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The DfEE Student Support Design Group wanted to use the National Insurance number as the consistent ID across the whole operation, but were told that this was not possible (for quasi-cilil liberties reasons). We therefore do not have a consistent ID across the system. However, the chances are that most of those who do not have UCAS numbers are second year students; we suspect that most new entrants will have known their UCAS numbers. On that basis the problem should go away next year, since we will by then have on file the Student Support Number for all next year's returning students. Roger Clark Academic Registrar University of Reading > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Phipps, David > J > Sent: 18 October 1999 11:20 > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Student Loan Co - Fees Split data File > > > On The first CD that we received containing the SLC/Student Fee-split, > 38% of the students had no UCAS number. > > We managed to match a further 20% or so on exact match full-name + > date-of-birth > > I'm now proceeding to partial match the remainding 15 - > 18%..Bearing in mind > that > personal details are amended as a result of student-feedback.. > > I'm apprehensive as to whether we'll be playing 'hunt the > student' on a few > of them.. > > My question is, what are the information flows involved here?... > We have UCAS, the LEA's the SLC and the Institutions.. > If you don't have central control over identity..then things are > bound to go > awry.. > in a few cases. > > Can't we do better than this? > > David Phipps > Systems Analyst > University of Essex > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%