SITS:Vision

SITS:Vision, also known just as SITS, is a database application used for course and student management in further and higher education institutions, developed and maintained by the Tribal Group. It is currently used by roughly 70%^[1] of the UK higher education sector as well as international institutions such as the University of Sydney and the University of Otago.

History

SITS has been in existence since 1991 and was first developed by a former Registrar and IT Director of a UK university. The company, Strategic Information Technology Services, started in a residential property in Beverley, East Yorkshire before moving to commercial property in Middleton-on-the-Wolds. The business moved to Hessle, East Yorkshire, in 1997 and into the current premises in Hesslewood in 2000. SITS was acquired by Tribal Group PLC [TRB.L] in 2004.

E:Vision

E:Vision (sometimes styled as eVision or e:Vision), is a web based interface designed to interact with the SITS client.

It was created with the intention of allowing users to design web-based interfaces for student and/or staff interaction. This has the advantage of allowing the user to circumvent the SITS client which some customers find cumbersome.

E:Vision interfaces are created using the traditional SITS client, but does not come as a standard component when purchasing SITS. The two basic type of interfaces that can be created are 'tasks' and 'vistas' - the former allowing workflows to be created wherein a user might complete a process or operation, the latter offers an area in which data can be viewed and edited.^[2]

Universities that use SITS:Vision

In the United Kingdom

• Anglia Ruskin University
• Birkbeck College
• Brighton University
• Brunel University
• City University London
• Courtauld Institute of Art
• King's College London
• Kingston University
• Liverpool Hope University
• London Metropolitan University
• London School of Economics and Political Science ^[3]
• Northumbria University
• Queen Mary, University of London
• Regent's University, London
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Bristol
• University of Cardiff
• University of Chester
• University College London^[4]
• University for the Creative Arts
• University of East Anglia^[5]
• University of London
• University of Leicester
• University of Oxford^[6]
• University of Reading ^[7]
• University of Stirling
• University of Sunderland
• University of Warwick^[8]
• University of Westminster
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of Worcester
• University of York

Outside the United Kingdom

• Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• University of Malta, Malta
• University of Otago, New Zealand
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• University of Sydney, Australia
• RMIT University, Australia
• University of Queensland, Australia

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