MortarCAPS X Alkemiz
Helping universities operationalise the MortarCAPS Data Standard to improve interoperability, reporting, and AI readiness.
MortarCAPS is a not-for-profit, sector-led initiative behind the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard (MCDS), a CAUDIT-aligned framework helping higher education institutions break down data silos, improve interoperability, and build future-ready digital foundations.
What we do
Advisory & Architecture
- MCDS readiness and maturity assessments
- Translation of MCDS into practical, institution-specific architecture decisions
- Current-state data, integration, and platform landscape reviews
- Target-state enterprise and integration architecture design
- Phased adoption roadmaps aligned to delivery priorities and funding cycles
- Data Catalogue & Lineage Strategy
- Data Governance Strategy
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- AI Readiness Assessments
Integration & Canonical Models
- Design and implementation of MCDS-aligned canonical data models
- Canonical schemas across student, identity, and core lifecycle domains
- Hub-and-spoke and event-driven integration patterns
- API and integration designs aligned to enterprise standards
- Reduced point-to-point complexity and improved system interoperability
- Data Catalogue & Lineage Strategy
- Data Governance Strategy
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- AI Readiness Assessments
Data, Analytics & AI
- MCDS-enabled data foundations
- Medallion architectures supporting trusted, analytics-ready data
- Mastered and reference data management
- Embedded data governance, quality rules, and stewardship models
- Trusted “golden records” for reporting, analytics, and AI use cases
- Data Catalogue & Lineage Strategy
- Data Governance Strategy
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- AI Readiness Assessments
Ongoing Support & Enablement
- Architecture-as-a-Service and ongoing advisory support
- Delivery governance and design assurance
- AI-ready integration and harmonised data pipelines
- Training and enablement for data, integration, and platform teams
- Structured knowledge transfer to internal architects and delivery teams
- Data Catalogue & Lineage Strategy
- Data Governance Strategy
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- AI Readiness Assessments
Why Alkemiz for MortarCAPS
We tie MortarCAPS and MCDS adoption to tangible institutional outcomes, reduced integration complexity, improved reporting confidence, and faster delivery of data-enabled initiatives.
Proven experience working with universities, CAUDIT-aligned initiatives, and complex student, research, and corporate data environments.
Experience across multiple student management, curriculum, and timetabling systems, combined with deep capability across modern data and integration platforms including Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Boomi, and related enterprise technologies.
Pre-built accelerators, reference architectures, and proven delivery patterns allow institutions to move quickly from assessment to working proof-of-concepts while reducing delivery risk.
We prioritise enablement, knowledge transfer, and ongoing advisory support, embedding MCDS into institutional operating models and building internal capability.
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