Further Education
Information for Colleges and Work Based Learning Providers
The use of the Unique Learner Number (ULN) in further education has been established as there is a requirement for the ULN in the Learning and Skills Council, Individualised Learning Record (ILR) returns. The advice is that all learners in education or training should be allocated a ULN as a means of identifying their learning achievements for life.
MIAP has three ways of retrieving ULNs via the Learner Registration Service (LRS):
The LRS Web Portal: this is used for obtaining individual ULNs. If you have a group of up to 20 ULNs to obtain, this is probably the quickest way to get them. The Web Portal is also used to edit the details of a ULN such as the preferred name or change of post code.
The LRS Batch Process: this is used for obtaining groups of ULNs in batches between 20 and 5000. The batch files must conform to the MIAP LRS Registration Batch Interface Guide. This is an overnight process which may produce exceptions where the system queries the information provided.
The LRS Web Services: this is where the management information software is linked into the LRS and provides the interaction to retrieve ULNs where they exist or obtain a new ULN. The MI software assists in the resolution of the exceptions. This is the preferred method but does rely on the software supplier providing the interface with the LRS.
MIAP provides support for colleges and work based learning providers in the form of workshops as well as the documents below:
1. Registering with MIAP to use the
Learner Registration Service to obtain ULNs
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Logging on for the first time3.
Setting up additional super users4.
How to obtain individual Unique Learner Numbers or edit the data
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How to obtain Unique Learner Numbers using the MIAP batch process
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The MS Powerpoint slides from the latest MIAP surgery / workshop
