It was a pleasure to attend the Tribal Empower Conference 2025 at Sheffield Hallam University—not just for the sessions and networking, but for the reminder of what our work in Higher Education technology is truly about. Walking through the campus, I saw today’s students making their way to lectures and tutorials, and it struck me again: they are the heart of everything we do. Our role is to help institutions serve them better, with systems and processes that enhance their educational journey.
The Tribal Empower event always delivers immense value for Amos. Institutions from across the UK, Ireland, and even further afield—this year including Malaysia—come together to share ideas, challenges, and success stories. It’s a rare opportunity to hear directly from the staff at the coalface, working every day to deliver the best possible student experience.
One of the most insightful threads was around institutions moving to the cloud, and the varied paths they are taking. Some are exploring rigid, true SaaS models, while others are looking for highly configurable platforms that integrate with best-in-class applications, without sacrificing speed, reliability, or scalability during peak periods like enrolment and results release.
A recurring theme was the challenge of legacy integrations—often undocumented, built by long-departed developers, and reliant on direct database connections that cloud deployments simply don’t permit. While these can be barriers to cloud adoption, they’re far from insurmountable.
One of my highlights was presenting the Amos Connect platform to representatives from over 20 institutions. We ran a real-time demo showing how we’ve already leveraged the new Data Access and Event APIs released in Tribal SITS Vision v11—just one month before the conference.
The Higher Education sector is filled with people who care deeply about delivering an exceptional student experience—removing friction, supporting learning, and creating environments where good students become great.
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