Unit4

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  • FE Your Way - flexibility that suits your college

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A partner who understands Further Education

With increased government pressure, area reviews and funding changes, you need a partner who understands the further education market. 

Unit4 are committed to providing agile and adaptable software solutions that respond to changes in the further education market. With the constant constraints and pressures you face, Unit4 provides choice and flexible solutions to suit your institution’s aspirations.

  • Agile and adaptable architecture enables your college to support your shared and own services, respond to the constant changes in the industry and to future-proof your institution so you're always ready for the next big thing.
  • Reliable and repeatable models mean you get a clear establishment of what’s possible from the outset, with a facilitated build specifically designed for the FE sector and an implementation methodology that focuses on knowledge transfer.
  • Power to you and your students as you gain a 360-degree overview of the student lifecycle and access to the latest technology innovations in the sector, with post-implementation support to ensure you get the most from your solution. 

How we deliver

Cloud delivery

Constant access and always up-to-date, plus it lowers the overall costs.

Facilitated build

Facilitated build with a focus on knowledge transfer, so you stay in control.

Ecosystem delivery

This delivery model allows you to choose what best suits your needs, so you get the perfect fit.

Easily adaptable

A solution that changes with your institution, so you can keep up with market changes.

How we work with you

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We understand the need for early engagement, clear expectation setting and realistic project planning to provide a successful and repeatable model for the FE sector. Unit4 and Highpoint have developed a unique implementation methodology to deliver on these three needs.

Highpoint have designed an FE value accelerator that combines the best of Business World On! functionality with specific FE college requirements. Instead of starting from scratch, we now offer a facilitated build in tandem with your processes.

The implementation methodology is underpinned by continuous knowledge transfer, dynamic documentation and improved customer experience to empower the staff as users of the software, giving you the knowledge and tools to make the most of your solution to future-proof your institution. Unit4 and Highpoint’s FE value accelerator is easy to use, quick to implement, low in cost and high in value.

What our customers say

  • “We are a textbook model for an organisation that lives in constant change, and our software systems did not have the agility to keep up. We wanted the ability to make changes ourselves, quickly, which we can get from the Unit4 solution, but that we didn’t see elsewhere in the market.”

    - Director of Finance, Cranfield University

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  • “The University is continually improving the student experience and delivering pioneering research and is well on its way to establishing an international reputation. None of this would be possible without a sound finance strategy underpinned by Unit4."

    Head of Financial Systems, University of Huddersfield

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  • “We’re building something unique, cutting-edge and quite special here. So we need a reliable, academic ERP that can implement quickly and easily scale with us as we grow.”

    Florida Polytechnic University