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Agenda

• Background
• The strategic business need for a Prospective
  Students Portal
• The scope of the project
• The business and technical processes used for
  building the solution
• Future goals

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Background

• Over 30,000 students in total.
• 4,600 international students from more than 140
  countries.
• 2,200 postgraduate research students.
• More than 5,500 members of staff.

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The Business Need

• A competitive edge
• Increased efficiency
• Enabling better service for true enquiries
• Convert more applicants into actual students

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Project Scope

• Undergraduate applicants
• Evaluate options/Make choices contact manager
• Application monitor
• Prepare to come to Nottingham induction manager
• Pay fees fee estimator

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Perspective Student Portal (PSP) Concepts

• The PSP is just part of an overall cradle to
  grave process bringing an applicant into a
  life-long relationship with the University
• Perspective Student Portal ? Student Portal ?
  Alumni Portal
• Applicants are processed through multiple phases
• Applicants monitor their own progress within the
  phases
• Content provided in the portal must be Reliable,
  Timely, and Useful !!

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Perspective Student Portal Timeline
Secondary Final Year
Post Secondary
Fall Term
Acceptance Phase
Confirmation Phase
Offer Phase
Application Phase
Different information is targeted during each
phase.

• Phases are
• Application
• Offer
• Acceptance
• Confirmation

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Dynamic Channel Data Flow Process
User Login
Person Data Load
PSP Extract (User Creation)
JDBC
ODBC
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Future Goals

• Postgraduate Admissions Portal
• Improved/integrated online prospectus
• Targeted announcements
• Student induction channels
• Link to CMS
• School managed channels
• On-line payment of fees

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Questions Answers

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Thank You!

• Charmaine McCracken
• charmaine.mccracken_at_nottingham.ac.uk
• David Simpson
• david.simpson_at_nottingham.ac.uk