Selby College Underpins £35m Campus with Next-Gen Connectivity for 1,500 Devices

After a £35m investment in a state-of-the-art campus, Selby College needed future-proof foundations to allow its potential to be realised. The tertiary college welcomes over 2,000 students to study at A-level, degree level, as well as professional qualifications and vocations. With an open BYOD policy that encourages students utilising their own devices on top of the college's EdTech, it was vital to optimise connectivity to support the campus' superior facilities.

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The College's existing network was being overloaded due to students' use of social media, taking up 90% of the bandwidth. This highlighted the need to improve capacity to avoid College bandwidth being squeezed out.

Mile Pilling, Network Services Manager at the college commented, "In this digital age, students choose a college not just for its courses but for the social side, so reliable WiFi is important."

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Cisco Meraki transforms student engagement on campus

Due to budget timescales, the timeframe was tight, with only 10 weeks to complete the project. Selby College put it out to tender, and after Redway Networks demonstrating the best technical ability, we were chosen for the project. Mike Pilling commented, "I felt confident that Redway had the technical knowledge and design capabilities to provide the best fit solution, and we received great service throughout the whole tender process."

So how has their solution transformed Selby College?

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Meraki delivered the power of cloud that Selby College were looking for, simplifying and consolidating network management into a single dashboard.

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Due to Meraki's almost plug-and-play nature, it was possible to complete the project ahead of schedule, within 8 weeks.

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Meraki's 10 year software licence, plus 1 year free, made the solution cheaper than the 5 year support deal offered by other vendors, delivering a lower TCO.

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WiFi 6 has paved the way to easily welcoming WiFi 7 and 8 devices as students continue to take advantage of the BYOD policy.

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The college now has significantly better coverage and much faster speeds, allowing students to stream media from anywhere on campus - even when in large groups.

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Improved student experience due to the increased bandwidth for high-density streaming of social media, video, and digital resources.

What Selby College says about Redway Networks:

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"Not only did Redway install our new WiFi in less than a week, the whole project was delivered sooner than our planned date - so our timescales were certainly met."

Mike Pilling, Network Services Manager, Selby College

"I'm confident that when we start seeing new educational technology and WiFi 7/WiFi 8 capable devices, we'll have the wireless in place to build the digital College of the future."

Mike Pilling, Network Services Manager, Selby College

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Selby College Underpins £35m Campus with Next-Gen Connectivity for 1,500 Devices

Netgear Cannot Support High-Density Educational Environments

Cisco Meraki transforms student engagement on campus

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