Solutions · Higher & TVET Education
From enrolment to employability, on one learner record.
SkillsCortex is designed to support universities and TVET colleges in connecting student enrolment, funded programmes, assessment, work-integrated learning and credentials to the learner’s longitudinal record.
Built for
The challenge today
- Funding, academic and placement data held in different systems
- Limited visibility of learner progression beyond the institution
- Work-integrated learning tracked manually
The work behind the solution
Proposed product scope. Confirm delivered functionality, configuration and integration readiness during discovery.
Functional scope
- Institutions, campuses, faculties, departments, qualifications, programmes, modules, admissions, registration, enrolment, student records, timetables, lecturers, exams, assessments, progression, graduation, alumni
Connected operations
- Bursaries, scholarships, NSFAS-related funding workflows, eligibility, awards, student accounts, disbursement and reconciliation
Connected operations
- Work-integrated learning, employer agreements, placements, logbooks, supervisor assessments, graduate employability, academic risk
Connected operations
- NSFAS interfaces only if authorised and verified
Exclude student accommodation operations
- separate product
- optional API interoperability only
From allocation to a verified outcome
01 / 8 · TVET to employment
Registration
- Accountable owner
- University / TVET registrar
- Evidence & records
- Application, qualification and student record
- Rule & approval gate
- Confirm admission requirements and consent
- Reporting KPI
- Workplace completion and verified placement
- Next action
- Funding
- Permission boundary
- Assigned programme and records only; cross-party sharing requires explicit authorisation.
Review exceptions before progressing
Website demonstration of intended workflows. No real records, approvals, credentials or payments are processed.
Intelligence with human authority
Deterministic policy checks establish eligibility and approvals. Analytics highlights trends, capacity and anomalies. AI can summarise documents and recommend action against authorised evidence; an accountable person retains consequential decision authority.
Integration boundaries
Proposed governed exchange with identity, messaging, accounting and sector reporting systems. OneCortex, PayMesh and HustleHub relationships are described as intended integrations, not verified connections. Confirm scope, authorisation and readiness during discovery.
Reporting measures
KPI definitions, not claimed performance results.
- Enrolment and academic progression by qualification
- Funding awards and reconciled student accounts
- Work-integrated learning completion and verified placement
Before you choose a solution
The scope below describes connected records and governed workflows. Delivery scope, configuration and operational readiness must be confirmed during discovery rather than assumed from website examples.
How the work flows
Application to funded enrolment
Applicants are linked to funding programmes and eligibility rules before enrolment is confirmed.
Assessment to credential
Assessment and moderation outcomes connect to qualifications, competencies and credentials.
Work-integrated learning
Placements with employers are scheduled, evidenced and linked to learning outcomes.
Capabilities behind this solution
Learner 360
Admissions to progression on one longitudinal learner record.
ViewCurriculum & Assessment
Curriculum, plans, coverage, assessment, moderation and progression rules.
ViewFunding & Programme Management
Design, allocate, monitor and account for funding.
ViewWorkplace Learning & Employability
Placements, logbooks, competencies and employment pathways.
ViewSee the value in real situations
Each scenario follows challenge → participants → connected workflow → intelligence → value. Names and values are fictional.
Funded skills programme
- Challenge
- A funder allocates a programme to an implementer and providers.
- Participants
- FunderImplementerProvidersFacilitatorsAssessorsModerators
Connected workflow
- Allocation & milestones
- Venues & facilitators scheduled
- Learners enrolled
- Attendance & assessment evidence
- Moderation
- Milestone payment
Intelligence & action
Milestone risk and evidence gaps flagged before claims.
Value
Traceable delivery and funding outcomes.
Discuss higher & tvet education with us
Tell us about your schools, district or programme. We’ll show how SkillsCortex could connect your workflows — and agree what a scoped pilot would prove.