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Further Education
Empower every student, teacher and institution to achieve more
In today’s landscape, it us more important than ever that education institution reimagine the campus and student experience.
As a leading partner for colleges in the UK for over 30 years, we have a unique ability to understand and overcome the challenges faced by the education sector. We see technology playing a critical role in driving this transformation. Ultimately, Phoenix’s goal is to give our customers the support they need to deliver the outcomes they want while achieving greater value through tailored engagements that will help institutions drive innovative student engagement, transform operations, and ensure a secure, connected campus to empower you to reimagine education.
See below for some of the customers we’re already working with to deliver transformative change.
Accelerate your education and research institution with a secure and reliable cloud platform in less time for less cost and minimal effort.
The OCRE Cloud Framework for Microsoft Azure, available to GÉANT members, enables over 10,000 universities and research institutions, served by 40 National Research and Education Network (NREN) organisations across Europe, to benefit from:
We’re a finalist for Microsoft Education at the global Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards 2024! Find out more about what this accreditation means for you now
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The Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) is a hands-on introduction to Windows 10, Office 365 and Azure that gives you an opportunity to experience these powerful productivity solutions for yourself.
A CIE is not a generic demo about all the features Microsoft products offer. It’s a true-to-life user experience that takes you through common work-related scenarios such as being productive while mobile, using social networking to get work done, and connecting in real time with colleagues and customers. It also gives you a first-hand look at the fast and fluid experience of Windows 10, and the exciting features of Office 365 across a variety of devices, including tablets, PCs and smartphones.
Book yours todayFor many years now, Adobe have evolved and grown within the education sector providing valuable software to help students grow and build on critical skills that can enable their future success.
As we increasingly adopt technology in everyday life, the skills that employers are looking for are constantly changing. The employers of the future will be looking beyond just digital literacy skills, they will want their employees to be competent at complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity – creative soft skills. These skills can be often hard to incorporate into the curriculum, but with the use of innovative applications and a creative approach, educators can start to instill these skill sets in their students – preparing them for their futures.
Learn MorePhoenix have worked with City College Peterborough since 2009, but in Spring 2019 discussions started around them moving to Microsoft 365 as they had a digital strategy that they wanted to roll out to support both their staff and students in terms of a modern learning environment and support package. Phoenix then worked with City College Peterborough to look at what they wanted to achieve through the use of technology which initially resulted in various workshops, Customer Immersion Experiences (CIEs) and end-user training sessions.
This phase of the project was key and helped shape a strategy moving forwards with Microsoft Teams seen as an intrinsic part of the college’s digital future. Further training sessions were arranged with Phoenix’s strategic partner, Purify, where they delivered dedicated sessions for each subject lead and a ‘Teams Champion’ was selected to assist each of their departments as the solution was rolled out.
Read the full case studyWe partner with both world-leading partners and technology specific start-ups to ensure we can offer the best solution for your strategies and budgets.
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Read moreThe creation of virtual classrooms and virtual curriculums means that if a learner hasn’t been able to engage in the classroom, later on that evening if they want to catch up on some work they can. Teams allows them to communicate with their tutor, with our wellbeing team and that keeps them part of the college community, which also means they’re part of the support package which we can offer and get them back on track.
We work tirelessly to ensure we are on the relevant framework agreements to enable you to procure your IT in the most appropriate way. Our current framework arrangements are listed below.
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Phoenix enables digital transformation in the workplace, empowering UK organisations to innovate and transform with cloud and hybrid infrastructures data, AI, security, and collaboration tools. By understanding the individual goals of its customers, Phoenix delivers remarkable, outcome-focused IT solutions and services that allow UK organisations to make a difference to the lives of their employees, service users, and communities.
Phoenix is a signatory on the Race at Work Charter, and a Disability Confident and Living Wage employer. The company is also actively involved in encouraging more women into the IT industry.
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