...
The benefits that single-sign-on (SSO) delivers to an institution and its IT department are many and well documented: reduced IT helpdesk time, increased security, improved auditing of application usa...
If this week’s news is anything to go by, some of the US’s leading business schools have added cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to their curriculum. Institutions, including the Stanford Gr...
Everywhere we turn in business these days we’re faced with meeting the challenge of personalising contact with customers. CRM systems of varying degrees of sophistication provide us with the Holy Gr...
The debate relating to how leaners fare in schools in the north versus their counterparts in the south is once again featuring heavily in the news. England’s Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfiel...
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