The previous post on attendance monitoring emphasised the need for a more consistent and time efficient way of gathering accurate data at the University. A technology based solution using student proximity cards has been trialled this term and the outcomes are to be discussed at a meeting on Friday.
However, it is not just data gathering that is a problem, it is also in the way that information is interpreted and made available to the various outside agencies who use it. The four main agencies are the Higher Education Funding Council, the Student Loan Company, HESA and the UK Border Agency.
The University is anxious to ensure the completeness and accuracy of student attendance data and the way it is interpreted and presented so that it can be confident that it is in compliance with legal and financial requirements. It is also keen that information in the public domain presents an appropriate picture of institutional performance.
For this reason, a mini-project has been launched to re-visit the information requirements of the agencies, not the least because they change their reporting requirements and arrangements from time to time, and to make appropriate changes to the University reporting procedures to achieve these outcomes.
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