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Summer College Data Conference 17th June 2010, London

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.

10 reasons for attending the Summer College Data Conference:

1. The conference is dedicated to helping college data staff improve data quality and use data for performance management
2. You will be the first to hear what decisions were made at the information authority board meeting on June 16th
3. Find out about the Learner Data Strategy, and longer-term plans for significant changes to college data collection and returns
4. Be informed of future changes to success rate methodologies and the work of the harmonisation group
5. Get hints and tips on how to collect and validate Unique Learner Numbers for all learner and employer-responsive learners
6. Be the first to know what plans are being made for funding and data audit in 2010/11
7. It is a great opportunity to network and discuss issues with more than 150 college data professionals
8. Learn about Data Quality Reporting and plans to improve data completeness from the Data Service
9. Ask questions of key staff from the Skills Funding Agency, Young People's Learning Agency, Data Service and information authority
10. All delegates will receive a free copy of the new Hands-on guide to post-16 performance and data


Comments from the Spring College Data Conference - click here brochure and photos

> “I learned a lot of useful things today” Scott Bays, Deputy Head of MIS, South Tyneside College
> “Excellent, more of the same please!” Julie Butler, MIS Manager, Sparsholt College
> “Very useful indeed and an excellent venue” Chris Hick, Head of Funding and Reporting, Ealing Hammersmith and West London College
> “A very informative conference with all speakers being exceptionally knowledgable” Claire Jones, Informations Systems Manager, SEEVIC College
> “It is great to meet other colleagues and to know that I am not alone in getting to grips with all the changes” Jackie Danks, Funding and Returns Co-ordinator, Stourbridge College