SWANSEA, U.K. -- Swansea University Live on Crimson’s Student Recruitment Module with Microsoft Dynamics 2011

Crimson Consultants Limited, one of Microsoft’s lead partners in Post 16 education, in partnership with Swansea University are delighted to announce the successful implementation of the Crimson Student Recruitment solution, based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

Having gone through a detailed selection process and working within a very ambitious set of time constraints, Swansea University launched the first phase of the new solution in the summer. Crimson’s solution provides the university with a state of the art recruitment solution, focusing on the needs of student engagement and managing the student lifecycle at one of its most critical phases.

Delivered to all of the Colleges within the university, the solution manages the vital communication between potential students, central admissions and the academic departments. The solution has been delivered on time and on budget, and more importantly has delivered a significant functional benefit both within Admissions and the academic departments.

The next phase of development will focus on social network integration and on-line marketing, and expects to drive significant growth in the recruitment of UK undergraduate and postgraduate students. Commenting on the project, Crimson’s Sales and Marketing Director John Drew, reiterates the need for a partnership approach to projects. “Without doubt, success of projects, comes down to great software, great communication and a willingness by both supplier and customer to work together to achieve a common goal. We are delighted to be working with Swansea; it’s been such a pleasure under very challenging timescales, but the university staff have been fundamental to its success”

Head of Admissions at Swansea University, Keran Williams comments, “As a result of a number of factors including improvements in student satisfaction rates and higher league table positions, the University has seen a large growth in enquiries and applications in the last year. The bespoke Crimson CRM solution will allow us to manage communications with prospective students in a far more effective and professional manner. We pride ourselves on good customer relations and we now have the tools to ensure that all prospective students who contact Swansea University have a positive experience from the outset

Steve Owen, Head of Corporate Information Systems for the university says “The delivery of this project on time and on budget is a result of the hard work put in by both university and Crimson staff, and is a testament to the determination and close working relationship built by the project team. Working with Crimson Consultants has demonstrated that commitment to the end result is the key to success.”

For more information on courses and programs please contact www.swansea.ac.uk

For more information on Crimson Consultants and their solutions for Post 16 Education and Student Recruitment solutions, please visit www.crimsonconsultants.co.uk