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College Data Conference 17th June 2010
College Data Conferences are about data quality,
and the use of data such as success rates, to raise education standards.
Data quality is becoming increasingly important for colleges,
commissioning agencies, auditors and OfSTED. This means data needs to
be accurate, complete, timely, valid, credible, reliable, consistent and
relevant. These high profile quarterly conferences provide the opportunity
to hear good practice and updates from the experts, as well as share experiences
and meet other colleagues working with data in Colleges.
Standards and Quality Manager. The information authority sets and regulates
data and collection standards for all organisations involved in FE and training in
England. Peter manages the team that sets the framework for data management,
data quality and data collection in the FE sector as well as stewarding the ILR on
its behalf . During the last six months he has been leading the project to develop
a learner data strategy for FE. Peter has worked on data collection and MI
production for FE since 1993.
and funding. He started his FE career at a small Birmingham college before
moving to the LSC National Office in 2001 where he took on a variety of
roles including investigations, funding policy, audit approach and ILR audit
contract management. He joined RSM Tenon in 2005 and is their technical
lead for funding audit and Train to Gain. Karl advises extensively to both
providers and the LSC (now SFA and YPLA) and runs an FE seminar programme.
for 17 years, where she has responsibility for all student data and validation of
ILR returns. Lewisham College was one of the providers involved in the MIAP
tests and trials project in 2006 and an early adopter college. Lesley was also
member of the MIAP Benefit Review Panel. The first ULN was issued to a Lewisham
College learner in October 2006.
Manager in April 2009, having worked on success rates and valued added for the
LSC’s Framework for Excellence. Prior to joining the LSC, Ellie worked as
researcher and teaching fellow in HE. Ellie manages the team responsible for
implementing a data quality monitoring framework for the Data Service and for
helping providers maintain and improve the quality of their data.
2010. Prior to joining Pearson Nick spent six years as Director of Planning and
Performance for Lewisham College. Nick plays a leading role in capacity building on
the use of funding and management information in the learning and skills sector, is
the author of The hands-on guide to post-16 funding (www.fundingguide.co.uk)
and The hands-on guide to post-16 performance and data
(www.dataguide.co.uk). To hear about the latest training and events, follow Nick
on www.twitter.com/nicklinford
with a remit to improve the quality of data collections and reduce the time spent
on administration in the FE sector. Previously John worked for the Association of
Colleges as head of its technology arm NILTA. Prior to joining AoC he managed
the transition of Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham from a low technology
base in a building designed in the sixty’s to a £40M new build with “state of the art”
technology.John has a degree in Biomedical Electronics and a Masters in Business
and Administration.
Agency. He held a similar role with the Learning & Skills Council at their national office
in Coventry,having worked within the analysis, data and research function since the
LSC was formed in 2001, initially covering the Shropshire & Telford area before moving
to Coventry. Throughout this time he has gained extensive experience providing
technical, analytical support to most of the emerging, developing and existing policy
areas and initiatives funded by the LSC.
He has over 20 years of experience within the energy industry and accumulating a
wealth of experience including change management, information services and
project management. Since joining the Data Service, Richard has successfully
launched the Data Service, working to make it fully operational in April 2009., and to meet the data needs of FE providers.