We are still awaiting SSIN 25/99 - SLC database
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* From: Eleanor Martin
* To: [log in to unmask]
* Subject: Re: SSIN 25/99 - SLC database
* Date: 25 May 1999 11:03
*
* We received our copy on 20 May.
*
* Eleanor Martin
* At 17:41 24/05/99 +0100, you wrote:
* >Apologies for cross-posting.
* >
* >I have just received SSIN 25/99. it was received in our institution
on 21
* May 1999, yet is dated 4 May 1999, and calls for action by (some) HEIs
by
* 17 May 1999.
* >
* >I have spoken to a number of colleagues who either have also just
received
* it, or else have not yet had sight of it at all.
* >So far not one HEI says they received it some time ago.
* >
* >The purpose of this email is to sound-out other HEIs who are affected
by
* the demands placed on us by this SSIN.
* >
* >In particular, my concerns are as follows:
* >
* >- having supplied original data to the SLC on time, (having asked the
SLC
* about the desired format required, and having pointed-out a number of
the
* very issues now resolved by this SSIN), it could now prove possible
for our
* students not to have their cheques delivered to the correct
distribution
* site, as LEAs may not recognise the format in which we originally
submitted.
* >[I recognise that we may have an opportunity to submit amendments;
* however, how many LEAs will claim that they could only work off the
* original submission in time for the start of term?]
* >at the end of the day, if the student feels messed-around, we know
who
* they will blame for having to chase from site to site for their
cheque, or
* if their cheque is not to the value they are expecting.
* >
* >- if I had received this SSIN in time, I could have made the
submission
* date with my amended data in time for the distribution of version 1 of
the
* data files by SLC to LEAs.
* >
* >- I estimate another 3 days worth of work to amend our entry.
* >
* >- I feel slightly aggrieved that those HEIs who made the initial
deadlines
* are the ones most likely to be penalised by the finalised formats as
* required by SSIN 25/99.
* >
* >[once you have received this SSIN]
* >do colleagues have any comments?
* >
* >
* >
* >
* >tony silvester
* >admin co-ordinator
* >non-academic student administration
* >university of derby
* >student administration
* >
* >tel: +44 (0) 1332 622222 ext 1879
* >
* >
* ============================================
* Eleanor Martin, Assistant Registrar, Academic Division,
* UEA.
* Tel. 01603 592205
*
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