Oracle Higher Education User Community

We’re delighted to announce that the next Oracle Higher Education User Community will take place on 3rd November 2026 at Oracle’s Moorgate office in London.
This year, the event is expanding. For the first time, we’re bringing Applications (Track 1) and Technology (Track 2) together under our One Oracle approach, with two dedicated streams designed to offer greater choice, deeper insight and a more connected experience across the Oracle platform.

New for this year, we’ll also have a dedicated drop-in room available throughout the day. Our Oracle Solution Consultants will be on hand for informal one-to-one conversations, giving you the opportunity to ask questions, explore particular areas of interest or see demonstrations across our Applications and Technology portfolio. There’s no need to book a session – simply drop in at any point during the day and speak to the team about the topics and solutions that matter most to your institution.

Join colleagues from across the Higher Education community to:
• Explore the latest innovations across Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Technology
• Discover the growing role of AI across Oracle solutions and what it could mean for Higher Education
• Hear customer experiences, insights and best practices
• Connect with peers and Oracle experts from across our growing community
• Discover how Applications and Technology can work together to support your institution
• Help shape the future of Oracle solutions for Higher Education
Whether you’re an established Fusion user, have recently gone live, are exploring your next steps, or are not currently using Oracle, all universities are welcome.

Please Note: Partner spaces may be limited and based on number of customer attendees to the event.

Info: Nigel Thomas will provide an update to Oracle's continual engagement within the Higher Education sector. We also welcome our new SVP and General Manager of UK and Ireland, Kevin Kimber, who will provide additional information on our recently announced "One Oracle" approach to our customer base.

Info: Join David Walker for a practical look at the AI Agents available today across Oracle Cloud Finance, HCM and EPM.

With hundreds of AI Agents and AI-powered capabilities now available within Oracle Cloud, there is a growing opportunity for organisations to take advantage of AI as part of their existing business processes. But with so much available, understanding where to start – and what this technology can actually do – isn’t always straightforward.

In this session, David will move beyond the theory and bring AI Agents to life through a series of live examples, demonstrating capabilities that are available to customers today. You’ll see how AI Agents can support users across Finance, HCM and EPM, helping to simplify everyday activities, improve productivity and provide a more intuitive way of interacting with Oracle Cloud.

Whether you’re already exploring AI Agents or simply want to understand what’s possible, this session will provide a practical introduction to AI capabilities.

Info: Join the University of Cambridge and KPMG as they share a practical example of how they are exploring Oracle AI to solve a real business challenge and improve the experience for users of Oracle Fusion Cloud.

The session will take you through the journey from identifying an issue within an existing process, to considering how Oracle’s AI capabilities could provide a different approach. Cambridge and KPMG will explain how they identified an opportunity to use an AI Agent to support and automate the University’s Off-Payroll Worker assessment process, replacing a traditional, form-led experience with a more intelligent and guided interaction.

You’ll hear how the team approached the functional gap, identified where an AI Agent could add value, and combined AI with established business rules, Fusion data and workflow to create a solution where the agent can guide the user, gather the information required and help progress the process – while retaining appropriate controls, and approvals.

Info: Discover how Oracle Fusion Workforce Scheduling can help higher education institutions manage student employment more effectively – from vacancies and availability through to approved shifts, timesheets and payroll.

The session will explore how managers can match students to suitable roles and schedule work around academic commitments, while helping ensure working-hours limits and other compliance requirements are considered.

You’ll also see how a more connected approach can give HR greater oversight of the student workforce, help Finance improve visibility and control of labour costs, and reduce the manual effort involved in scheduling, checking timesheets and resolving payroll exceptions.

By bringing together scheduling, attendance and financial information, Oracle Fusion Workforce Scheduling can provide HR, Finance and operational teams with a clearer, shared view of the student workforce.

Info: Get an early preview of our upcoming Higher Education Fusion Hackathon, planned for January/February 2027.

Designed specifically for the HE community, this will be a hands-on, practical event giving attendees the opportunity to explore what they can build and extend within Oracle Fusion.

Rather than simply watching demonstrations, attendees will be encouraged to bring their own laptops, roll up their sleeves and build. Working individually or alongside colleagues and with support from Oracle experts, you’ll be able to develop ideas and applications using your own test environment – meaning that what you create during the day can be taken away, developed further and potentially put to use within your own institution.

We’ll use this short session to give you a first look at what we’re planning, what you can expect from the day and how your institution can get involved.

Interested? Save the date – full details and registration will follow.

Info: Join Nadia Martin, Oracle Product Operations Manager at the University of Greenwich (now part of LASE University Group), as she shares an update on the university’s adoption of Oracle AI Success Navigator and how it is supporting the day-to-day management of Oracle Cloud.

Nadia will share the university’s experience of using AI Success Navigator to help teams get more value from their Oracle Fusion Cloud investment. The solution brings together Oracle expertise, implementation insights and recommended best practices, with AI-powered guidance to help organisations understand available capabilities, identify opportunities for innovation and prioritise what to adopt next.

