University User Group - The next chapter
Posted on Wednesday 9th July 2008
University User Group – The next chapter - Wednesday 2nd July 2008
The latest Contensis ‘University User Group’ meeting was held at Canterbury Christ Church University, in the wonderful Garden Room at the Priory, the university’s oldest building.
The meeting was organised and chaired by Josef Lapka, Analyst Programmer from Canterbury, who, through the Contensis University Forum, arranged an excellent day for everyone, with an informative meeting and a superb lunch at Augustine’s Restaurant.
After a warm welcome with coffee, cakes and greetings, the meeting kicked-off with an introduction to both new and existing members, and although clients had travelled from all over the UK, top marks went to the European University Institute for making it all the way from Florence in Italy.
The meeting opened with the universities talking through their individual Contensis projects and highlighting their experiences, tips and tricks.
Richard Chivers, CTO at Contensis, then took the floor with a demonstration of the new R5 version of Contensis which is about to be released. The new features and functionality within the release delighted members and raised many a word of praise.
Richard took the meeting up to lunch with a presentation of the new Contensis Support site which will be launched alongside the new version release.
The meeting resumed after lunch with a debate on student records and personalisation within prospectuses which led into the final session on Contensis support and other business.
The next meeting will take place in six months’ time with the location to be announced shortly although, and as a delight to everyone, Gwenaelle Quivy from the EUI in Florence offered to host a meeting in the summer of 2009. Everyone departed with thoughts of Ponte Cecchio, Chianti Classico and SUN.
Representatives present were from:
Canterbury Christ Church University
London School of Economics & Political Science
Southampton Solent University
University Campus Suffolk
European University Institute
Royal Holloway, University of London
Guildford College
Apologies:
University of Cumbria
University College Birmingham
University of Bolton