Nicola Treanor

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The National Learning Directory

• Nicola Treanor
• Database Services Manager

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History of Learning Directory

• Commencement of contract with SDS
• Data collection methods
• Portals collect once use many times strategy

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Yearly Growth

• First launched in 2001 with approximately 200,000
  records
• By September 2005
• Over 950,000 courses from around 10,000 providers
  
• England only over 750,000 courses from over
  7,000 providers
• No of searches across all services over last year
  total over 11 million

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Marketing/PR

• Running series of provider workshops in Autumn
• Producing leaflets promoting learning directory
  across the sector
• Offering all nextsteps and providers free course
  manager training
• National advertising
• Provider website

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learningdirectory.co.uk
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Quality Assurance

• VT monthly checks
• NICEC reports
• Qualitative work
• learndirect helpline advisors
• Portal partners
• Online surveys
• Ufi checks

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Web Portals

• 75 live/20 in development
• nextsteps
• BBC
• Channel 4
• SSCs
• LSCs
• Connexions
• Other

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Web Portal Distribution
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Local Role

• Protocol
• nextstep visits
• Newsletters
• Workshops
• Super user groups
• Course manager training

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Course Manager
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New Developments

• Exam places
• Prisons
• Advisor interface
• Additional search functionality for portals
• Occupational profiles development

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Contact Us

• advice-resources_at_ufi.co.uk
• Website
• www.advice-resources.co.uk