The University of Manchester’s MyManchester portal provides everything students and staff need to learn, live, teach and enjoy during their time at the university.
Sitecore Experience Awards
University of Manchester
SEA category: Most intelligent content optimization
Challenges
- Complement the vision to be a world-leading research university
- Make moving to higher education simple, relevant and less daunting for students
- Manage escalating operating costs, reduced funding, competition
- Develop new strategies for sustainable change, reduced costs and finding new revenue streams
- Enhance service quality, improve program efficiencies
- Replace outdated, disconnected technology
- Move from static to dynamic experience
Solutions
- Sitecore Experience Platform (XP 8.2)
- Sitecore Connect for Microsoft Dynamics
- Sitecore Experience Analytics Tools – xAnalytics
- Sitecore Services
- Integrations include:
- Microsoft Azure IaaS/PaaS
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft PowerBI
- webMethods
- Swagger
Results
- Built a portal that serves the right content at the right time including learning, housing, finance and foreign student support
- Created a single view of staff and students for personalized interaction, tailored experiences
- Delivered greater insights into student and staff interactions
- Optimized staff and student experiences using Sitecore testing capabilities
- Enabled a refreshed user experience and visual design
- Streamlined content creation and approval processes
- Made it quick to spin up multiple sites to target new areas or initiatives
- Established a stable, scalable digital platform to meet digital aspirations for years to come
Platinum Solution Partner
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