In discussion session about student attendance monitoring. A key issue for many with immigration regulations the main driver, but retention also featuring. Many still using semi-automated faculty/school based systems. Some looking at bio-metrics Eg: fingerprint registration. A lot of interest in Bedfordshires approach of statistical monitoring of student 'touchpoints' with different student interactions that are already recorded Eg: purchasing card transactions, physical access systems, computer login, library usage etc bring gathered and statistically analysed to identify outliers that don't conform to the typical interaction pattern for that group of students.
Lots of issues around DPA and use of information as well as student reaction to that kind of system. Technically best option is still single access token Eg: smart card for everything or better still a biometric token.
The key issue remains that getting this kind of project high enough up the priority queue is hard given the complexity and costs of solutions for relatively little benefit. We are all under so much pressure that anything with a manual or semi-automatic workaround jsut can't compete for resources.
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