really important in moving forwards .”
“ In this vein , our exec team embraced being early adopters and were the ‘ pilot team ’ in terms of introducing new developments like Microsoft Teams , and they ’ ve really loved it ,” he continues . “ It ’ s given us all new ways of working , and improved things like organisational communication and collaboration . However , most importantly , it ’ s brought everyone closer together . What turned out to be a pilot now has over 100 people using it , and that number is growing as we start moving into a proper deployment phase .”
The last 12 months has seen the institute build a firm foundation on which it can continue its digital journey . Most of the goals originally set , confirms Das , have been met or are currently on track . Looking further ahead , there are plans in place to update the student app further to increase its capabilities in line with a new cohort of students joining . “ Elsewhere , we ’ re looking at additional automation across various systems , as well as integrating things like machine learning and AI , particularly when it comes to interpreting the data that we collect and providing analysis or trends . Through combining all these technologies and systems , it ’ s all coming together and we ’ re seeing great results , including increasing our student conversion ratios this year . We now have the capabilities to expand our offering , and we fully intend to do so .”
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