Report for October 2018
- Report Date
- October 2018
Achievements this period
A revised design and proof of concept using alternative products is underway. Delivery is subject to developer changes to the search display application expected at the end of November.
Development Services resource have confirmed that in the event that changes are required to the search widget, these could be accommodated during November.
With the data challanges with Pure profiles and the inconsistencies across Schools EdWeb profiles, the search results currently returned are profiles showing academic areas of expertise rather than Pd.D specifics. Until data quality and API capability are proven search results are an overestimated guess of academics that may or may not be willing to supervise. These results are not be suitable for a prospective student journey. Until there is a fit for purpose staff database there would be not appetite to deploy the search tool at this time.
Student Recruitment are not in a position to drive data and standards development across the schools and are very much on the periphery of being able to influence change in this area. Profile guidance is owned by the schools and this differs widely across the schools. This coupled with the fact that different process for dealing with Ph.D enquiries makes it difficult to agree, across the university any consistent process or guidance at this time.
To keep the momentum going the project would like to understand what developments have taken place in this space within Service Excellence Programme.
This project also has synergies with emerging developments in EDWeb and its wider adoption and a view of that roadmap needs to be factored into the development of this service.
Issues
- None
Next steps
- Complete the proof of concept build using alternative search products
- Engage with Service Excellence to understand developments in this space
Milestones
Target Date |
Previous Date | Title | Stage | Complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2017 | 30-Jun-2017 | End of Planning | Plan | Yes |
| 05-Feb-2018 | No date available | Unsuspend project and Kick off the development work | Execute | No |
| 11-May-2018 | 23-Mar-2018 | End of Planning (re-plan following suspension) | Plan | Yes |
| 25-May-2018 | No date available | System Design - Research PURE API | Design | Yes |
| 19-Jun-2018 | No date available | Build Complete | Build | Yes |
| 31-Oct-2018 | No date available | Deployment | Deliver | No |
| 16-Nov-2018 | No date available | Project Closure | Close | No |
| External Milestones | ||||
| 21-Dec-2018 | 21-Dec-2017 | Guidance policy for use of "Willingness to take Ph.D. students" and "Ph.D. research projects available" | ||
| 21-Dec-2018 | 11-May-2017 | Guidance policy for use and tagging of keywords to support PGR search |