Insights, partnership announcements, community updates, and release notes from MortarCAPS.https://www.mortarcaps.org/en-auhttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/workato-joins-mortarcaps-to-accelerate-digital-transformation-in-higher-education/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/workato-joins-mortarcaps-to-accelerate-digital-transformation-in-higher-education/New partnership to deliver a standardised API layer and common data model, helping universities retire integration debt and speed up service delivery Sydney, Australia – 19 December 2025 – Workato, the leader in Enterprise Model Context…Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-november-community-update/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-november-community-update/From Charlsey Pearce, CEO, MortarCAPS As we close out 2025, I want to thank every member of the MCDS Community for the extraordinary commitment, collaboration, and creativity that have brought the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard…Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/aaf-joins-mortarcaps-sector-partner-higher-education-trust-interoperability/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/aaf-joins-mortarcaps-sector-partner-higher-education-trust-interoperability/The Australian Access Federation (AAF) has joined MortarCAPS as a Sector Partner, marking an important step in strengthening the secure and interoperable digital foundations that support higher education and research across Australia. As…Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-salesforce-collaboration-ai-unified-data-student-experience/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-salesforce-collaboration-ai-unified-data-student-experience/Melbourne, Australia – [07 November 2025] MortarCAPS today announced a collaboration with Salesforce to support the ongoing development of the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard (MCDS). The data standard will advance how tertiary…Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-community-2/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-community-2/October 2025 Edition From Charlsey Pearce, CEO of MortarCAPS In photo: Jamie Burrage [GM, Engineers Australia] (Left), Charlsey Pearce [CEO, MortarCAPS] (Centre), Ian Oppermann [Commonwealth Data Standards Chair] (Right) @ The CDR…Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-community/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-community/Welcome to the first MCDS newsletter! From Charlsey Pearce, CEO of MortarCAPS Welcome to the very first edition of the MCDS monthly newsletter.When we began this journey, the idea was simple but powerful: create a sector-led, open…Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/higher-education-panel-discussions-on-demand/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/higher-education-panel-discussions-on-demand/On June 10, MortarCAPS, in collaboration with CAUDIT and StudyNSW, hosted a full-day of Higher Education Panel Discussions featuring leading voices from higher education, government, and industry. Together, we unpacked the critical…Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mcds-technologyone-partnership/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mcds-technologyone-partnership/MortarCAPS is proud to announce the MCDS TechnologyOne partnership, a landmark collaboration that marks a major step forward in streamlining data and systems across post-secondary education. As the inaugural vendor partner for the…Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/alkemiz-mcds-implementation-partner/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/alkemiz-mcds-implementation-partner/We’re delighted to announce that Alkemiz has joined MortarCAPS as an official implementation partner of the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard (MCDS). Alkemiz brings a wealth of experience in data strategy, integration, and…Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/charlsey-pearce-iwd2025-breakfast-speaker/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/charlsey-pearce-iwd2025-breakfast-speaker/At MortarCAPS, we are committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, and innovation, both within our organisation and across the sectors we serve. This International Women’s Day, we were thrilled to have our CEO, Charlsey Pearce, take the…Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/vendor-launch-mortarcaps-mcds-webinar/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/vendor-launch-mortarcaps-mcds-webinar/The higher learning sector is undergoing a major transformation, and data standardisation is at the centre of this shift. Institutions are demanding seamless, secure, and interoperable data frameworks, and vendors that align with these…Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-data-standard-v1-0-a-new-era-of-data-interoperability-in-higher-learning/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-data-standard-v1-0-a-new-era-of-data-interoperability-in-higher-learning/We are excited to announce the release of Version 1.0 of the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard, a groundbreaking milestone for the higher learning sector. Designed by the sector, for the sector, MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data…Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-at-theta-2025/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-at-theta-2025/We’re thrilled to announce that MortarCAPS CEO, Charlsey Pearce, CAUDIT CEO, Greg Sawyer, and CAUDIT Working Group Lead, Warwick Calkin will present the groundbreaking MortarCAPS Data Standard at the upcoming THETA Conference 2025. 📅…Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/caudit-community-launch/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/caudit-community-launch/On the 27th of November 2024, in front of over 100 university and higher education representatives from across the APAC region, MortarCAPS officially launched the new data standard to the CAUDIT community. For CAUDIT members, the webinar…Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/cuccio-community-launch/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/cuccio-community-launch/We are excited to announce the launch of the MortarCAPS Data Standard to the CUCCIO community in Canada on January 10th! We are deeply grateful to Simon Fraser University and Brian Stewart for taking on the role of Chair for the Canadian…Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-navitas-2024-business-partner-conference/https://www.mortarcaps.org/blog/mortarcaps-navitas-2024-business-partner-conference/At the Navitas Business Partner Conference 2024 in Cambodia, Charlsey Pearce, MortarCAPS’ CEO, and Kyle Dunsire, our Architectural Principal, took the stage to officially present the MortarCAPS Data Standard. At the MortarCAPS at Navitas…Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT