Colleges rarely give priority to analysing costs, resources and wastage involved in producing prospectuses, course and learner handbooks, therefore missing opportunities to cut carbon, save money and provide better learner information through a standardised personalised framework. This project analysed and evaluated those opportunities.

This set of resources relates to one of nine projects focusing on developing Apprenticeships, employer responsiveness and pre-employment provision. The projects designed, piloted and delivered activity in one or more of the above strands, including workshops, study or exchange visits, coaching and mentoring, consultancy and the development of self assessment tools. This project's aim was to deliver three ‘Working with Disabled Apprentices’ consultancy workshops in Oldham, Birmingham and London designed to increase the number of disabled people completing Apprenticeship programmes.

This case study describes the implementation of a fully online and automated campus (iHighbury) to enable online enrolments, e-payments, diagnostic testing, learner agreements and online course delivery, ultimately leading to leaner processes and new delivery models, improving efficiency and increasing effectiveness with a return on investment of £70,000.

Through this project, the college aimed to recruit more students in a cost-effective way, advertising in a more diverse and efficient way and more frequently. Key elements of the project included recruiting student ambassadors to share and promote courses and promote the college, and the development of social media strategies.