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I would be interested to find out from colleagues in HEIs who operate a system of 'temporary' or 'provisional' enrolment, whether they are planning to review their procedures for 1998/9 in the light of the new student funding regime? For example, are you thinking of extending your normal deadline for expiry of provisional enrolment, given that you think a (large) number of students might not have sorted out their financial liability, possibly through no fault of their own (i.e. the delay is with the LEA assessment)? Alternatively, are you going to retain your deadline, and take the view that the onus of responsibility falls squarely on the student to sort their finances out? Either way, please could you let me know what your deadline will be? Secondly, are you thinking of reviewing the facilities to which provisionally enrolled students will have access? Normally, I guess, students would not have access to borrowing facilities with your library, NUS registration, student loans, or certain levels of computer access? Again, with the anticipation that students may take longer than normal to sort out their financial situation, is anyone thinking of being more flexible than in the past? Thirdly, for those of you who record provisionally enrolled students on your record system, do you have any way of analysing the reason for their 'PE' status, using different enrolment status codes - or is it just one code, which you then pull off near to or at the expiry deadline? Indeed, does anyone bother to analyse why students have been provisionally enrolled? .........and finally, does anyone who currently issues IT-based ID cards currently or plan to issue a different version for their provisionally enrolled students? (or do they get another form of limited student card, even if it's only a bit of paper)? Thanks, in anticipation, for your help on this one. Please call or e-mail me direct if you would prefer Kathy Whittingham Deputy Academic Registrar University of Glamorgan Tel : 01443 482507 [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%