Learners and Parents

Information for Learners and Parents

Welcome to the Learners and Parents channel of the Managing Information Across Partners (MIAP) website. This web page briefly introduces you to MIAP services.

MIAP provides information services that offer you secure online access to your Personal Learning Records and the ability to use a powerful search engine to find verified learning providers that deliver education and training in the UK. 

The Personal Learning Record Service offers access to an individual's official online record of verified learning and qualifications undertaken at school, college or work.  The Personal Learning Record is actually an aggregation of an individual’s learning and achievement records that have already been collected by UK education bodies.  Learners are able to view their Personal Learning Record and choose to share it if they wish to.  The majority of learners aged 14 or above since 2007/08 will have been allocated a Unique Learner Number (ULN).  The ULN is a unique 10 digit number that is used by the education sector to share personal learning records. 

Anyone over the age of 14, involved in any kind of education or training, should not need to reproduce proof of learning each time they apply for a new course, seek guidance or sit examinations.  Instead, the individual can grant the school, college or university access to their Personal Learning Record to process applications more quickly, reduce the paperwork, get better advice on future choices and reduce the need to find original certificates, which may have been lost.

Learners and Parents can also use the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP).  This service offers access to a search engine to enable you to quickly identify organisations that have been verified to provide education and training in the UK. 

The MIAP services are provided by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in partnership with other educational organisations.  MIAP strives to improve the delivery of education services to individuals through providing information services to individuals and education providers, such as schools, colleges, universities, awarding organisations, careers service and so on.

Click here for more information about MIAP and how to access these Services and Products.