Unified Solutions integrates the Alterian WCMS with
the Tribal ebs4 database and delivers a real competitive
advantage for Bedford College
Bedford College of Further Education is the
largest provider of education and training in the Bedford area. The
College has 14,000 students, employs 600 staff and offers further
education courses for 16-18s, adult education courses, higher
education programmes, and short leisure classes, as well as
training services to employers.
In addition, Bedford College has a number of
commercial centres, a restaurant, a hair and beauty salon, a sports
hall, and an arts centre that provide services to the paying
public.
A new approach was required to set the college apart from the
competition. The old college web site was dated, hard to navigate
and based on a bespoke content management system that made it
difficult for non technical users to add new content.
In order to generate high quality enquiries for the College and
to provide relevant and accessible information to visitors about
the courses on offer a new web site was needed to showcase the
services provided and to become the online “home” for the
organisation.
An important requirement for the new web site
was the integration with the ebs4 Tribal database, to establish an
online course finder and to give seamless access through the
website to all course information within the database.
The new website was launched on June
1st 2009 with the following comments from Sarah Wagstaff
- Director of Sales & Marketing
“We selected Unified Solutions Limited because
of their clear capability to do the job and because we were
impressed with their approach to the design and navigation
elements of the project. They pulled out all of the stops to
work with us to ensure the project was completed on time. We
are delighted with the outcome and I value the ongoing support from
all at Unified.”
To find out more about this project and others
like it contact Sales on 01753 775050 or e-mail sales@unified.co.uk