I think that the SLC process ought to be reviewed. I have now received hard copies of our missing weeks and the cumulative negative balance is substantial. At this point in the year I do not expect that enough payments will be authorised to offset this amount. We could reach a situation where we do not receive the information until the next large payment in September.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Walker [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:57 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SLC Tuition Fee Position Schedules
>
> The crucial point here is the statement that remittance
> advice notices are not issued if no payment is to be made
> to the HEI. We have had a situation where a negative
> balance has existed for five weeks and hence no remittance
> notice has been issued to us. The fact that a negative
> balance exists means that the cash being claimed back by
> the SLC has to be recovered from the students concerned by
> the HEI. A delay of this length at this time of year simply
> causes added problems to an already stretched system and
> makes collection of such amounts from students more
> difficult.
> Gary Walker
> Head
> Student and Examinations Division
> The University of Liverpool
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2001 16:59:31 +0100 Roger Clark
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I passed Moya's query on to the DfEE, who in turn queried it with the SLC.
> > The response from Jim McIntyre at the SLC (who seems to be on the ball) is
> > as follows:
> >
> > "Information on all remittances of tuition fees whether positive or negative
> > is sent to HEIs and has been since day one of SSS
> >
> > Remittance reports will start to show the academic year of the
> > payment/recovery starting later this month
> >
> > Weekly remittance advices are issued to HEIs. Negative amounts are notified
> > for students where a clawback is necessary. Remittance advices are not
> > issued where there are no payments to be made to a HEI. If there are
> > negative amounts due to clawbacks, these are witheld to the next positive
> > confirmation. This method has been used since day one of SSS and suits HEIs,
> > as no invoices are issued from SLC claiming clawbacks. HEIs advise this
> > would be an administrative nightmare due to the volume of re-assessments on
> > a regular basis."
> >
> > I hope this helps
> >
> > Roger Clark
> > Academic Registrar
> > University of Reading
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Admin-student [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> > McGowan, Moya [ACR]
> > Sent: 01 May 2001 14:54 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: SLC Tuition Fee Position Schedules
> >
> >
> > I have just contacted the SLC Help Line as we have not been receiving weekly
> > Tuition Fee Position disks. I have been told that when the weekly position
> > results in a negative amount, HEIs are not sent the data. I wonder if others
> > are aware of this. It has serious implications for HEIs if you use the disks
> > to reconcile income against student records and as the notification of
> > reassessment. The disks are the only method by which the SLC notify us of a
> > reassessment based on changes in personal circumstances, so without this
> > data we cannot raise additional invoices to students - unless they happen
> > to provide us with revised Financial Notifications. The SLC have indicated
> > that they cannot provide me with backdated disks but could send me a hard
> > copy of the data!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Admin-student [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> > McGowan, Moya [ACR]
> > Sent: 01 May 2001 14:54 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: SLC Tuition Fee Position Schedules
> >
> >
> > I have just contacted the SLC Help Line as we have not been receiving weekly
> > Tuition Fee Position disks. I have been told that when the weekly position>
> > results in a negative amount, HEIs are not sent the data. I wonder if others
> > are aware of this. It has serious implications for HEIs if you use the disks
> > to reconcile income against student records and as the notification of
> > reassessment. The disks are the only method by which the SLC notify us of a
> > reassessment based on changes in personal circumstances, so without this
> > data we cannot raise additional invoices to students - unless they happen
> > to provide us with revised Financial Notifications. The SLC have indicated
> > that they cannot provide me with backdated disks but could send me a hard
> > copy of the data!
>
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