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Modern Warefare 2 Happened and everyone played it. And then blogged about it
the prehistoric dudes are like a metaphor, you guys
My first two exams went alright. The second one, Commodity Markets, was probably better than I would have had any right to expect and I think (hope) I’ve done better than I really deserved to, so that’s nice. Goes some way to making up for the vast majority of exams which I knew I deserved
It’s the last week of holidays and I’ve got 3 exams next week to revise for which is a pain. My computer is having massive issues and I’m about to have to format it and start again which is also somewhat inconvenient and to add to that my phone has pretty much stopped working. I
Hello World. I’m on holiday back down south which is quite exciting. It’s been really good to escape and chill out for a while and forget about work which is the eventuality which awaits me when I get back up north next week. And then exams…boo. It’s been really good to catch up with lots
Economics graduate developing a career in higher education information management.
Creating and maintaining reports in Business Objects XI and queries in MS Access to identify SITS data quality issues to be addressed by departments across the institution.
Reconciliation of student data between the Student Loans Company and the University, investigating inconsistencies, developing queries to improve the efficiency of this process.
Managing access to the University’s authorised information systems including SITS and Data Warehouse.
Supporting the complication of the HESA Student Return including fixing schema and business rule errors and assisting with processing data for the DLHE survey.
Took the lead on several student-facing work areas and reshaped them to improve efficiency. Designed and coded an online system built on Google Apps Script to replace the previously paper-based 'Request to Transfer' process. This project was identified as a good example of the University's use of Google Apps and used as part of an application for a UCISA award.
Worked with two major student systems, Tribal's SITS student record system and Occam's PAMS accommodation database as well as managing smaller local databases. Gained experience of creating reports in SAP Business Objects.
Developed scripts to produce daily and weekly accommodation occupancy reports for distribution within the University and external partners.
Involved with cultivating the department's successful Social Media presence as a means to engage with Students. Undertook regular website maintenance and content creation in the University's CMS.
Responsible for three college projects delivering distance learning courses to 4000 learners and worth £1m in revenue. Organise and prioritise workload of six team members to achieve targets.
Liaise internally with team leaders, consultants, management, IT, HR and Finance departments to ensure projects properly resourced and issues resolved quickly and professionally.
Communicate regularly with college and awarding body officials, produce status, invoicing and audit reports, troubleshoot problems that arise and address client concerns. Ensure official regulations and internal policy adhered to. Developing internal procedure to match changing requirements.
Working with a large database of students on distance learning courses. Updating records with student progress, ensuring accuracy of documentation / audit trail.
Reporting progress, presenting and discussing highlights, communicating concisely.
Quality assurance & moderation processes. Ensuring standardisation of marking via sampled reassessment. Maintain certification status whilst minimising expenditure.
Administrative office duties; checking and processing invoices, ordering materials and certificates, handling queries via phone/email.
Managing relationships with major suppliers; generating sales and stock reports, tracking approaching products, placing orders, negotiating price, quantity & fulfilment arrangements.
Allocate stock to 250 stores nationwide. Tasked on no stores ever selling out of a product whilst minimizing distribution costs and unsold losses.
Using Navision database system to create and maintain thousands of stock keeping units.
Modelling variation in account numbers, volumes and profitability of various scenarios during the launch of subscription-based current accounts. Analysis of large datasets.