With personalised recommendations, release insights and tools to support planning and adoption, AI Success Navigator provides a clearer path for organisations to continually evolve their use of Oracle Cloud and take advantage of the latest innovations.

Nadia will be joined by Johnny Needham, Cloud Adoption Director.

Info: Going live with Oracle HCM Cloud is an important milestone—but how do you build on that foundation to deliver further benefits for your university?

With 18 months of experience on Oracle HCM Cloud, the University of Salford will share its experience of using Oracle Journeys and the benefits it has brought to the organisation. Join Lianne Williams, Head of HR Technology & Transformation, for a university perspective on making more of the platform beyond the initial implementation.

Lianne will explore the needs Salford wanted to address, its approach to introducing Oracle Journeys and the benefits realised so far. Drawing on the university’s experience, the session will bring together practical examples, lessons learned and considerations for other institutions exploring how Journeys could support their own HR processes and employee experience.
If you're considering Oracle Journeys, beginning to use it or an established Oracle HCM Cloud implementation, this session will offer insights

Info: Following on from our September AIWorld event our Fusion Product Management Team will be joining our next HE Community Event to share more information with you. Expect more information about our AI enhancements, how we are using AI to accelerate innovation and productivity and lots of discussion about our ongoing Redwood Journey

Info: What if researchers could spend less time navigating technology and more time making discoveries? This session introduces the Research Hub vision: a simpler, connected experience that brings together research data, cloud capabilities, advanced compute and AI. We’ll explore how universities can remove barriers for researchers, accelerate the journey from idea to insight, and provide powerful research capabilities at scale while maintaining the security, governance and control institutions require.

Info: Universities hold a wealth of data about the student journey, but identifying where and when the student experience is breaking down can be difficult when that information is fragmented across different systems.

This session explores how Oracle AI Data Platform can help universities bring together trusted data to pinpoint areas of the institution where targeted improvements could have the greatest impact on student experience, engagement and retention.

Using examples from across the student journey, we’ll explore how data, analytics and AI can help institutions identify patterns and early indicators of disengagement, understand the factors contributing to student drop-out, and surface opportunities for timely intervention. We’ll show how universities can turn these insights into action—helping teams focus resources where they matter most, improve student experiences and ultimately support more students through to successful completion. (edited)

Info: Higher education institutions face growing pressure to modernise legacy systems, reduce costs and meet rising digital expectations. This session explores how the University of Northampton approached its Oracle Cloud journey to deliver long-term value, resilience and operational efficiency. Drawing on first-hand experience, Navinder will share key implementation decisions, opportunities to reduce costs and technical debt, and how cloud scalability can support changing demands throughout the academic year. We’ll also explore the importance of stakeholder engagement, aligning IT and university leadership, and driving successful adoption to create a more sustainable, cloud-first operating model.

Info: Higher education institutions often rely on spreadsheets and disconnected systems to manage complex processes such as student funding, bursaries and scholarships. This session explores how Imperial College London is transforming its student funding processes as part of its move from Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. Using Rossera’s ProcessSense, an Oracle-native automation platform built on OCI, we’ll explore how Imperial is digitising its end-to-end student funding process, reducing manual workarounds and improving user experience. The session will include a practical demonstration of ProcessSense and highlight how universities can address higher education-specific requirements while maximising the value of their Oracle Cloud investment.

Info: 2:25 PM – 2:40 PM
Unlocking the Value of the GÉANT Framework in Higher Education
Matt Allsop – DSP
Higher education institutions are increasingly looking for ways to simplify cloud adoption, optimise costs and access trusted technology partners. This session introduces DSP and its focus on the education sector, exploring the GÉANT/OCRE framework, why DSP joined and the benefits it offers universities and research institutions. Drawing on a real-world success story, Matt will highlight how the framework can help institutions access cloud services, streamline procurement and maximise the value of their technology investments. The session will conclude with an opportunity for questions and discussion.

Info: Many organisations are balancing established Oracle database estates with an evolving cloud strategy. This session explores a practical route from on-premises environments to Oracle Database services in the cloud of your choice, including Microsoft Azure and AWS.

We will cover the drivers for change, the benefits of greater cloud choice, common migration considerations, and how to build an incremental path that supports existing applications, resilience requirements and future innovation.

Info: Oracle partner Broadpin has implemented Oracle Multicloud (aka “Oracle DB@...”) on all three platforms – Azure, AWS, and Google. In this session we will share one of those customer stories when we helped modernize over 100 mission-critical Oracle databases while minimizing disruption to essential public-sector services. We will describe the customer’s journey from aging Oracle Database Appliance infrastructure to a modern hybrid cloud platform combining Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Exascale. We will explore the business drivers, architecture decisions, migration approach, testing strategy, and operational outcomes behind the migration of 110 Oracle databases and 106 application servers. Attendees will learn how Oracle Exascale@Azure enabled performance, scalability, and simplified management, while providing a secure foundation for future digital transformation initiatives.

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