Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning



....	Summer 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.

		AQUA Software has been developed by Link2ICT and is a Learner Management Information System created for recording learner enrolment details in a fast, accurate and fully validated format. AQUA ensures that businesses can make the most effective use of their data to support local authority based monitoring and planning and add value to their organisations. As standard, monitoring learner numbers, offering viable courses and maximising funding allocations, are all part of the AQUA solution.
		Capita FHE knows and understands education organisations’ needs in today’s fast-paced world. Software solutions with cutting-edge technology enable instant access to key information, ensuring more efficient management and decision making. The UNIT-e range encourages colleges, universities and training providers to effectively meet their information, funding management and administrative needs.
		Clarity Integration provides consulting, delivery and pre-built performance and quality improvement solutions to the Further Education sector. Our ClearViewFE™ product provides valuable information via dashboards and reports when required. Features include a progress review process allowing performance monitoring, role based security, Work Based Learning, Train to Gain and Finance reporting.
		Corero Systems is a provider of market-leading software solutions to the Education Sector. Resource EMS (REMS) is a modern and powerful Management In formation System which enables colleges to manage the complete learner lifecycle, from initial enquiry through to completion, and will underpin the successful and efficient running of any college.
		The Data Service is an independently managed organisation, established and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and supported by the Skills Funding Agency to act as a single, central point of information for further education. Its purpose is to deliver initiatives of the information authority by managing the collection, transformation and dissemination of all further education data, and to be responsive to the changing data needs of the sector.
		Drake Lane Associates provide high quality, innovative consultancy, software solutions and other services to the UK education sector. Since 1999, Drake Lane Associates has worked with well over 200 Further Education organisations and has a proven track record in delivering quality at all times to help colleges achieve a stable financial future.
		The information authority was established as an independent body in October 2006 to set and regulate data and collection standards for further education and training provision in England. We have a decision-making board headed by an independent chair and made up of senior representatives from across the education and training system. This is supported by a small operational secretariat who work in tandem with the Data Service to improve the quality and use of data, reduce bureaucracy and increase accountability to users and sponsors.
		Monterpoint supports adult learning providers across all funding models via an online, hosted MIS called LearnerTrack. LearnerTrack also offers colleges an easy route to subcontracting by supporting data entry and ILR data transfer between MIS. Standalone tools such as mapping and analysis offer easy to use visualisations of ILR data.
		Perspective provides solutions and consultancy for the evolving UK education and skills sector. Perspective’s suite of software is currently utilised by many blue-chip enterprises and over fifty Local Authorities around the UK. Perpective’s portfolio includes PerspectiveCLM, designed to support partnerships delivering the various 14-19 pathways, and Sunesis, designed to provide a single management solution for providers who deliver Work Based Learning.