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Summary of Changes to the ILR Specification for 2008/09

Date published: 07/01/2008

A summary of the confirmed changes to the ILR Specification for 2008/09 has been published and is available to view here. This document is published to give providers and other FE stakeholders an early indication of the scope of changes to the ILR specification.


information authority Board agree ILR specification

Date published: 07/01/2008

The information authority board met on the 5th December to approve changes to the ILR specification for 2008/09. A summary of the confirmed changes will be available on the information authority website w/c 17th December.


Board to agree ILR specification

Date published: 07/01/2008

The information authority board will meet in Coventry on December 5th to agree specifications for the 2008/09 Individualised Learner Record.


Data Service makes first appointments

Date published: 07/01/2008

Allen Hull and Simon Reynolds have been appointed to establish the customer relationship functions of the new Data Service prior to its planned launch next spring.


information authority plans online communities

Date published: 07/01/2008

The information authority is working to determine what will be the best web-based platform through which people across further education can set up online communities to discuss issues and share best practice.


ILR 08/09 –latest progress

Date published: 07/01/2008

New and carried forward requests for change to the 08/09 Individualised Learner Record (ILR) have gone through preliminary sifting by the information authority to determine their benefit and practicality.


Delivering the new Data Service

Date published: 07/01/2008

Work is now underway to deliver key components of a national Data Service prior to its planned launch in April next year.


Top appointments at information authority

Date published: 07/01/2008

Una Bennett has been appointed as new Head of the information authority Secretariat and will succeed consultant Steven Dale, who has held the interim position, in mid-October.


Workshops explore scope of new service

Date published: 07/01/2008

Three studies have been commissioned to determine how data is currently collected and disseminated by the LSC; how an initial Data Service should operate; and what the functions of the Data Service might be in the longer-term.


Data Service to launch next year

Date published: 07/01/2008

A new national Data Service will be established in April 2008 to take responsibility for collecting and disseminating further education information in England.