Case Study: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education achieves 2–3x efficiency gains and secure, collaborative board management with OnBoard Board Management Software

How OnBoard helped the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education become more efficient and free up board members for more strategic work

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, an arms‑length body sponsored by the UK Department for Education, was managing 150 external employers across 15 route panels who meet regularly to review hundreds of pages of technical education and apprenticeship documentation. They needed a secure, permission‑based central repository for documents and decision logs, the ability to collaboratively review and comment on agendas before meetings, and better communication channels outside meeting times — requirements they addressed by selecting OnBoard Board Management Software.

OnBoard Board Management Software was piloted and implemented rapidly (full rollout in about a month) with strong support from the vendor’s Customer Success team and extensions to accept additional file types such as Microsoft Project files. OnBoard centralized meeting packs, automated agenda and book creation, enabled pre‑meeting collaboration and permissioned access, and improved continuity and security; the Institute reports 2x–3x efficiency gains, hundreds of hours saved from manual document work, and meeting time freed for more strategic decisions.

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Gaetan Cotton

Senior Service Designer