Hi Antony

 

I think the interesting thing is that the SLC guidance on this has been watered down over the years.

 

Having been around for far too long, when they first introduced online payments, as opposed to handing out cheques, it was explicit that you had to see the student. Indeed they were very reluctant to accept that returning students did not have to do a face to face enrolment. The guidance now talks about normally but there is no stated requirement and there is nothing that I can see that HEFCE say about the matter either.

 

So it could be argued that online enrolment is fine provided that you do not confirm attendance until there is a physical sign of being onsite, e.g. swipe card records if you have that sort of system.

 

David

 

 

Hi

 

Does anyone know the wording of the actual regulation/requirement that we are all attempting to adhere to?

 

 

Hi David,

 

We will only confirm registration if the student has scanned their smartcard at one of our on-campus stations.

 

Kind regards,