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Academic Search
The company was founded in 1999 with an initial objective of assisting universities in New Zealand and Australia with sourcing and attracting professorial candidates globally. The founding directors established that universities were increasingly facing difficulties in attracting top calibre academics, particularly in view of the increased international competition they were facing. The rapid success of its methodologies readily translated into assistance with more clinical and research intensive positions as well as senior level appointments, such as Deanships and Chancellery appointments. Initially working only with universities in New Zealand and Australia, its successful and proven methodology saw ASI soon thereafter working with clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji and the UK. The foundation of ASI's success lies in its ability to establish a close and open collaboration with its client institutions, which makes for a genuine partnership”

Oracle
Decreased funding and enrolment puts immense financial pressure on learning institutions. Much like corporations, colleges and universities must demonstrate fiscal responsibility. To meet these complex demands, you need a solution that helps you improve your fiscal and academic accountability, enhance the productivity of your faculty and staff, and meet the high expectations of Web-savvy students.

9 of the top 10 ranked academic universities worldwide run Oracle applications. Oracle's PeopleSoft solutions for Education and Research enable you to recruit students, increase service levels, improve accountability and reporting, and make administrative processes more efficient. And when Oracle Education and Research applications run on the Oracle technology stack, you speed your implementation time, optimize performance, streamline support, and maximize your return on investment.

Oracle is proud to sponsor the 2006 Association of Commonwealth Universities: Conference of Executive Heads and to partner with educators globally through the Oracle Academic Initiative.