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PICS User Group July 19 th 2007

PICS User Group July 19 th 2007. Pellcomp Software Ltd Roger Pellant Luke Fitzgerald Tim Davies Tim Searle John Innes Gavin Willis. PICS and Pellcomp. Around 420 customers many new sales many additions to system Covers LSC WBL, E2E, TTG, ACL, LAP, ALA…

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PICS User Group July 19 th 2007

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  1. PICS User GroupJuly 19th 2007 Pellcomp Software Ltd Roger Pellant Luke Fitzgerald Tim Davies Tim Searle John Innes Gavin Willis

  2. PICS and Pellcomp • Around 420 customers • many new sales • many additions to system • Covers LSC • WBL, E2E, TTG, ACL, LAP, ALA… • JCP, DELLS (Wales), EZ, and private training • Consortium arrangements • a particular strength

  3. Recent enhancements • In response to your requests • many detailed improvements • dependants (for ACL and family learning) • contact hours (especially for TtG) • enhanced analysis reports • more LSC funding calculation changes • and lots, lots, lots more • keep an eye on the newsletters and release notes • In response to the LSC • LAP funding • ALA processing and exports

  4. Support desk • Large number of calls (13 500 in last year, up 12.5%) • Further support team training • another new member just started • Consistently gets good feedback • Offers expert training • in house • training events

  5. News from the LSC • Software Suppliers’ meeting of July 9th • Information Authority • on hold until DIUS sorted out • Information Service Pilot • ‘culture of service for providers’ • several interesting discoveries • providers need more transparency in reports • more harmonisation between LSC and Ofsted • better service answering queries • don’t need new LSC reports • pilot to run another 18 months • on hold until DIUS sorted out

  6. More from the LSC • MIAP making progress • but appears to be slippage • matching algorithm 95% success • Year-end changes • ILR already defined • new PFR to include TtG details • may also include uplift rates • Requirements for Funding real soon now • NES TtG ILR spec • with providers by July 20th

  7. Following sessions • New PICS facilities • Surveys • Ofsted reports • Scheduled reports • Consortium handling • Export as… • Improved logging • HTML help • Lunch • MIAP presentation • LSC representatives • current state of play • long term strategy • General discussion • future plans for PICS

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