SMS for Training Centres, Third Level and Schools

Many colleges and universities such as St. Benildus in Stillorgan or the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), use our SMS service to strategically support their current communications to students. Our short message service provides tier one connectivity to remind students of important emails that have been sent to them, or of an approaching deadline for placements or project / coursework submissions.

An SMS message gets the students attention immediately and it serves as a very useful tool to keep administration running smoothly. Scheduling messages to be sent at specific times can maximise the student engagement e.g. on a Sunday afternoon, and can help to keep the student on track when critical deadlines are approaching that simply cannot be missed.

Personalised {NAME} fields allow you to send SMS with individually named messages, providing a much more personal contact with the individual student. Your unique Sender ID will assure them that the message was sent directly from your organisation.

Our colour coded live delivery status reports of yellow, green and red, instantly highlight a student whose phone number is no longer active, or changed numbers, or if their phone is switched off and they have not yet received the message. The student can then be contacted by other means to ensure that they get the important message. This simple feature aids student retention and support, as sometimes there can be underlying reasons for a student not being contactable by phone.

Live Delivery Status Updates for School Notices to Parents and Staff

For urgent notices, SMS provides the highest delivery and open rate (98%) far exceeding any other medium for an instant alert, without the need for Apps or Internet access. Scheduling messages ahead of important events can help keep everyone on time and prepared. Our unique colour coded delivery reports enable you to see at a glance who has not yet received an important message of if their number has become redundant. It’s often just as important to know who has not received the message yet, and who will never receive the message, so that alternative contact can be made with the parent in the event of a critical service update.

Crisis Event Management in Irish Schools has become increasingly important and now is the opportunity to have a dedicated Crisis Event Team group available to send an instant message in the event of a crisis. Most principals we’ve spoken to say a crisis occurs almost on a daily basis, but if you have no access to your school network or the school has no Internet access, or you’re not allowed access to the school, SMS solutions is in your pocket on your phone and with 3 clicks everyone is informed instantly, and those that don’t, you know about instantly. As the SMS network works completely independently of an Internet connection, your message will get through to everyone, even in the most remote locations.