IT delivery for universities and higher education
Student system replacements, LMS migrations, research computing and cyber uplift — delivered inside academic calendars, procurement rules and committee governance rather than in spite of them.
The constraint is rarely the technology
A university IT programme has to work around a calendar that does not move, a governance structure with genuine competing authorities, and a procurement process with its own timeline. Enrolment week is enrolment week.
Consultants from corporate IT treat these as obstacles to escalate around. They are not. They are the operating environment, and a plan that ignores them is not a plan.
- Delivery planned around teaching periods — no cutovers in orientation or exams
- Governance mapped early, including who actually holds the decision
- Procurement-ready documentation that survives a probity review
- Academic and professional staff engaged separately
Where we typically work
Student system replacement
The highest-risk programme most universities run, with the least forgiving cutover window.
LMS migration
Course content transition, academic engagement and a parallel-running period that respects teaching commitments.
Cloud & identity
Migration to cloud platforms and single sign-on across systems that accumulated separately over two decades.
Cyber uplift
Security programme delivery against the Essential Eight, including legacy systems that cannot simply be patched.
Research computing
Research data infrastructure and HPC access, delivered so researchers adopt it rather than route around it.
Business cases & tenders
Options analysis written for finance committees, plus support responding to your procurement requirements.
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