Roger
I'd agree that the last round was a lot better than the
first one and I'd second Wendy's point about LEAs.
The software itself could do with being more portable.
I've not found a way to instal it on a new PC whenever I
get upgraded without having to return to the default data
and re-enter. This has made it awkward to deal with
changes (e.g. reinstating field trips) and new courses.
Regards
Paul
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:42:12 +0000 Wendy Dunkley
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> Roger
>
> Thanks for that. I think the term dates were better last year although we
> still had some LEAs asking for them in addition to the SLC.
>
> Your second point is a far more urgent one in my view. We have significant
> problems with subject changes etc within a large modular framework which the
> SLC has never been able to grasp. These students are full time and it is
> fairly immaterial what subjects within that framework they are studying.
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
>
> Wendy Dunkley
> UCN
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roger Clark
> > Sent: 06 November 2000 09:22
> > To: Arc-Members; Admin-Student
> > Subject: SLC Courses and term dates database.
> >
> >
> > I have been asked to go to a meeting on Thursday at the DfEE to discuss
> > possible improvements
> > to the collection and input of course data by HEIs into the HEI
> > Database of
> > courses and term dates.
> >
> > Would anyone who has any views or suggestions please let me have them by
> > lunchtime on Wednesday.
> >
> > As far as I can see, the process went much more smoothly in
> > winter 1999/2000
> > than it did the year before. I hope we can be allowed more lead time. I
> > will go through the instructions again to see where they can be improved;
> > but I am rather too close to the design of the process (ie I think I
> > understand it) so I am not as critical of the instructions as I
> > would be if
> > I simply received them cold.
> >
> > I am also pursing (on a more extended agenda) the issue of whether it
> > actually matters if a student is doing say French, or French with German.
> > But any resolution of this will probably not effect the
> > collection of course
> > and term date details, because LEAs will need to know these to
> > calculate how
> > much a student is to be lent.
> >
> > Roger Clark
> > Academic Registrar
> > University of Reading
> >
> >
>
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Paul Norris, Planning Support Office
Planning, Resource Allocation, Student Records and Statistics
University of Bristol
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