Colleagues
I have been invited to talk at the LEA Awards Officers' Conference on
Thursday, putting the higher education perspective. I am proposing
something along the lines of the synopsis below. Are there any other
substantial issues which you would like me to raise? If so, please let me
know by the end of Tuesday.
Roger Clark
Academic Registrar
University of Reading
PART 1 : What HE has to do (briefly)
Notify SLC of withdrawals and suspensions
Receive fee notifications from SLC
Collect student financial notifications
Invoice student fee contributions
Issue loan cheques
Confirm issue to SLC
Confirm attendance on 1 December, and expectation of continuation in January
(equivalent to invoice)
Confirm expectation of return for Summer Term
PART 2 : HEIs' Concerns
Have LEAs caught up the slippage?
Will students apply for loans in time?
Will they all apply at once -
UCAS confirmation of offers 20 August
Four weeks before start of term is 31 August
Will they wait till offers are confirmed?
And all apply at once?
If they do, will the SLC be able to cope?
Will the SLC's processes be ready and tested?
Will cheques go to the right campus?
On the right dates?
How rapidly will the system cope with students
going to their Insurance university?
Accepting changed course offers?
Accepting places in Clearing?
Will HEIs have problems handling cheques for students who are not entitled
to them?
Will the rules about giving cheques for students registered on a different
course from that on the LEA/SLC records work?
How assiduous will HEIs be in reporting withdrawals and suspensions?
AS1/AS2 reports (and their successors)
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