It could also be the door key give access to the student's room in McLaren House for 12 months rom the time he arrives at the front door to the Halls. The work and development of smart-cards is set to explode and smart cards will become commonplace. In the UK BT's phone card and Boot's Advantage interactive loyalty smart-cards are in daily use. London Transport is going to have it own smart-card. All road toll systems work with smart-cards.
Digital television requires a smart-card.
It is possible, that when a student enrols the card will interface with all our systems and validate that student to us and manage their financial commi ents and teaching quality all through their learning time with us. At this point in time, no University has a fully functioned smart-card as the magnetic strip and barcode are also used. The business case argument for Smart-cards is unclear. It is linked with the individual organisations leadership, vision, future strategy, development and management information needs. Most Universities that have introduced smart-cards, in the UK, have done so in conjunction with a sponsor, normally a Bank.