2007
Data Service to launch next year
Published:
07 January 2008
25.09.07
A new national Data Service will be established in April 2008 to take responsibility for collecting and disseminating further education information in England.
Work is now underway to determine how the service will operate and how it can improve on the current collection and dissemination processes of the Learning and Skills Council.
“We want to develop a customer focused organisation that will work with the sector and the information authority to provide a service that people want and which helps to improve the use of information across the further education system,” said Reg Basimi, Programme Manager.
“We have been running a pilot exercise in North London to find out what the priority requirements are. This has clearly identified a desire for more clarity and better information about existing reports as well as the need for a reliable point of contact to help people understand the statistics that come out of these reports.
“We aim to start delivering a number of requirements in advance of the new Data Service becoming operational.” These include:
- Establishing a customer service function to help with data queries
- Improving the understanding of available LSC reports
- Investigating how comparative performance reports can be improved
- Harmonising LSC and OfSTED reports
