TECHNOLOGY
Enhancing efficiency and the student experience with HID mobile access control It’s boom time for higher education in the UK. Over 2.86 million students are enrolled in courses at the moment, with the demand for places high. Commentators estimate 30%+ growth with circa 1 million students applying by 2030. This is clearly excellent news for the 277 colleges and 166 universities which make up the UK’s higher education sector.
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uch growth presents a whole raft of operational challenges for institutions, not least about how to manage student access—efficiently, effectively and securely. According to Paul Brady, HID’s End User Business Manager for Physical Access Control
(pictured right) this is complex as anyone working in a higher education IT, security services or estates departments will know. One of the primary challenges is the sheer size of institutions given they often have sprawling campuses. The user base adds
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