and it does raise again the vexed question of what is meant by
"attending". Will they accept "well, they enrolled 8 months ago and
haven't withdrawn"?
John
Dennis Barrington-Light wrote:
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Has anyone else been asked to comment on the paper issued by CVCP 1/00/148
> concerning the 'Safeguarding social security: getting the information we need'
> paper from Social Security? This suggests that legislation may be introduced
> to compel colleges and universities to provide Social Security with a list of
> students attending so that they can check this against their claimants
> database? Although a section included states that the rights of the
> individual will be protected under the Human Rights Act and the Data
> Protection Act, the assurance only runs to five lines and states that the
> public has a right to expect safeguards under these Acts and that they
> recognise that they will have obligations under law regarding the processing
> of the data.
>
> What views do members have on Universities being compelled to release this
> data to Social Security?
>
> Dennis Barrington-Light
> Chairman of SROC
>
> Head of Student Records and Statistics
> University of Cambridge, 10 Peas Hill, Cambridge CB2 3PN
> Tel: 01223-332303 (Direct line) Fax: 01223-331200
> Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
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