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Workday has announced the availability of Workday Student in Australia and New Zealand, marking its first deployment of the AI-powered, end-to-end student management system outside North America.
According to Workday, the cloud-based system was developed with input from more than 40 institutions and a local advisory panel, which included the University of Melbourne, Macquarie University and the University of Auckland.
Workday Student integrates with Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Adaptive Planning, and has been designed to give higher education institutions access to insights into campus operations. These include registration, student financials, academic planning, talent and staffing needs, changes in enrollment numbers, supplier costs and expenses.
Workday also touted the platform’s AI features help streamline administrative tasks. For example, it can offer prompt recommendations, validate data entry and flag outliers. It also offers students mobile self-service tools to register for courses, view bills, make payments, view grades and request an advising appointment.
“Workday Student is the only cloud-native student management system built in this century, specifically designed for today’s mobile generation,” said Workday ANZ Leader for Education Cade Elg.
“Educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand face a fast-moving environment, from rising costs to regulatory changes – with so many challenges, we want to make it easier to better serve their students by shifting from outdated legacy systems and modernising their technology.”
The launch of Workday Students builds on Workday’s footprint in the higher education market, where universities such as Macquarie University, Deakin University and The University of Queensland are already using its software for their HR and finance operations.
In North America, Workday Student is currently a live product at 65 institutions. Universities such as the University of British Colombia have adopted the platform to reduce costs and improve student outcomes.
“We have seen the impact Workday Student has had for large educational institutions such as the University of British Columbia, a top 50 global university with over 70,000 students,” Elg said.
“This gives us confidence that universities in Australia and New Zealand, many of which are similarly large and multifaceted, will greatly benefit from adopting Workday Student to transform their operations and meet evolving student needs.”
