Case Study: University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA & MCM achieves 200% boost in venue and event performance with Priava

Priava delivers 200% increased performance in managing venues & events for University of Melbourne’s VCA & MCM faculty

The University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM (Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music) faced fragmented event management—relying on spreadsheets and a legacy system—while needing deeper financial reporting, an easy-to-use platform for many casual staff, and reduced dependence on an overstretched IT team. To address these needs they selected Priava’s cloud-based venue and events management solution.

Priava was deployed to provide an intuitive dashboard, simple user administration for 14 staff, automatic backups and always-current upgrades, and detailed event-level budgeting and reporting. The Priava solution delivered measurable impact: a 200% increase in project productivity, new-user training reduced to about 30 minutes, elimination of on-site servers (capital and IT time savings), remote access for casual staff, and the ability to manage roughly 175 project events with clear, auditable cost tracking.

University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM

Darren Golding

Production and Facilities Manager