Update to UCAS/MIAP
Consultation Event
Una Bennett, Head of MIAP
17th March 2010
What is MIAP?
• A partnership:
42 education bodies in UK across the whole sector
Dedicated to improving information sharing in Education in UK
• A mission:
“Collect Once, Use Many Times, Use by All”
• Was an IT Programme, now an organisation
Sponsored by BIS and DCSF
Becoming part of Skills Funding Agency
Governed by a Service Management Board, overseen by a Customer Scrutiny
Board
• A set of Common Data Definitions
• A set of shared services, operated by Logica in contract with LSC
• For more information see www.miap.gov.uk
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MIAP Internet Services
Access enabled by
MIAP, data sharing
determined by Learner
Learners
UCAS
Education Awarding
Institutions Bodies
HESA
Employers
MIAP Shared Service
Schools
Colleges
HEIs
Others
Learning and
Achievement Data
Personal Learning Record
Learner Register
(ULN)
Provider Register
(UKPRN)
Security Perimeter
Common Data Definitions (CDD)
Learner Registration Service
There is now a critical mass of ULNs within the education sector
LRS launched in Feb 2008 (after ‘early adopter’ phase)
Nearly 8.8 million learners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
now have a ULN
ULN can be allocated to every person in education in UK above
age 12
Nearly 5,400 organisations – Learner Registration Bodies – using
the LRS to identify ULNs for their students. These include schools,
colleges, universities, training providers and awarding
organisations.
Many awarding organisations, including the big 5, are now using
the ULN as a candidate identifier - over 3M verification transactions
last summer
UK Register of Learning Providers
The UKPRN is the identifier of choice for 14+ Learning Providers
• Register of learning providers as legal entities, launched in
August 2005
• Over 22,000 providers registered in England, Wales, Northern
Ireland and Scotland
• Provider verification – must be either:
o
A statutory provider (such as a school, college or university), or
o
A registered company, or
o
A registered charity
• Links to Ofsted, UCAS, National Learning Directory, Edubase,
DCSF
Personal Learning Record Service
Over 5.1 million Personal Learning Records contain participation and
achievement data
Currently displays data from academic years 2007/08 onwards
Schools data at key stage 4 & 5 (GCSE, A/S Level and GNVQs) is shown
ILR data from LSC is shown
Data challenge function for Providers and Learners
Information will be available 3-4 months after date of award because of current
data collection cycles
Restricted access to ‘sensitive’ data (e.g. offenders, military personnel, VIPs)
100 Providers and their learners acting as early adopters of the Personal
Learning Record
MIAP’s priorities for financial year 2010/11
• As agreed with MIAP’s Customer Scrutiny Board
• Improve the effectiveness of administering ULNs
• Roll-out and review the Personal Learning Record
• Manage integration with QCF Service Layer
• Support HE piloting of MIAP Services
• Support Diploma roll-out and the Schools ULN Provisioning Service
• Build capacity and manage the transition to a service-based organisation
• Explore opportunities to share services
MIAP in Higher Education
Story so far
• A MIAP Higher Education Advisory Group (HEAG) was formed in 2008, chaired
by Bob Burgess
• A strategic outline business case was developed and agreed by the HEAG in
April 2009. This advocated small scale pilots to test the benefits claimed in the
Business Case.
• HEFCE and JISC are sponsoring the pilots, and contributing funds.
• Very good interest from the HE sector in these pilots.
The Drivers for Adoption in HE
Potential Benefits include ...
Potential Benefits for HEIs:
Potential Benefits for Learners:
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[Ultimately] fewer identifiers
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Easier reporting and data sharing between
learning providers and Agencies
Access to qualifications and achievement
data held about them
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Link to qualifications data held by HEIs
and/or the HEAR
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Secure access to the PLR in their control
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Streamlining of on-line applications
Better course and careers advice
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Greater personalisation of services
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Easier collaboration across learning partnerships
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UCAS results processing with ULN providing
verified qualifications on entry from PLR data
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Reduction in the need to validate qualifications
and achievements
Potential Benefits for Agencies/Govt:
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Reduced burden of data sharing
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Better access to data for student monitoring and
to support decision making
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Better longitudinal analyses
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Tracking progression from schools into HE and
beyond
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Trust and security
Potential Benefits for Employers:
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Access to destination data
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Improved identity verification
Access to verified qualifications data held in
the PLR, controlled by the learner
The HE Pilot will evaluate the Benefits and dis-Benefits in Case Studies
Questions?