I agree with Steve's explanation. The LIS EXP database had the collection number within it (in the Headers table).
However, I now use the transmission number field in the XML Headers table, so it doesn't pose much of a problem for me.

I have never experienced that, sorry.

One of the biggest complaints we've had this year is that the list of employment status does not cater for retired people.

They would not want to tick the "unemployed and not seeking work" box

I have been sent a copy of an enrolment form where the learner has written "I object to this wording, I [...]

I've had a response from the Data Service.
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You can disregard the warning message that you are receiving. You receive this warning because the 'combined end date' on the key details screen on the LAD has 31/08/2010. This field means that for one funding stream the last date for new starts has been entered as 31/08/2010. [...]

Hi Sharon,

Thanks for your reply.

I am using LIS Version 18.04.001 with a LAD date 23/06/2011. I have 60 occurrences (i.e. all learners on this aim) of Warning A09_A16_A27_LAD_1.

If the warning message has been removed, does this mean there is something wrong with my installation? I did remove 18.03 before I [...]

6 months later and this learning aim is still showing up as a warning on the LIS.

You could just send a single course up. Your course title could be 'Classes start in September 2011'. Messy, I know, but it gets round the problem.

My last update just contained 2 x 5-week courses starting this month.

We're a local authority adult learning provider and we currently return 13 ER, 5 LR and 5 ASL returns.

The new timetable shows that we must now return our LR data monthly.

What puzzles me is the relevance of the reference dates and data accuracy expectations.

The Six Data Management Principles published by the IA sets down the [...]

Further to my post above (made 5 months ago), the Sexual Health Awareness learning aim I mentioned has now appeared on the LAD as fundable for ALR provision.

I am now faced with a conundrum. Since we had the demand for the course and we were not sure whether the aim would be funded, we [...]

Could anyone please explain to me the purpose of this field?

We have learners who started 50016404 Award in Preparing To Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector in September 2010 and now they are being flagged up as warnings because the Approval End Date is 31/08/2010 (Rule Name A09_A16_A27_LAD_1). However the data on the LAD [...]

50102540 Award in Sexual Health Awareness (QCF) is only showing funding for 16-18 provision.

The awarding body, NCFE, have told us that they have Section 97 approval and it should be funded for Adult Learners.

If we submit a 'deliberate error' learning aim (aka a proxy aim) what would happen if the real aim never gains funding [...]

Parool said : "Resolving possible matches can only be done by correspondence with the learner, and we think this is much quicker face-to-face. Also the new QCF services we are introducing are designed to support learners, their tutors and advisers, so why not give the role of finding their ULN to them as well?"

I'm afraid [...]

There is no doubt that many people have more than one ULN. ULNs cause a major headache for me.

We're a local authority provider only dealing with 19+ learners (that's age, not the number of learners!). I have hundreds of RC007 learners simply because their postcode doesn't match the one held by MIAP. [...]

Quote: Is it not possible for MIAP, to do a LAD link on their database which takes the Qual Aim Code from the ILR and get the Level from the LAD database, to populate the PLR?

I think they probably have the link already because our ILRs don't send up Learning Aim Titles – they must get them from [...]