Bringing Learning to Life
Serco plays a significant role in supporting the provision of quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for learners and their communities in Scotland.
Over 50 Scottish schools, colleges, and universities choose Serco as their partner to deliver essential learning support systems. These are vital technologies that create an environment where each pupil's academic career is underpinned and enhanced by powerful software solutions leading to a more co-ordinated, effective education provision across an authority.
Serco's solutions are helping schools to monitor student attendance, access details of assessments and effectively look after their students.
Importantly, the benefits of the technology reach the individuals who are at the heart of the learning cycle - the staff and students. For example at Falkirk College - the fifth largest college in Scotland - Serco's virtual learning platform is enabling great leaps forward and greater levels of success:
- Students have access to resources and tutors whenever needed, and can study at a time and place that meets individual needs.
- The enhanced learning experience increases students' motivation to learn.
- Powerful communication tools, including a web based college email address, make it easier to exchange views and ideas with other students.
- Staff have a useful tool to add variety and enhance the classroom learning experience, with easy access to a range of locally and nationally produced resources. They can store, search and retrieve learning resources when preparing lessons, which reduces preparation time.
- Quicker and easier online assessment, the ability to keep in touch with students at any time, and the online collaboration and discussion increases student motivation and therefore retention.
Serco also provides a sophisticated timetabling and resource management solution, Facility CMIS, to a number of Scottish Colleges and Universities. Designed to manage both physical and academic resources for any size of institution, Facility CMIS combines timetabling, room booking, exam scheduling, course management, registers and on-line timetables.