MIS data migration
29 March 2024
We asked the MIS providers how they handle data migration in light of recent announcements relating to the inappropriate use of backup files.
Category: Summer 2023 Articles
Managing your Management Information System (MIS)
20 October 2023
Procuring your MIS is just the start – managing and maintaining a School Management Information System (MIS) is a critical task for educational institutions. MIS systems play a pivotal role in managing student data, staff information, and various administrative processes and need to function efficiently at all times.
The wellbeing of IT staff in Schools/MATs
19 October 2023
Are IT, Admin & Data professionals, and the specific nature of technology roles in schools and MATs, given enough weight in the wider discussion about staff wellbeing?
We think they certainly should be. Which is why we wanted to shine a light on the wellbeing of IT, Admin and data professionals in schools and MATs across the UK.
Having the courage to admit your mistake
9 October 2023
If you had chosen a new MIS provider and, after migrating, realised that it wasn’t quite what you had hoped, would you have the courage to admit your mistake?
The difference between a referral fee and a kickback
14 September 2023
We received many comments about the ethics of local authority support teams receiving referral fees. We thought we’d clarify the difference between a referral fee and a ‘kick-back’.
New MIS provider enters the UK market
12 September 2023
In our MIS directory we list 18 different systems currently available in the UK, some specialising in the Independent sector, whilst others are stronger in
School support teams and referral fees: Ethical or not?
12 September 2023
You may have seen a recent blog by our friend and colleague Nick, from Finnemore Consulting, entitled ‘What’s next for school support teams?’
The article made us think about the ethics of referral payments within this context.
Capita’s counter to the ESS allegations: Part II
22 August 2023
Capita’s response to ESS’s claims of copyright infringement and breach of contract in relation to the provision, through Capita, of SIMS to schools in Northern Ireland.
Update on the ESS / Capita ‘pirated’ software dispute: Part I
17 August 2023
As we explained previously, Capita is facing the threat of an injunction over their provision of the SIMS software to schools in Northern Ireland, with
Capita faces injunction threat over ‘pirated’ SIMS software – from ESS
14 August 2023
According to an article in the Telegraph on Saturday (12th Aug), (Capita faces injunction threat over ‘pirated’ schools software (telegraph.co.uk)), Capita is threatened with an
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