Jacqui
At Bradford's school of health studies we ask all of our flexible
learners (which includes distance and open learners) to re-register
each year. It is essential to ensure that we still have accurate
records as a lot can happen in five years!
Jenny
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:51:49 -0000 "Witting J D (Registry)"
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> We have a roll-on, roll-off distance learning programme in Welsh.
> Students pay for the whole course up front. They then send in
> assignments at a pace that suits their individual circumstances. They
> send in cassettes, the results are recorded and the cassettes are
> returned with comments. So far so good.
>
> However, the whole thrust of the programme is that we do not put
> pressure on students. Therefore there can be long gaps between
> assignments making it difficult to determine if the student has dropped
> out or is merely too busy at present to produce the goods. We only
> officially ask them to enrol at the start of the programme.
>
> Therein lies the rub. We have official records of their progress but
> only the one enrolment form so the Funding Council will not accept us
> returning any students except the ones for whom we have enrolment forms
> - even though we have other records.
>
> As we are hoping to expand our Distance Learning provision into other
> areas, I wondered if any colleagues had found ways round this problem
> or if I will have to insist that these students re-enrol each year even
> though it may only be in order to produce one assignment.
>
> Jacqui Witting
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Jenny Laffan
Senior Administrative Officer
School of Health Studies
University of Bradford
Unity Building
25 Trinity Road
Bradford
BD5 0BB
Tel: 01274 236303
Fax: 01274 236340
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