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Do the students have to sign this print out each year and agree to certain conditions or do they sign up to a contractual agreement on enrolment? Thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: Janusz [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Enrolling students for the duration of the course > > We enrol students once at the start of their course but 're-register' them > annually thereafter. They receive a print out of their enrolment details for > updating and amending (change of address being one of the most common items > to change). We also revalidate their ID card but as we are introducing a > new ID card system (mag stripe encoded etc) we will not even need to do > this. Existing cards are issued for duration of course. We are still > looking at electronic registration (making slow progress though due to our > size and complexity) and at generally "reengineering" our enrolment and > registration processes. > I too would welcome any information you produce. > Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 01 May 2001 11:55 > Subject: Enrolling students for the duration of the course > > > >Traditionally at Southampton Institute, we have enrolled and re-enrolled > >students at the start of each academic year. We are now reviewing our > >enrolment procedures and are looking into the possibilities of front > >loading the enrolment, that is to say enrolling students for the duration > >of the course. > > > >I would be interested to hear from colleagues in other institutions who > >enrol their students in this way. > > > >What are the benefits? > >What problems have you encountered? > >How do you keep track of the students, i.e. confirming they turn up? > >Any financial issues, i.e. when do you raise the invoice? > >Was there anything even after all your planning that came to light since > >you started enrolling this way? > >Would you, having the choice go back to the traditional way of enrolment? > > > >If you could email me directly with your replies, I would be happy to > >provide a summary. > > > > > >Carole Murphy > >Student Operations Officer > >Southampton Institute > > > >Tel: 023 8031 9970 > >Fax: 023 8031 9852 > >email: [log in to unmask]