Cloud ready for higher education
Helping university IT and finance leaders protect student experience and institutional resilience, with a commercially attractive route off ageing on-premises infrastructure.
Why attend:
- A funded route away from on-premises infrastructure, without committing budget up front.
- Free, funded AWS training and certification pathways for your computer science students, alongside a look at what the ARCHER2 shutdown means for research computing.
- Direct peer insight from institutions facing the same budget and infrastructure pressures, plus a clear, no-commitment next step.
Higher education institutions
15th October 2026 | 12:00 – 16:00
City Social, Tower 42, London
Higher education is under real financial pressure. Deficits and estate reviews are live conversations at institutions across the country, not distant possibilities.
At the same time, student experience and retention sit at the centre of every funding and reputation conversation a university has.
Technology is a lever in both. The right infrastructure decisions protect fee income, free up budget tied to legacy IT, and build students’ employable skills.
Many universities are still running significant workloads on on-premises virtualised infrastructure that’s costly to maintain, difficult to secure, and slow to adapt. Moving that infrastructure to the cloud is now a commercially attractive option, and for many institutions it can be done without funding the initial work yourselves.
This event brings together Phoenix, Cloud Bridge, and AWS to show what a funded, low-risk first step towards cloud migration looks like. And, how it connects to the outcomes your institution is already being measured on.
What you’ll hear on the day
The financial and operational pressures facing universities, and the case for technology as a strategic enabler of recruitment, retention, and research.
Why now, and how funding support can remove the up-front cost barrier.
Key findings from the Pendulum higher education market report and a first look at the Cloud Bridge Technology Outlook 2026.
Free AWS training and certification pathways giving computer science students industry-recognised experience, funded as part of the programme.
With the ARCHER2 national supercomputing service ending on 21 November 2026, what that means for research-intensive universities planning their next move.
A peer conversation on where institutions are in their infrastructure journey, and what’s holding decisions back.
Who should attend
CIOs, CISOs, IT directors, research computing leads, and finance directors from universities and higher education institutions evaluating their infrastructure strategy.
Ready to take the first step?
Leave with a clear, funded, no-commitment route to assess what cloud migration could look like for your institution.