Caspar Verney

Caspar Verney posted on the forum topic Rich Williams in the Hot Seat in the group Data Issues:   1 week, 3 days ago

I am afraid that I must agree with Martin that the questions I asked have not been properly answered. Is the Data Service in control of the timetable or not, for instance? Why are the Credibility reports 11 months late as another for instance? Data for 2012-13 budgeting and planning is still not available and [...]

Caspar Verney posted on the forum topic Rich Williams in the Hot Seat in the group Data Issues:   1 week, 6 days ago

Can I ask about Credibility Reporting, please?

According to the Data Service website Credibility Reports will be made available to Providers but are still under development. According to the HelpDesk today this is the current situation and when they will be made available is still unknown. Why is there such a delay in making these available? [...]

Caspar Verney posted on the forum topic Release of LIScompanion software in the group Data Issues:   3 weeks, 2 days ago

According section 8 of the "Skills Funding Agency 2011/12 Shadow Funding Calculation User Guide" it says:

"achievement funding (20 per cent) is earned when the learner’s completion status is reported as achieved and the actual end date is in the current funding year."

Does this mean that if the Actual End Date (A31) is at the [...]

Caspar Verney posted on the forum topic HE Learners in the group Data Issues:   3 weeks, 3 days ago

Speaking as an MIS author, I would just echo what Matthew Dike has said. If a field is optional within the ILR Specification then it may still be necessary to return a value in it through your ILR Batch File (the notes often elaborate on this, as Matthew correctly identifies). In the new XML world, [...]