This presentation was delivered at the Ellucian Asia-Pacific User Conference 2019 in Sydney 2-3 September. It charts Fiji National University’s journal in building an advanced digital infrastructure, culminating in the installation of Banner 9, an integrated university information management system that links to everything from Finance and HR to Registry and Student Housing. It covers:  Introduction to Fiji  The higher education landscape in Fiji  The development of Fiji National University  Why an integrated university information management system?  Why Banner?  Next steps

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Ellucian Banner 9: Fiji National
University’s journey
Professor Nigel Healey, nigel.healey@fnu.ac.fj

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Agenda
1 Introduction to Fiji
2 The higher education landscape in Fiji
3 The development of Fiji National University
4 Why an integrated university information management system?
5 Why Banner?
6 Next steps

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1. Introduction to Fiji

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Introduction to Fiji (1)

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• 330 islands
• 915,000 population
• pc GDP (PPP): US$10,250
• Upper-middle income (UN)
• Youth literacy rate 99.5% (UNDP)
Introduction to Fiji (2)

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Introduction to Fiji (3)

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Introduction to Fiji (4)

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Introduction to Fiji (5)

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2. The higher education landscape in Fiji

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…plus 66 private colleges of higher education (mainly
theology, teacher training and nursing)
The higher education landscape in Fiji (1)

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The higher education landscape in Fiji (2)

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3. The development of Fiji National University

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The development of Fiji National University (1)
Characteristics
Public established by Fiji National University Act 2009; government-
funded
Comprehensive agriculture & veterinary science, business & tourism,
education & arts, engineering & science, medicine & nursing
Dual sector technical and vocational education (sub-degree) and higher
education to PhD
Medium-sized 20,000 students, plus 8,000 taking short courses
Distributed 10 campuses across two largest islands

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 Founded as Suva Medical School 1885
 Established as the national university in 2010 by the merger of:
 Fiji School of Medicine
 Fiji School of Nursing
 Fiji Institute of Technology
 Fiji College of Advanced Education
 Lautoka Teachers College
 Fiji College of Agriculture
The development of Fiji National University (2)

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 The digitization of Fiji National University: AARNet
The development of Fiji National University (3)

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The development of Fiji National University (4)

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 The digitization of Fiji National University: Libraries as open social learning
commons
The development of Fiji National University (5)

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 The digitization of Fiji National University: DigitalFIJI
The development of Fiji National University (6)

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 The digitization of Fiji National University: A integrated UIMS
The development of Fiji National University (6)

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4. Why an integrated university information
management system?

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 Efficiency
Why an integrated university information management
system? (1)

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 Customer
Service
Why an integrated university information management
system? (2)

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 Management
Information
Why an integrated university information management
system? (3)

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5. Why Banner?

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 Meets the University’s requirements to integrate all its software systems
Why Banner? (1)
All potential user
groups were involved
in designing technical
requirements

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 Judged “best value” by rigorous tender evaluation process
Why Banner? (2)

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Confidence in Ellucian as a partner and Banner as a product
Why Banner? (3)
 2,500 universities
 20m student users over the years
 50 countries
 700 upgrades to Banner 9
 30+ years of product development
 University of the South Pacific uses
Banner

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6. Next steps

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Next steps