James Cook Uni inks 10-year deal with TechnologyOne

James Cook University (JCU) has inked a ten-year deal to use TechnologyOne’s complete OneEducation SaaS+ platform.

The agreement marks JCU’s shift to a single, integrated enterprise platform, designed to unify operations, as well as create a simplified and trusted whole-of-university information foundation.

By consolidating its core systems onto TechnologyOne’s OneEducation platform, JCU will establish a single source of truth across the institution which the University said will unlock the full value of AI, automation, and analytics.

As part of the agreement, JCU will bring HR, payroll, facilities management and document management onto the TechnologyOne platform, extending its existing footprint and moving to a fully connected, end-to-end ecosystem.

JCU’s OneEducation platform will span Student Management, Curriculum Management, Timetabling and Scheduling, Financials, Supply Chain, Human Resources and Payroll, Enterprise Asset Management and Enterprise Content Management within a single integrated environment. 

James Cook University's COO Hilary Kavanagh said the agreement reflects JCU’s long-term commitment to innovation, operational excellence and delivering better outcomes for its community. 

“This is far more than a systems upgrade — it is a strategic transformation that will reshape how we operate and strengthen the experience we deliver for our staff and students for the next decade and beyond,” Kavanagh said. 

“By bringing our core systems together on a single platform, we are creating a more connected, efficient and intelligent university — one that is better equipped to support our people, our students and our long-term strategic ambitions.” 

TechnologyOne COO Stuart MacDonald said TechnologyOne Plus is most powerful when it can draw on the full context of an institution.

"By moving to a single, integrated platform, JCU is creating a trusted university-wide information foundation that will allow Plus to automate more work, surface deeper insights, and help teams make faster, smarter decisions," he said.

“This is exactly where higher education is heading — away from fragmented systems and disconnected data, and towards a unified platform where software, data, AI, and automation work together. JCU is embracing the future with TechnologyOne.”