Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers, including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies, are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is on a mission to accelerate the digital transformation of education in partnership with the full education community, including learners, educators, administrators, and researchers.
Over 14,000 education institutions from primary and secondary schools through higher education, use AWS to provide flexible, affordable technology solutions that support their core mission and deliver on strategic institutional priorities. Whether you’re looking to streamline IT operations, support online learning, keep student information safe, or connect student data, AWS cloud computing services can help.
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Shared Resources
- 2024 Showcase - Case for Change Program
Meeting with the CAUDIT CEO
09 April 2025
CAUDIT Members are welcome to contribute their questions to this meeting, please contact the Partner Program.
AWS Event
Join the AWS Summit Sydney this June to explore AI, cloud, and edtech across 90+ sessions, 80+ partners, and engaging networking opportunities.
When: 4-5 June 2025
Where: International Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICC), Sydney
Showcase #1 - Putting Cloud Financial Management to practice in the cloud
Exploring proven Cloud Financial Management (CFM) practices and drawing from real implementations across ANZ institutions, AWS will examine practical approaches to optimise cloud spending while supporting core organisational missions.
When: 12 June 1pm - 2pm AEST
Where: Online via Zoom Webinar
Newsletter Article - UNSW Transforms Education and Research through Cloud Skills Development on AWS
July 2025
The University of New South Wales recognised that true digital transformation required more than technical migration, it required a fundamental cultural shift. UNSW worked with Amazon Web Services and AWS Partner Digiren, to implement a comprehensive capability-building program that modernised its infrastructure and transformed IT operations. By strategically investing in people and processes, UNSW reduced its data centre footprint by 40 percent, strengthened in-house cloud capabilities and increase AWS expertise across the organisation, with teams achieving a 70 percent skill uplift and 54 percent growth in AWS proficiency.
AWS partners on MCDS
MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard (MCDS) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have formed a strategic partnership revolutionising data management in post-secondary education by leveraging cloud and AI capabilities to modernise learning pathways and recognise prior learning at scale. AWS is the first cloud provider partnering with MortarCAPS to deliver on key national objectives, including Australia’s Productivity Roundtable focus on building a more skilled and adaptable workforce. It will enable faster skills recognition, support stackable credentials, and provide the digital infrastructure for lifelong learning - helping build more adaptable workforces ready for an AI-driven future. Read more here.
Meeting with the CAUDIT Executive Committee
12 September 2025
CAUDIT Members are welcome to contribute their questions to this meeting, please contact the Partner Program.
AWS UK Study Tour - Advancing research and academic excellence through AI and data transformation
07-09 October 2025, London
The event will bring together leaders from higher education institutions worldwide to discuss how AI and data are revolutionizing the student experience, university operations, campus management, and academic research. The study tour brings together senior leaders from academic, research and IT areas in higher education institutions across the UK, ANZ, Canada and the UK. Read more and register.
Showcase #2
Details to come
When: 13 November 1pm - 2pm AEDT
Where: Online via Zoom Webinar
AWS contact details
Name: Kevin Bell, Head of Higher Education and Research, ANZ
Email: kvnbell@amazon.com, aws-anz-education-sales@amazon.com
Phone: +61 429 621 067
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2025 CAUDIT Autumn Members' Meeting
28-29 May, Perth, WA
2025 CAUDIT Spring Members' Meeting
14-16 September, Sydney, NSW
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