<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Data Service News Feed</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/rss/</link><copyright>Copyright The Data Service 2008</copyright><description>The Data Service is an independently managed organisation, established and funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and supported by the Learning and Skills Council to act a single, central point of information for further education.</description><managingEditor>Press Office</managingEditor><webMaster>info@lsc.gov.uk</webMaster><generator>Learning and Skills Council RSS feeder 1.0</generator><item><title>Inform - Issue 38 - July 2010</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/Newsletters/inform38_july2010.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:48:40 GMT</pubDate><guid>{CBE79EF5-5586-401E-B9DF-7BE03A122036}</guid><description>News from the IA and Data Service</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>2011/12 ILR change request consultation</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100729_ilr_change_request.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:21:33 GMT</pubDate><guid>{2835422C-1925-47C1-9D65-E869AC6FFE63}</guid><description>The information authority secretariat has liaised with policy teams to scope and assess 38 requests for change for the 2011/12 ILR.  Follow link for more information</description><author>The information authority secretariat has liaised with policy teams to scope and assess 38 requests for change for the 2011/12 ILR.  Follow link for more information</author></item><item><title>ULN becomes mandatory – are you prepared?</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100729_uln.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:35:43 GMT</pubDate><guid>{5FCFB4BB-0BE2-40DA-AE03-34BAD19E9600}</guid><description>Changes to the ILR Specification for 2010/11 will come into effect on 01 August 2010.  Full details of all the changes are available on the information authority website.
Please follow link for more information</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>10/014 Learning Aim Database (LAD) Scheduled downtime (Update)</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/softwareupdates/10_014.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:56:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>{9E9AE566-35CD-4CD2-93FC-6E76319C2874}</guid><description>UPDATE: LAD OUTAGE</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>Urgent action required for period 12 ILR returns for ER (including POL users)</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100722_ilr_returns.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:19:44 GMT</pubDate><guid>{EFA215ED-276E-46E1-9F2F-88D6A5ECDD5C}</guid><description>Urgent action required for period 12 ILR returns for ER (including POL users)</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>Learner Responsive Qualification Success Rate Methodology 2009/10 published</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100728_lr_methodology.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:22:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>{BD6D96F4-522B-4C26-8F24-F434629186C9}</guid><description>The Learner Responsive Qualification Success Rates Methodology for the academic year 2009/10 is now available to view on the Data Service website:</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>10/013 Learning Aim Database (LAD) Scheduled downtime</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/softwareupdates/10_013.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:15 GMT</pubDate><guid>{BEDFDFF6-6E72-4EE7-8183-97EE086DEB5B}</guid><description>The Learning Aim Database (LAD) will be offline on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 16:00pm The system is scheduled to be back online at 12:00pm on 30 July 2010.</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>Downtime for OLDC - update</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100726_downtime_oldc.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:49:47 GMT</pubDate><guid>{64C301C5-7E8B-42CD-A838-1776772708E0}</guid><description>Downtime for OLDC - update</description><author>The Data Service</author></item><item><title>National Success Rates Tables</title><link>http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/News/20100628_sr_tables.htm?WT.mc_id=RSSFeed&amp;WT.mc_ev=click</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:27:30 GMT</pubDate><guid>{212F736E-8BC5-45A2-A73D-3E8888BB06AD}</guid><description>As a result of the effect of duplicate records on Learner Responsive 08/09 Qualification Success Rates (QSR), the National Success Rate Tables (previously referred to as Benchmarking Reports) will be available later than originally planned. 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