COUNCIL OF NOVA SCOTIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS
CONSUP and the NSCC implement critical system improvement for the province's post-secondary education system

Nova Scotia's universities and the NSCC will implement a critical system improvement that will make the province's post-secondary education sector more competitive in the domestic and international student marketplace.

The across-the-board implementation of the ARUCC MyCreds^TM National Network in Nova Scotia's post-secondary education (PSE) sector provides a state of the art, purpose-built trusted and secure system that will measurably improve the efficiency of institutional student recruitment, enrolment management and retention practices.

Its implementation will also provide students with a digital wallet for their academic credentials that provides them 24/7 access to request, track and transmit their university and college credentials within the system and to third parties such as employers, and government agencies.

The implementation of MyCreds^TM is led by the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP) and is the first manifestation of its commitment to A Shared Vision. The project will be managed by EduNova, a provincial co-operative association of education providers in Nova Scotia.

William (Bill) Lahey, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of King's College and Chair, CONSUP, said the implementation of MyCreds^TM across Nova Scotia's PSE sector demonstrates the high degree of collaboration between universities, the NSCC and the provincial government to further advance the province's position as a national and international education destination.

He also noted the important role that EduNova, the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC), and the university and college Registrars in Nova Scotia have played in advocating the sector's adoption and implementation of MyCreds^TM.

He added that, "each institution will save substantial investment in disparate information technology and administration systems.  Implementing MyCreds^TM will result in cost savings.  And these savings are multiplied when one considers the students lost because of slower and fraud-prone systems and processes that potentially cost universities sustainable enrolment growth."

The two-year implementation of MyCreds^TM across the sector is anticipated to cost about $2 million.  MyCreds^TM has been largely funded by the Government of Nova Scotia's Innovation Fund and a financial contribution from EduNova.

"Students who choose to study at one of Nova Scotia's 10 universities or NSCC will now have access to a fast and secure method of retrieving and promoting their academic achievements," said Brian Wong, Nova Scotia's Minister of Advanced Education. "When we empower students with modern tools, we boost their success potential and increase Nova Scotia's competitiveness as a leader in post-secondary education."

Prof. Lahey concluded that, " implementation of MyCreds^TM in Nova Scotia has the potential to remove many of the administrative barriers across our sector and accelerate our digital infrastructure to a degree that would set us apart as a region in the same way that My eQuals has helped set Australia and New Zealand apart."