UKLeaP: The Nottingham Experience

Carl Ebrey

Late 2003 – Early 2004

• UKLeaP data transfer between ePARs and LUSID

• Identified issues with UKLIP regarding differentiating items of data

• Also identified the value of Application Profiles

• The University of Nottingham created a number of documents revolving around UKLeaP

• Unique Learner Number proposal

• Real world applications of UKLeaP

Mid – Late 2004

Early 2005

• UKLeaP data transfer from City of Nottingham Passport to ePARs

• Transferred a limited dataset– Transferring an extended dataset would have been complicated because of the way data was collected.

Mid – Late 2005

• Provided consultation with UCAS for using UKLeaP for application data

• Identified a number of UCAS-specific fields which were not pertinent to PDP

• Advised UCAS to create a bespoke XML format which contains a learnerinformation node

• UKLeaP is due to be contained in the data feeds sent to universities in 2006

Late 2005

• UoN paired with Nuventive to demonstrate UKLeaP in action at the EIfEL ePortfolio 2005 conference

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Right Now

• Looking at the FE applications process

• Colleges in Nottingham have agreed upon a common application form

• This can [mostly] be represented as UKLeaP

• Each college will host an applications web service

• College applications will be made by completing the application form on the City of Nottingham Passport site

Looking Ahead

• UKLeaP can be used in the HE applications process

• UoN are currently putting together a design document

UKLeaP in HE

• Universities host a number of web services

• PDP systems connect to these services

• The learner responds to prompts

• The responses are sent to the university

• Initial assessment is done

• The learner receives feedback on his/her application

UKLeaP in HE

Learning from UKLeaP

• Granularity

• Application Profiles

• Take care

• There are still important decisions to be made

Your Turn

Any Questions?