Key Features
Each aspect of the solution can be delivered in a modular way so that customers are able to choose the functionality to fit their needs and their budget.
Given our deep domain experience our team is able to deliver:
Out of the box standard (what we consider to be best practice) workflows that can either be adopted in full, or configured to suit a customer’s use case
Standard form templates e.g. for progression, supervision, degree management, etc, which can be adopted in full, or configured to a customer’s needs
The system is modular and, within modules, customers are able to select what workflows, features and functionality they need and what they don’t need
Options for system branding and look and feel configured to meet customer needs within the SkillsForge design system.
SkillsForge possesses a number of features including:
- Role specific dashboards
- Consistent User Experience (UX) across all devices (mobile, tablet, desktop)
- Our solution supports the whole of the PGR management Life Cycle from Admissions to Award, as well as supporting Researcher Development through Skills Assessment, Development and Tracking coupled with our powerful Training Management System.
- Configurable features, processes and forms complete with flexible deadline and reminders
- Digital sign off, time and date stamping
- Automated Student Timeline
- Online course feedback
- Extensive and agnostic skills framework capabilities that can be used by any role in a university
- Comprehensive Training Management System providing a full functional and automated development event (course) publication, search, booking, cancellation, waiting lists, administration and reporting system for all roles within a university for free and paid courses
- Progression (automated date calculation over multiple policies applied to different faculties and different cohorts)
- Multiple progression pathways are supported
- Easy integration with other institutional systems
- Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting – with SkillsForge all customers are provided a fully functional cloud based world class BI solution, YellowFin, which interrogates the SkillsForge Data Warehouse.
PGR Students:
Easily view a record of their progress, action points and milestones through their dashboards and student timeline features
Easily apply for/request changes to their degree course, digitally signing and submitting
View a full history of their interactions with the system
Book development courses with ease
Assess skills that need further development and use our advanced course search to find the right course to enable such development
Supervisors:
Easily view the progress of their students
Process PGR applications and PGR degree management changes efficiently
Be notified automatically of key deadlines/milestones and actions that need completing
View a full history of their interactions with the system
Book development courses with ease
Manage and track their registration and eligibility to be a supervisor.
Administrators
Monitor progress across the department / institution
Easily identify issues for action through exception reporting
Experience the significant automation of processes and workflows
View a full history of all interactions with the system by all participants, providing powerful insight and oversight reporting
View extensive Management Information including, for example, UKVI (Visas and Immigration) interaction reporting
Set up development courses with ease to enable full automation thereafter
Institutions
Experience two-way data integration between systems such as student records and human resources that supports the master record
View deep and broad data for business intelligence insight and oversight reporting
Enable powerful workflows to ensure compliance with the institution’s policies and significant increases in efficiency and effectiveness