UKLeaP: The Nottingham Experience
Carl Ebrey
Late 2003 – Early 2004
• UKLeaP data transfer between ePARs and
LUSID
• Identified issues with UKLIP regarding
differentiating items of data
• Also identified the value of Application
Profiles
Mid – Late 2004
• The University of Nottingham created a
number of documents revolving around
UKLeaP
• Unique Learner Number proposal
• Real world applications of UKLeaP
Early 2005
• UKLeaP data transfer from City of
Nottingham Passport to ePARs
• Transferred a limited dataset
– Transferring an extended dataset would have
been complicated because of the way data was
collected.
Mid – Late 2005
• Provided consultation with UCAS for using
UKLeaP for application data
• Identified a number of UCAS-specific fields
which were not pertinent to PDP
• Advised UCAS to create a bespoke XML
format which contains a learnerinformation
node
• UKLeaP is due to be contained in the data
feeds sent to universities in 2006
Late 2005
• UoN paired with Nuventive to demonstrate
UKLeaP in action at the EIfEL ePortfolio 2005
conference
Right Now
• Looking at the FE applications process
• Colleges in Nottingham have agreed upon a
common application form
• This can [mostly] be represented as UKLeaP
• Each college will host an applications web
service
• College applications will be made by
completing the application form on the City of
Nottingham Passport site
Looking Ahead
• UKLeaP can be used in the HE applications
process
• UoN are currently putting together a design
document
UKLeaP in HE
• Universities host a number of web services
• PDP systems connect to these services
• The learner responds to prompts
• The responses are sent to the university
• Initial assessment is done
• The learner receives feedback on his/her
application
UKLeaP in HE
Learning from UKLeaP
• Granularity
• Application Profiles
• Take care
• There are still important decisions to be
made
Your Turn
Any Questions?