Achieving higher compliance and student engagement with fire safety disciplinary breaches by utilising Browzer Learn.

The challenge

Rigid scheduling and travel
Fines-only discipline
Time consuming staff meetings

Before implementing Browzer Learn, the University of Southampton relied on a traditional, cumbersome approach for halls discipline around fire awareness.

The process involved mandatory courses run by the local fire brigade.

Compliance was low, logistics were a headache and the process was built around a financial punishment, not education.

The old way wasn’t working

This system was plagued by logistics.

Students were required to travel to the local fire station and attend at a specific, rigid time. If they were late, the fire brigade would deny them entry, forcing the student to reschedule and pay for the course again.

This setup failed to accommodate the complex schedules of modern students, many of whom are also undertaking paid work to manage the cost of living.

Clearly, a new approach was essential to support both students and staff.

The Browzer Learn solution

24/7 online flexibility
Engaging, focussed around education
Automated enrolment, reminders and compliance tracking

Browzer Learn is an online learning platform designed to deliver flexible, engaging and compliant educational modules, while also offering robust tracking and reporting capabilities.

The University adopted Browzer Learn to digitise its disciplinary education, providing essential safety and behavioural modules. This shift was designed to remove logistical barriers, increase compliance and focus on genuine education.

Browzer Learn unlocks meaningful educational intervention

By moving the modules online, the University immediately solved the logistical issues of the previous system.

This simple change had a huge impact on student participation, allowing them to complete necessary actions without sacrificing paid work or academic time.

“It has a massive educational benefit to anyone who is currently just issuing fines or warnings for discipline outcomes. Browzer Learn is engaging and easy to navigate, making it accessible for students to take something away on why they shouldn’t repeat what they did.”

— Hannah Persaud, Head of Residences Life Cycle

Maximising administrative efficiency

A key driver for the University was efficiency, and Browzer Learn provides immediate benefits in terms of staff time savings.

Compliance and tracking completion is a streamlined, automated process. This is a minimal-effort activity compared to the intensive administrative time previously spent setting up meetings and having one-on-one disciplinary discussions with students.

The time it takes for staff to upload a new student onto the course is negligible.

A flexible financial model for welfare and funding

Browzer Learn provides flexibility in how institutions manage the financial aspect of discipline. While it can help support students by replacing fines entirely, thereby aiding with the cost of living, it also offers a flexible funding mechanism.

Universities can choose to issue a small fine alongside the educational course. This hybrid model allows institutions to recoup costs for building the platform or funding new course development, effectively balancing student welfare with the need for platform sustainability.

Partner with Browzer Learn to implement a flexible, educational and cost-efficient system that demonstrably supports both your students and your administrative staff.