Roger
you say we should not continue to use the old UCAS codes because they may
have been re-allocated, but are UCAS issuing new codes for the courses that
are no longer recruiting or should we now just put these on the database as
not a UCAS course?
Thanks Anne English

Admin.Assistant-Records & Loans
Registry
University of Brighton
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> From:         Roger Clark[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Admin-student
> Sent:         05 November 2001 15:14
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: courses database
>
> Kati
>
> But what were the problems you had loading the file, and what was the
> solution?
>
> There was a long discussion about which codes should be used when.
> Institutions are already using the new codes for admissions. They will be
> using them for students in 2002/3 for the HESA return. The logic therefore
> is that the new codes need to be used for the cohort of students being
> admitted in 2002, if only because these are the only codes they know to
> put
> on the support application form. Hence the need to collect early in 2002
> course data using the new codes.
>
> You can't keep using old codes for courses which no longer recruit because
> some of the old codes have been re-used in the new JACS code set, and you
> could therefore end up with the same code used twice, for two totally
> different courses. This might confuse!
>
> Roger Clark
> Academic Registrar
> University of Reading
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kati Thomas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 03 November 2001 11:26 AM
> > To: Roger Clark
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: courses database
> >
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > I had a similar problem to David and I was also only able to read the
> > disk when the deadline was reached.  I mentioned this to the SLC
> > representative during the HE visit and she appeared ignorant of the
> > problem which surprised me because I know many institutions had
> > technical problems similar to ours.
> >
> > Also, this is the first time I heard that we cannot keep the old UCAS
> > codes on the SLC database for courses that no longer recruit and the
> > code is not being reused. When I asked HESA about the JACS codes the
> > reply was that they are not being used until 2002.  So, that made it
> > simple and clear!
> >
> > Kati
> >
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