RIPPLL
This project will establish a national demonstration model of cross-sector collaboration in personal development planning technology to support widening participation. Phase 1 was funded by JISC from January 2005 to March 2006, Phase 2 funding was granted and the project ran until December 2006.
Aims
- To support progression to HE for Widening Participation by making all major existing electronic systems in use in the Nottingham area for study-based Progress Files interoperable, using the UKLeaP interoperability standards
- To pilot the transfer of data directly from the main post-16 PDP system (City of Nottingham Passport) into HE PDP systems at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to support learner admissions and transitions
- To develop understanding of further transition processes between study and employment (in both directions) and consider connections with issues of graduate retention in the region
- To contribute to the building of interoperability specifications for systems supporting Lifelong Learning by providing further development of the UKLeaP open standards and proving their applicability in a number of different environments
The project has also been an early adopter of Shibboleth: work on this has been led by the technical team at NTU.
